Hello, again, gang. Most of my story was told over on the Edition thread, but they got a bit cross when I started talking about Nike Sports and Hermès watches.
Let’s recap, first.
I bought the Ébène Barenia Deployment Hermès, but didn’t like the colour. So then I bought the Grey Ceramic Edition, which initially I loved, and then realised it just looks like a piece of cheap grey plastic with a nasty plastic strap. So I bought the Éperon d’Or Hermès, but I wasn’t in love with the strap, which I thought I should be at that price. So I bought the Feu Epsom strap, which I did like, but I wasn’t sold on the quality (there was an asymmetry) and I couldn’t sell the Éperon d’Or strap at a reasonable price, so the whole thing seemed too expensive.
I then made a wholly unpredictable move to the Nike Sports, as I liked the watchfaces and it was so much cheaper. Plus I felt the display is actually better with Ion X than with Sapphire.
And that’s where I left you all.
Well, I still like the Nike watchfaces and the lovely Ion X screen, but the black Sports strap and aluminium body just make the whole thing seem, well, cheap. And not special in any way.
So I thought maybe the black leather loop would jazz it up a bit. But there’s no supply for 5-7 weeks! The only other option was the black stainless steel link. So I ordered that. Now, it does go reasonably well with the space grey aluminium body. They don’t clash. But you kinda know it’s wrong because you know it’s aluminium with steel. And the blacks are both kinda purple.
Now, pretty much anything I type into the search field of my Safari browser takes me to the Apple Watch store, because Apple gets me. So back I went. I really, really wanted one of the Hermès deployment straps but I just can’t get past the colour. Which left only one option: the Indigo Swift.
Which arrived this morning. It’s nearly black. The leather is thicker than the others and noticeably softer. I’m not wild about the colour, or the quality — there really is no pleasing me. But I’ve got to the point now where I just don’t care any more. You see, I’ve always loved the Hermès Sports strap — I think it looks amazing with the stainless steel. And . . . well, I’ve got the Feu Epsom arriving tomorrow, again. It’s my favourite of the leather straps. Asymmetry be damned!
Our dear friend
@mhoutman may make me an offer for the Indigo Swift, but if not, well, I’ll just have it as a spare. Or for more formal occasions, when Feu is just not the right statement to make.
Because I’ve decided that more important than cost to me is having a combination I like and that feels special and quality. There is — to me, at least — no perfect combination. If they’d made the deployment in black, or orange, I’d probably have been happy on Day 1. But they don’t.
I’m fine with the stainless steel body. I’ve always loved the Hermès sports strap. I’m a bit of a sucker for the lovely boxes. And the Indigo Swift strap is certainly immensely soft and not unpleasant to look at. I’ll no doubt switch it in from time to time. But I think the Feu Epsom will be my daily driver.
The End.
(Or is it . . . )
