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eqppwqqep

macrumors newbie
May 29, 2015
9
2
I received my 3 bead today, and the exact same thing happened to me. Worst part is the little lock piece fell out of sight and is now lost in the ether of my kitchen floor. Spent a while looking for it but no luck. Though even if I did find it and manage to pop it back in, not sure I'd trust it to stay attached to my watch. Blargh.

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eqppwqqep

macrumors newbie
May 29, 2015
9
2
I love my three bead band and the five bead arrived today but one of the lugs broke which is disappointing. As I removed the band from the watch to remove one last link the entire pin mechanism fell apart. Waiting to hear back from the seller to see what they will do for me.

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I was lucky and found the springs for mine. Same thing happened though, I was removing a link and the fitting just popped out. When I gathered the parts (rubber anchor, metal cap, two springs), I made sure to compress the metal cap a bit. It seems a bit loose and will pop apart again unless you make it fit tighter. I could not find a diagram, so here is a very crude idea of what I did to make it stay together. Once I did this, it quit falling apart.
Surface Pro ftw

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thatappleguytoday

macrumors 601
Feb 9, 2006
4,090
8,769
Jacksonville, FL
Seems sold out, but different companies sell Hoco black stainless bracelets under different names, you just have to keep looking.

Scott please post when your comes in. Got to the link too late and it was sold out. Saw one on eBay, but seller had literally zero feedback.

Look forward to knowing if its true space gray as hoco.watch website shows

Thanks
 

pat1228

macrumors newbie
Apr 11, 2015
16
7
Just got my 3 bead today. Ordered from Amazon on Sunday.
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Tmdlkwd

macrumors member
Jan 27, 2014
75
4
SoCal
Scott please post when your comes in. Got to the link too late and it was sold out. Saw one on eBay, but seller had literally zero feedback.

Look forward to knowing if its true space gray as hoco.watch website shows

Thanks

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Yes..
Please post a pic when you get it Scott
Thanks

Any ETA?
 

FamiliaPhoto

macrumors 6502a
Jul 24, 2009
699
14
Chicago, IL
I just got my 3 bead band yesterday. Set it up today and I'm very happy. Removing links was no harder than what I had to do on any other watch and with the enclosed tool it was very straightforward. I'm very happy with this purchase and am considering getting the 5 bead just for yucks.
 

scott99

macrumors 6502a
Oct 30, 2007
714
51
Scott please post when your comes in. Got to the link too late and it was sold out. Saw one on eBay, but seller had literally zero feedback.

Look forward to knowing if its true space gray as hoco.watch website shows

Thanks
Will do all, might not get it for a while, you guys may have ordered by the time I get it. Keep searching, you'll get one.
 

mavis

macrumors 601
Jul 30, 2007
4,771
1,541
Tokyo, Japan
I polished my Hoco band; started with 1500 grit sandpaper, then 2000, 4000, and finally 8000 (all wet). Then I finished off with some Mother's Mag and Aluminum polish. :D
 

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Benz63amg

macrumors 601
Oct 17, 2010
4,370
911
Yes to both.

Thanks for the reply, thats very disappointing, i dont like the fact that the color face doesn't have numbers for the hours and any minute details otherwise i would have chosen to go with that face, i love to have the apple logo there in the center but i just prefer the utility face with a red second hand and detailed hour counters on the watch face,

There is no way to create a whole new watchface from scratch at the moment right? i mean, apple does not all you to create a new watch face from scratch to design a face to your liking right?
 

iVegas

macrumors 6502
Nov 16, 2013
360
171
Thanks for the reply, thats very disappointing, i dont like the fact that the color face doesn't have numbers for the hours and any minute details otherwise i would have chosen to go with that face, i love to have the apple logo there in the center but i just prefer the utility face with a red second hand and detailed hour counters on the watch face,

There is no way to create a whole new watchface from scratch at the moment right? i mean, apple does not all you to create a new watch face from scratch to design a face to your liking right?


Right now your only options are what's on the watch. Who knows what the future will bring.
 

Crazy Matt

macrumors 6502
Apr 20, 2015
346
73
USA
So.... I got one of the cheap Hoco link bands. It's decent quality but I thought it would look cool gloss black so I painted it. Now before you go nuts on me, I know it's not going to hold up. However, now I'd like one in gloss black!! Whatcha think?

Ps. I know it's not a great paint job, because I know it won't hold up anyway!
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