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A lot of us want to wear the Ultra as our only watch. Please can we share our suggestions for non sporty bands either from Apple or 3rd party.

I will kick off with the Nomad leather modern band which I am thinking of ordering ready for the arrival for my Ultra, but would love some more ideas.


They have updated their website to say supports 49mm.

I think the large grey titanium body of the Ultra will look great with a nice black leather band.

Please link other suggestions to help each other out when choosing.
 
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Most bands would imho not fit that nicely due to their lug colors - including your suggestion. I guess this band with its black lugs would look strange on the titanium colored watch.
Same for bands with stainless lugs.
Some sportive bands with their band-colored lugs might fit nicely.
 
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Most bands would imho not fit that nicely due to their lug colors - including your suggestion. I guess this band with its black lugs would look strange on the titanium colored watch.
Same for bands with stainless lugs.
Some sportive bands with their band-colored lugs might fit nicely.
Good thought, the lug colour needs to coordinate.
 
I will choose the orange alpine band to match with the orange buttons

But all my wears and gears are some dark blue, so I will try to find a band like that for casual day
 
I will choose the orange alpine band to match with the orange buttons

But all my wears and gears are some dark blue, so I will try to find a band like that for casual day
You could try the blue solo loop or sports band - no problem due to lug color misfits.
 
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Most bands would imho not fit that nicely due to their lug colors - including your suggestion. I guess this band with its black lugs would look strange on the titanium colored watch.
Same for bands with stainless lugs.
Some sportive bands with their band-colored lugs might fit nicely.
It actually works better than with other cases because the ultra is dull in color, so it comes across as a more casual watch which makes the color difference work.
 
The ultra case is kinda like wearing jeans. You don’t have to wear anything that matches it because it is a perfectly neutral texture and color. You can dress it up or dress it down slightly. It works in most situations but won’t work for a black tie affair.
 
It doesn’t. Not having the lugs match also makes the watch appear more compact.
I agree now, my ultra looks amazing with my black Nomad strap.

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Apple Leather link Californian Poppy. I have an old one I am using leather paint on to make it orange but I need a different pot as I didn’t realise I had bought neon orange. It will be toned down before i wear it.

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I also have this nice leather strap

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Liking the sport loop with mine, have an old black one. Anyone have a white nike sport band they can show how it looks with the watch?
 
I like the orange alpine band. It reminds me of the orange Omega Seamaster Planet Ocean watch. The only thing that's a bit annoying to me is that it's kind of hard to take off. The loops kind of get caught on the lug. Does anyone else have that issue?
 
A lot of us want to wear the Ultra as our only watch. Please can we share our suggestions for non sporty bands either from Apple or 3rd party.

I will kick off with the Nomad leather modern band which I am thinking of ordering ready for the arrival for my Ultra, but would love some more ideas.


They have updated their website to say supports 49mm.

I think the large grey titanium body of the Ultra will look great with a nice black leather band.

Please link other suggestions to help each other out when choosing.
A lot of us want to wear the Ultra as our only watch. Please can we share our suggestions for non sporty bands either from Apple or 3rd party.

I will kick off with the Nomad leather modern band which I am thinking of ordering ready for the arrival for my Ultra, but would love some more ideas.


They have updated their website to say supports 49mm.

I think the large grey titanium body of the Ultra will look great with a nice black leather band.

Please link other suggestions to help each other out when choosing.
Love my black leather band with mine
 

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The leather loops look great. The Ti nomad look great.

The nylon look good.

I wish there were more wide bands available. I think those would look good.

I’m wearing the white ocean and I think it’s great for a daily driver.
 

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I ordered the backordered Nomad Ti bracelet. For now I'm using my black sport loop. Black lugs work with the Ultra...

I also like the braided solo loop. Sorry this pic has the watch riding lower than I wear it, the loop stretched over the years:
 
I have my previous metal strap from Apple along with black braided loop and Nike sport strap.
But am looking at other options.

Whilst not cheap I like the look of a few options from this website...
Bandwerk
 
Braided loop by far best for me
 

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Just tries the Space Black Link Bracelet and like the look but wasn't comfortable with the snugness of the install.
Going to try the Dark Cherry Leather Link for daily but just put a Nomad Sport Band in Lunar Gray to workout in and think it looks good. I wanted it in Dune (sandy colour) but the Lunar was on offer so tried that.

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Really digging the alpine loop so far. Just got it today but it’s super comfortable. Love the orange, goes with my bike. Watch came with the yellow ocean band. It was comfortable, not as comfortable as this, but the yellow just wasn’t for me
 

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