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Man. This looks bad@$$!!! In fact this is by far my favorite combo out there with the Space Gray. Gives it a certain Je ne sais quoi that makes it distinctive from the rest. It's fabulous. Again THE BEST SG Combo I've seen in the forums!Thx!!
Almost makes me regret returning the Space Gray. Almost. LOL
See, many of us will buy several bands. But once you're able to find that one band, it makes all the difference. One band is enough to separate your watch from the rest. I believe that's the case with this band. It matches the SG well, it's modern, it's luxurious (if you can say that) is masculine but a woman could rock it too, and makes the watch look even better than the other bands made by Apple. It looks just as good as a Space Black without the shine of course but I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
Well done sir. Well done indeed!
I got my 3 bead black
I agree with everything here. I just got mine this week to go with my 38 SGS and love it. Cancelled out on Monowear since my Apr. 30 order is still no where to be found, but this came in 2 weeks from China.
Here are some pics. I really love the black Hoco steel bracelet for my 42mm SGS. It's really close to being gun metal than black, and it seems like it's almost a perfect match for the SGS. I would day it's a tinge darker than the aluminum of the SGS, BUT, you'd really have to examine it to tell a difference in color. I'm glad I got this for $35 way back on June 2nd (got it June 24th from China), but would gladly pay $55. My pics don't do it justice. Any blotches you see on the second pic are just reflections of light.
I agree with everything here. I just got mine this week to go with my 38 SGS and love it. Cancelled out on Monowear since my Apr. 30 order is still no where to be found, but this came in 2 weeks from China.
I have to say I am very pleasantly surprised by the quality of this band. I have the 3 bead and its awesome... adds just the right amount of heft to make it feel like a truly premium watch. Totally changes the experience. With my sport band it felt like a toy but now it feels just like some of the other high(er) end watches I've owned. My only beef is that the connector isn't 100% perfect... I'd say about 97%... theres a slight gap as you can see in one of my photos and it protrudes a touch from the bottom. Still feels solid though so I'm not to worried about it falling off and if it does I have AppleCare.
how do you find the colour holding up on it? I've had a black Citizen ecodrive watch for years, and whenever I sweat my wrist goes black. It must have about 100 layers of paint on the thing because you can barely tell any has come off, but you can see it on my skin nonetheless. Does the same thing happen here on this much cheaper band?
See, many of us will buy several bands. But once you're able to find that one band, it makes all the difference. One band is enough to separate your watch from the rest. I believe that's the case with this band. It matches the SG well, it's modern, it's luxurious (if you can say that) is masculine but a woman could rock it too, and makes the watch look even better than the other bands made by Apple. It looks just as good as a Space Black without the shine of course but I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!
Well done sir. Well done indeed!
Thx for your compliments. I couldnt describe it better
The Band is really massive, solid and i just figured out, its Fingerprint-resistent.
An Eye-Catcher in the office and pretty well suited with a suit. I have found my daily allways on band ;-)
I can't comment yet, I just got it a couple days ago, and its primary for nicer, dress up outings, so I'm still wearing my sport band most of the time.
Hey folks, I just bought a HOCO black band for my space grey sport. Its not quite big enough. I need one more link. Anyone know how to get my hands on one? anyone here got a spare link for a HOCO 3 row 42mm band they would be willing to sell? Any ideas?
yep, thats the one. they call it "tarnished steel" but in the flesh it looks like space grey. You have a spare link?
Has anyone gotten one with the adapter like the picture on the right side??? It seems like everyone who ordered (and every listing shows a picture of the right too) gets the one on the left. Please post picture of you actually were able to get the one on the right.
the 3 beads comes with classic buckle style adapter.
the 5 beads comes with normal spring loaded pin style adapter.
Its shown many times in this threads. They dont mix and match when you buy
i have seen pictures of the classic buckle style with the 5 bead. I think they may be early versions, but I've definitely seen it.
Did they ship it to you with regular stainless steel adapters? Not black ones? The listings I've seen for them look like black adapters...
its not regular SS adapter, its the gun metal ( sort of dark grey - near black) newer adapter. The light hits it make it look like SS one.
The adapters they come with are horrible. I just received my 5 bead band and while I love the look of it, I can't justify keeping it given that whenever I receive a notification, because of the poor fitting of the adapters, I can't feel the vibrate as well as when I have on my apple band.
Love the way it looks, but hate hate hate the adapters. The pins it uses are smaller than the holes on the band so it wiggles alot. Additionally, the adapters dont line up flush with the watch case and on the one I received, I can only insert the adapter in one direction, it keeps getting stuck if I try it the other way.
Love the look, hate the components. I am contemplating returning it or finding better adapters. I really do love the look of it.
EDIT: Just realized that the band is 22mm, which means it should fit the Click Adapters I ordered, which I am confident will be a perfect fit. Maybe I'll keep it and see if the seller will credit me like he did for another member on this forum for faulty adapters. I really do love the look of this band.
Love the way it looks, but hate hate hate the adapters. The pins it uses are smaller than the holes on the band so it wiggles alot. Additionally, the adapters dont line up flush with the watch case and on the one I received, I can only insert the adapter in one direction, it keeps getting stuck if I try it the other way.
Love the look, hate the components. I am contemplating returning it or finding better adapters. I really do love the look of it.
EDIT: Just realized that the band is 22mm, which means it should fit the Click Adapters I ordered, which I am confident will be a perfect fit. Maybe I'll keep it and see if the seller will credit me like he did for another member on this forum for faulty adapters. I really do love the look of this band.
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If anyone is looking for a 5 bead I have one for sale. Ship fast from the USA. Send me a message if interested.
After a broken adapter on my 5 bead, the seller made good on his word, but he sent me 38mm adapters and 42mm are on the way. Not only that, but Hoco themselves emailed me after I told them about my broken adapter and they are saying my band is ready, so I guess they are shipping me a new one.
Regardless of all this, I've still been wearing it broken on one side, it seems to stay on but I put a little tape just in case.
I suggest anyone with a broken one contact them on http://hoco.watch and let them know.
Regardless of all this, I've still been wearing it broken on one side, it seems to stay on but I put a little tape just in case.
I suggest anyone with a broken one contact them on http://hoco.watch and let them know.
All the HOCO are buying from hoco.watch.com ? I guess china shipping also same original right? ,,in case of any issue with HOCO band or adapter you can contact http://hoco.watch and get replaced?
My T-Trees combo (band, clear tpu watch protector and glass screen protector) from Amazon featured a HOCO 3 bead band. Got mine yesterday and I love it. Kind of nice that when visiting the Apple Store a lot of employees came by to look at it, too.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XN4XI6I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00XN4XI6I?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00
I got my silver buckle Hoco leather band today. Oddly enough it came with black adapters but I swapped them out. The leather is reasonably nice but nothing amazing. You could do much much worse for the price.
I also have a 5 bead on the way so I'll post when that comes.
*Edit* Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YGQXMB8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
I also have a 5 bead on the way so I'll post when that comes.
*Edit* Here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YGQXMB8?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00
