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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

bbednarz

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Nov 16, 2017
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Chicago
any one have an idea of when the new bands will be available? i know the announcement said later this month, but im getting antsy lol
Tuesday after the event is my guess. I think they are going to announce some other product(s) at that time and then the store will update with that and the bands all at once. I think the AirPower mat will also be released at that time, but that isn't based on anything. Just a hunch I have.
 
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DoubleFlyaway

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Nov 16, 2017
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OK, so I got my stuff from that guy. It seems legit. I don’t understand the weird packaging or why he has so many of these. But they have the markings of OEM bands, and the colors of the pins are exactly right (the cocoa has the pale gold of the series 2; the “beige” is identical to the stone band I had with my series 0 rose gold). The weight feels right, too— they are slightly heavier (the pin in particular) than knockoff bands tend to be.
 

bbednarz57

macrumors member
Jun 25, 2015
46
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View attachment 755652 OK, so I got my stuff from that guy. It seems legit. I don’t understand the weird packaging or why he has so many of these. But they have the markings of OEM bands, and the colors of the pins are exactly right (the cocoa has the pale gold of the series 2; the “beige” is identical to the stone band I had with my series 0 rose gold). The weight feels right, too— they are slightly heavier (the pin in particular) than knockoff bands tend to be.
Well that’s awesome, glad I grabbed those Cocoa’s last night.
 

PeterJH3

macrumors 6502
Sep 2, 2017
385
573
Atlanta, GA
View attachment 755652 OK, so I got my stuff from that guy. It seems legit. I don’t understand the weird packaging or why he has so many of these. But they have the markings of OEM bands, and the colors of the pins are exactly right (the cocoa has the pale gold of the series 2; the “beige” is identical to the stone band I had with my series 0 rose gold). The weight feels right, too— they are slightly heavier (the pin in particular) than knockoff bands tend to be.

Very cool. Lavender is a ridiculously difficult color band to find with the normal silver pin as a separate band sale, but I eventually found one end of last year. Glad to see it worked out!
 
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DoubleFlyaway

macrumors 68000
Nov 16, 2017
1,620
2,526
If anyone needs a cocoa with gold or stone with rose gold, let me know! The stone only has the s/m and the main portion. The cocoa has all three.
 

emiaj

macrumors 6502
Aug 21, 2015
257
757
Madrid, Spain
What a shame... I was about to buy the cloud band from the same guy in eBay, but was told that he doesn't do international shipping... (I live in Spain)

As the new bands are already in the news, I already left the spaces for them in my file, so I just need to wait for the official product pictures and fill them in the chart. Once the new bands come out tomorrow, an update to the chart should be expected within a few hours ;-)
 

Speechless

macrumors 6502a
Mar 5, 2015
665
920
Non-gentrified Brooklyn.
View attachment 755652 OK, so I got my stuff from that guy. It seems legit. I don’t understand the weird packaging or why he has so many of these. But they have the markings of OEM bands, and the colors of the pins are exactly right (the cocoa has the pale gold of the series 2; the “beige” is identical to the stone band I had with my series 0 rose gold). The weight feels right, too— they are slightly heavier (the pin in particular) than knockoff bands tend to be.

Just got my blue band from him. Claim was unopened, but it clearly was. Still had the pull tab on one side, but the other side was clearly opened. Also no plastic on the bands inside - but they were very clean and look/feel unused. Compared with my old white band and they feel/weigh about the same. Never purchased from Ebay before and it's pretty decent.
 

DoubleFlyaway

macrumors 68000
Nov 16, 2017
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Just got my blue band from him. Claim was unopened, but it clearly was. Still had the pull tab on one side, but the other side was clearly opened. Also no plastic on the bands inside - but they were very clean and look/feel unused. Compared with my old white band and they feel/weigh about the same. Never purchased from Ebay before and it's pretty decent.

Oh interesting. I also got a blue from him, and it seemed unopened, but I only really paid attention to the pull tab end, not the other. It definitely seems real/unused.
 
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jae110488

macrumors 6502
Feb 23, 2018
398
814
Florida
Just got my blue band from him. Claim was unopened, but it clearly was. Still had the pull tab on one side, but the other side was clearly opened. Also no plastic on the bands inside - but they were very clean and look/feel unused. Compared with my old white band and they feel/weigh about the same. Never purchased from Ebay before and it's pretty decent.

I’m still waiting for mine, question for you though, does it have all the apple oem markings on it?
‘S/M’
‘M/L’
‘42mm’
‘Assembled in china’
 

cambookpro

macrumors 604
Feb 3, 2010
7,229
3,365
United Kingdom
Just got my blue band from him. Claim was unopened, but it clearly was. Still had the pull tab on one side, but the other side was clearly opened. Also no plastic on the bands inside - but they were very clean and look/feel unused. Compared with my old white band and they feel/weigh about the same. Never purchased from Ebay before and it's pretty decent.
If I remember correctly, only the buckle side ever has any pull tab plastic on. The S/M and M/L pieces don't have any other packaging on them.
 

DoubleFlyaway

macrumors 68000
Nov 16, 2017
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I’m still waiting for mine, question for you though, does it have all the apple oem markings on it?
‘S/M’
‘M/L’
‘42mm’
‘Assembled in china’
Yes to the first three. Where is assembled in China?? I don’t see that on any of my sport bands.
 

Speechless

macrumors 6502a
Mar 5, 2015
665
920
Non-gentrified Brooklyn.
Oh interesting. I also got a blue from him, and it seemed unopened, but I only really paid attention to the pull tab end, not the other. It definitely seems real/unused.
I’m still waiting for mine, question for you though, does it have all the apple oem markings on it?
‘S/M’
‘M/L’
‘42mm’
‘Assembled in china’

Yes to the first three. Just like @DoubleFlyaway i'm confused what you mean by "Assembled in China"? Where do you want me to look?
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If I remember correctly, only the buckle side ever has any pull tab plastic on. The S/M and M/L pieces don't have any other packaging on them.

Ahh, that makes sense. Last sport band I purchased was from 2015 - thought it came wrapped like the Sports Loop I just purchased. My apologies.
 

jae110488

macrumors 6502
Feb 23, 2018
398
814
Florida
Yes to the first three. Where is assembled in China?? I don’t see that on any of my sport bands.

Yes to the first three. Just like @DoubleFlyaway i'm confused what you mean by "Assembled in China"? Where do you want me to look?
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if you look at the end of the band that you slide into the apple watch band you should be able to read in very small print 'assembled in china' and it should be on all OEM apple watch bands even my Milanese loop and link bracelet.
 

DoubleFlyaway

macrumors 68000
Nov 16, 2017
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if you look at the end of the band that you slide into the apple watch band you should be able to read in very small print 'assembled in china' and it should be on all OEM apple watch bands even my Milanese loop and link bracelet.
Where? Sorry— maybe my eyes are too crappy, but not seeing this on any of my OEM bands.
 

xanderville

macrumors regular
Jun 27, 2010
101
87
Where? Sorry— maybe my eyes are too crappy, but not seeing this on any of my OEM bands.

It is very hard to see. I usually find it on the very end of the M/L band (On the part that slides into the watch). You have to look on the end tip. It is small
 

DoubleFlyaway

macrumors 68000
Nov 16, 2017
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Oh, funny, it’s only on the M/L, not on the S/M. That’s why I thought I was going crazy. I wear the S/M.
[doublepost=1522100619][/doublepost]I’ve been looking at the 42M and the S/M on all my bands. But just got the blue M/L out of the box and see it there.
[doublepost=1522100671][/doublepost]I will note, I don’t see it on my OEM woven nylon. At least the one I’m looking at now. Now I have to go look at them all.
[doublepost=1522101032][/doublepost]Final update: It is there on all of my M/L sports and on my leather classic buckles. Not there on sport loops and woven nylon. Also not there on S/Ms of sport bands. :)
 
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floriano8812

macrumors regular
Mar 26, 2018
111
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Does anyone own the classic buckle sapphire blue?
I just ordered the sea blue on amazon.de and would like to compare the color. :)
 

DoubleFlyaway

macrumors 68000
Nov 16, 2017
1,620
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Does anyone own the classic buckle sapphire blue?
I just ordered the sea blue on amazon.de and would like to compare the color. :)

I do. It’s a bit lighter than navy, but relatively dark to me (bearing in mind I like really bright colors, so I was a little disappointed).
 
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