I really like that strap. Would need to add $10 for shipping to U.K. unless Amazon decide to stock it.
Received Hoco Hermes 3 in 1 kit from Amazon and decided to try it on both aluminum and stainless watches. Double tour is for my wife, but I decided to model it for pictures. I personally would never wear the double tour outside of my house.
The leather quality is pretty good for a knockoff, but I really don't like the fact that the width is little too narrow for the lug and can shift around (see last photo) For a $40 knockoff this is little disappointing. Maybe they make one size and use it for both 38mm and 42mm watches.
Edit: after comparing the width of the Hoco band to my Sea Blue Classic Buckle, I've determined that the reason for the gap is due to the shape of the lugs used by Hoco. The Hoco lug is too square while the Apple lug is more rounded.
It's the shape of the lugs. I've compared it directly to my new classic buckle and another knockoff that has the proper shape. The width of the band is exactly same between this Hoco and OEM classic buckle.slightly picky, but it's not due to the shape but actually the size. the lugs hoco (and all the third party bands; there's probably only one factory making the knockoff lugs in China) use are the same shape as the hermes, and the bands are the same width/spec as the hermes ones. the difference is, apple watch hermes has specially made lugs that are not spaced as far apart as apple's regular ones or the knockoffs.
It's the shape of the lugs. I've compared it directly to my new classic buckle and another knockoff that has the proper shape. The width of the band is exactly same between this Hoco and OEM classic buckle.
Received Hoco Hermes 3 in 1 kit from Amazon and decided to try it on both aluminum and stainless watches. Double tour is for my wife, but I decided to model it for pictures. I personally would never wear the double tour outside of my house.
The leather quality is pretty good for a knockoff, but I really don't like the fact that the width is little too narrow for the lug and can shift around (see last photo) For a $40 knockoff this is little disappointing. Maybe they make one size and use it for both 38mm and 42mm watches.
Edit: after comparing the width of the Hoco band to my Sea Blue Classic Buckle, I've determined that the reason for the gap is due to the shape of the lugs used by Hoco. The Hoco lug is too square while the Apple lug is more rounded.
Sorry, not gold.Is that gold hardware? In some pics it looks gold and in others it looks silver. I'm looking for a cuff with gold hardware to go with my gold watch and I can't find one. I don't really care about the buckle not matching, but I don't want the silver hardware against the gold watch itself.
It's the shape of the lugs. I've compared it directly to my new classic buckle and another knockoff that has the proper shape. The width of the band is exactly same between this Hoco and OEM classic buckle.
what i'm saying is they should be that shape, but not so wide.
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you'll notice that for the genuine hermes double tour the lugs are differently spaced to the classic buckle.
Based on Apple's photos, the lugs on the Double Tour do appear to be the same shape but narrower:
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thats comparing the single tour hermes to the double tour hermes... any chance you can do the same for dt to apple classic buckle?
I'm a fan of the clockworksynergy ones.What's the best 3rd party nylon strap?
I'm a fan of the clockworksynergy ones.
http://www.clockworksynergy.com/sho.../straps-for-apple-watch/2-piece-classic-nato/
Good value, but they do a lot of sales, so if you want to save a few $, wait for Black Friday.
I have a question for those of you who have purchased a third party, black stainless steel strap. Does the colour of these bands/lugs etc match the Space Grey Aluminium well?
I have a black stainless steel Hoco band that's a clone of Apple's band. The band colour doesn't match the case perfectly, but it's not an unpleasant clash by any means.
I have another Hoco band that's a black stainless 3-bead variety. That doesn't match the space grey case of the Apple Watch either, and it's a greater colour difference than the clone of Apple's band, but it's still not enough of a difference for it to look garish or unnatural.
FWIW, I haven't seen any third-party bands with lugs that match the space grey case perfectly. However, when we're talking about matte black paired with a very dark grey, it's not a massive contrast.
This one looks awesome from Nomad:
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https://www.hellonomad.com/collections/apple-watch
Reasonably priced too!
[doublepost=1476198706][/doublepost]...this is the rear of the strap:
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The band itself it softer/flimsier than I would have preferred. I was hoping it was gonna be a bitch chunkier, more like the rubber band on my Ball mechanical watch.
Nice feel though, the clasp is well designed/nice looking so I think it is a keeper, just not EXACTLY what I wanted.
Spotted these on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MCUC...16141&sr=8-3&keywords=Apple+Watch+strap+sport
Also have the volt/black and the white/Grey.
That needs to come out tomorrow!!111one. Hmm what would look best on stainless steel? Black on green?Spotted these on Amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MCUC...16141&sr=8-3&keywords=Apple+Watch+strap+sport
Also have the volt/black and the white/Grey.