No. I sent the watch back and bought a grey Edition instead. Which I didn't like, either. So I sent that back.
After that, here's what happened next . . .
[copied from the Edition owners thread]
tl;dr — I have an Hermès orange sports strap (with a tiny flaw) for sale. I may have a very slightly used (worn for a couple of hours) Marine Gala Éperon d’Or for sale. Or, I may have a brand new Noir Gala Rallye, or an Indigo Swift, for sale. Or even an Ébène Barenia Deployment.
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I know you’ve all been worried about how things are going with my many, many Apple Watch purchases and returns, so I thought I’d update you.
In last week’s episode, I had bought the Hermès again, this time with the patterned blue strap. (I can’t be bothered to learn the pretentious names of the straps. You know which one I mean.) I had also been disappointed by a trivial production flaw in the orange sports strap.
After too much effort, a replacement — and flawless — orange sports strap was sent out. Apple had confused itself so much over the whole affair, that it didn’t ask for the other one back. Which means I have a virtually perfect (“I thought you said it was defective?”) Hermès orange sports strap that I could sell.
Meanwhile, I did really like the patterned blue strap but I wasn’t convinced it actually went with the Apple Watch itself. But then the shipping times on the Feu Epsom (I remember the name of that one — it’s the textured orange leather) strap fell from 3-4 weeks to immediate. I decided this was a sign from the Gods that I should order it. So I did. It arrives on Monday, or Tuesday, depending on whether you believe Apple or DPD.
Meanwhile to that meanwhile, in a move that confirms what you’re all now thinking (i.e. that I’m nuts) I ordered a boring old space black stainless steel in the belief that it might go incredibly well with the orange sports strap. Since I now had two of these, I could keep one for the SBSS, and send the whole Hermès watch back.
Well, it turns out that it didn’t go well with it. So the SBSS is going back.
The good news is that I’m now committed to keeping the Hermès. The only remaining question is: which strap? I’m obviously hoping that I really like the Feu Epsom. If I do, I’m keeping it. Which means I’ve now got a patterned Hermès strap I don’t want. Two possibilities. I could sell it. Or, I could return it to Apple (just the strap) and exchange it for the plain Indigo strap. Why do this? Because then I could sell the brand new strap. Which you people would probably prefer to the worn-once strap. And that sale would offset the cost of the Feu Epsom.
If I don’t like the Feu Epsom, then that will go back. And I’ll swap the patterned blue strap for the plain Indigo, which is basically my last chance to find an Hermès strap I actually like with the Apple Watch.
