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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 431 16.7%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 938 36.2%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 521 20.1%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 176 6.8%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 99 3.8%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 73 2.8%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 215 8.3%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 66 2.6%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 28 1.1%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,588

athousandbands

macrumors G3
Jun 5, 2019
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Maybe buyers who get normal UPS shipping got this earlier but yay!
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mikedis

macrumors 603
Dec 30, 2019
5,949
12,633
Oklahoma
I also received the shipping notification. Mine will be coming from DI OVERNITE.
California band fans unite! DIO here as well. They can come super early so I don’t mind it. Their site is just so rough
Oh man i miss Deliver-It. Ordering bands here we get UPS and it's definitely a longer wait than the unmarked vans that DI speeds around in.
 

mikedis

macrumors 603
Dec 30, 2019
5,949
12,633
Oklahoma
Where’d you get this? I like it
Most of these prototypes are one-offs.

Well, not really, but the point is the ones that do exist are either in the hands of Apple engineers or private collections.

This one came from Chargerstore on eBay. He's a seller that has made headlines in the past for selling unreleased softgoods items, like AirTag holders and the likes. Sometimes you can find prototypes on his eBay store.
 

Djones96

macrumors 65816
Dec 13, 2022
1,093
2,007
Most of these prototypes are one-offs.

Well, not really, but the point is the ones that do exist are either in the hands of Apple engineers or private collections.

This one came from Chargerstore on eBay. He's a seller that has made headlines in the past for selling unreleased softgoods items, like AirTag holders and the likes. Sometimes you can find prototypes on his eBay store.
Gotcha, thanks for letting me know. No luck finding this exact one, but I’ll keep an eye on their page.
 
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Godspeed8230

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Jul 5, 2021
248
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Quick question: Why is it so difficult to buy older watch bands, i.e. once new ones get released. Is there a website that offers original/new watchbands and that ships internationally? Sorry if this question has been posted already.
 

athousandbands

macrumors G3
Jun 5, 2019
9,870
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Quick question: Why is it so difficult to buy older watch bands, i.e. once new ones get released. Is there a website that offers original/new watchbands and that ships internationally? Sorry if this question has been posted already.
These two stores should have you covered:

and if you have any specific requests, ask in this thread and we can try to hunt them down oe tell you how rare they are: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/discounts-sales-on-oem-bands.2219462/
 
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