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Hermès Edition Owners Thread
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Hi together,
I currently have a Hermes Series 6 and want to upgrade to new Hermes Series 10.
I already have black and Ebene Hermes bands which I will keep.
Unfortunately I do not like any of the new bands, so I think I will order a Apple Watch Hermes and sell the band.
So my question is, what Band and Color would you recommend to buy, to get best chance to sell it new and unused for best price?
Thanks a lot.
Marc
I currently have a Hermes Series 6 and want to upgrade to new Hermes Series 10.
I already have black and Ebene Hermes bands which I will keep.
Unfortunately I do not like any of the new bands, so I think I will order a Apple Watch Hermes and sell the band.
So my question is, what Band and Color would you recommend to buy, to get best chance to sell it new and unused for best price?
Thanks a lot.
Marc
Revisiting the best comparison so far - it’s interesting to me that Hermes didn’t use the extra screen real estate to push the numbers a bit closer to the edge on the S10.
The increased borders actually don’t seem like such a big deal zoomed in, and if I had the choice of an S9 or S10 for free then I do think the S10 is a tad prettier. It’s just surprising that the real estate isn’t utilized.
@Bona Mish if you’re willing to take a few moments to change the circulaire background from white to black on the S8 and S10 and snap one more photo, it would be cool to see! I think some others here would like to see it as well.
Not right now. When a new face gets released, you can bet it'll have it.
Has anyone plotted the release of Hermes faces against a timeline of watch releases? I bet there's some pattern
A watch screenshot rather than a photo would be a more accurate way to measure the difference.
The resolution difference between the large watch S7/8/9 and S10 is 10px each side horizontally (a total width increase of 5%) and 6px each side vertically (a total height increase of 2.5%).
I wonder if the best option would be to push the numerals closer to the edge (as suggested) or to also increase the size of the numerals. From a design perspective, the existing white space is not egregious.
Either way, Apple is gonna stick with this form factor until at least 2027. I'm sure we'll get bespoke faces between now and then.
Excluding the new Hermés Ultra this year, here's what I have, but someone please correct me if I've missed something:
2024 S10 - no new face
2023 S9 - Radial
2022 S8 - Lucky Horse
2021 S7 - Circuit-H
2020 S6 - Circulaire
2015 S2 through S5 - Classic Faces: Cape Cod / Clipper / Espace / Carrick
From 2016 until 2019, I believe there were only new colors added for the existing Classic faces, including the split-color background combinations, which is still one of my personal favorites. Was hoping for a new face this year, maybe something inspired by Hermès' H08 or Slim d'Hermès mechanical watches, but looks like only the new Ultra got the love this year.
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A couple of other ways to slice this image below. Take all this with caveats about angle of the photograph, lens distortion, etc, etc. I think it's a pretty fair comparison.
Aligned at the center of the watch face (shows the added screen real estate)
Aligned at the bottom of the physical watch case (based on the shadow where the band tucks under the watch at the bottom). This image really shows that the bigger bezels are almost entirely due Apple's decision not to have the metal come up as far on the S10 compared to the S9. The bezels look like they are maybe 1 pixel bigger on the S10 than they otherwise would have been on the S9. But that could also just be due to alignment issues with the photo.
Given that we have now gone through 2 major screen size increases with Hermes (S6-->S7 and S9-->S10), I have to believe their decision not to push the numerals on the faces closer to the edge is a deliberate choice at this point.
Amazing, thanks for putting the list together!
If new faces have always been released only at the launch of new series, then I'm afraid the pattern established since 2020 was likely broken because of the Ultra Hermes release. Let's see what happens.
Does anyone recall if Apple optimised the faces for each redesign (S4 and S7) at launch or if they came with subsequent point releases?
Watch faces have only been touched once a year at the major releases X.0.
Doesn’t mean we could see some changes but if we are using data, it’s not historically promising.
I would not expect any new faces until September 2025 and none of the current faces to be updated until September 2025.
The only other updates that happen is the addition of new colors around March 2025 for the spring/summer bands. But it’s literally just that. New colors. Even new bands being released like the tricot in spring 2024 didn’t generate a new watch face.
My second last band arrived today, Bleu de France Kilim! WOW, instantly my favorite. I can’t believe I slept on this one and didn’t order it on release day. The blue color has so much energy in it. The marketing photos truly don’t do it justice.
Final band will be the grand h.
Final band will be the grand h.
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going back to when the series 7 came out and people wanted the hermes numerals to change…I don’t think it’s neglect, I think the signature rectangular hermes numerals arrangement has a certain look they want to maintain. And especially now with the wider aspect ratio.
Isn’t it just beautiful and so vibrant!!! I love it!!! My favorite color with Beton a close 2nd this year!!! As soon as i ordered my watch on release day, i went back and ordered the green and blue bands. The blue is stunning and your right it’s even more beautiful on your wrist!!!
You are making me jealous lol. I keep hitting refresh on the UK apple store, but no luck. I need that band!
Come on Apple I have vouchers burning a hole in my pocket!
I wish these Kilim bands came in a smaller size. I am in between two punch outs on the band.
I really love the Radial face in Beton too. Just wished Apple would have checked all the complication options. A lot of them, like the bottom date or temperature are in white, so they're invisible until AOD kicks in.
My lunar complication was looking super weird last night when I first set the face for sure.
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I wish the green was brighter like the blue is. My local store has the green and I’ve been on the fence, but I really want the blue or orange first.
User pics show it much darker than Apple’s pics, which I actually prefer. Wish I would have ordered one, before Apple has none in stock now. So, odd how their Hermes watches and bands are not available, yet Hermes has them. Would much rather open from Apple, since it sounds like their return policy is so much better and have local stores too.
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Same story here, I have a $200 gift card and I’m checking Apple Store everyday for availability.