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The Great "Third Party Band/Strap" Thread

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Cnasty

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I've been perusing this thread but 92 pages is overwhelming!

I am looking for the best 3rd party brown (darker brown preferred) leather band for a SS 42MM. I bought the watch used and it came with a white and black sports band and a black leather band.

Would love a brown leather to go with my navy suits and brown combos.

Thanks for any suggestions!!
 
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Cnasty said:
I've been perusing this thread but 92 pages is overwhelming!

I am looking for the best 3rd party brown (darker brown preferred) leather band for a SS 42MM. I bought the watch used and it came with a white and black sports band and a black leather band.

Would love a brown leather to go with my navy suits and brown combos.

Thanks for any suggestions!!
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Clockworksynergy has some nice bands. Adapters are a hit and miss in terms of quality but for the price you can't go wrong.
 
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antnee

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Cnasty said:
I've been perusing this thread but 92 pages is overwhelming!

I am looking for the best 3rd party brown (darker brown preferred) leather band for a SS 42MM. I bought the watch used and it came with a white and black sports band and a black leather band.

Would love a brown leather to go with my navy suits and brown combos.

Thanks for any suggestions!!
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Buy a spring adapter off a U.S. seller on eBay and get a 24mm handmade band off etsy. That's your best bet for quality
 
Zenga13

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Just received this leather band from Etsy.. I really love it. Seller adjusted it with dark rivets and adapters so it would match my space gray watch.
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luckyblue

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How long is the leather loop? it looks like it only comes in one length?
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I would say that this band would fit a 150mm to 200mm wrist. You might be able to go a little lower and higher, but that's my suggestion. My wifes wrist is 150mm and that's where the band will start to overlap the watch. For the high measurement I went up my forearm to measure it and it seems like 200mm is about as far as you can go where the magnets will still hold strong. As a reference my wrists are 170mm.

BTW, I really like these bands so I decided to get two more colors. I think they must have worked out the knots because so far they are holding up well.

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I'm REALLY HAPPY with the blue! The color is gorgeous! It's somewhere between a royal and navy blue which is exactly what I wanted!

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phantomsd

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luckyblue said:
BTW, I really like these bands so I decided to get two more colors. I think they must have worked out the knots because so far they are holding up well.
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I just got my bands today too (same two colors!)... I was hoping that they had solved the width issues with the band connectors not being flush with the watch case.

Are your band connectors still a tad short?

Weird thing is... the top piece of my bright blue leather loop is PERFECT.
 
luckyblue

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phantomsd said:
I just got my bands today too (same two colors!)... I was hoping that they had solved the width issues with the band connectors not being flush with the watch case.

Are your band connectors still a tad short?

Weird thing is... the top piece of my bright blue leather loop is PERFECT.
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Mine is kind of the same way. The top piece fits a little better than the bottom.

They're a pretty good fit but not perfect. For the price it's insignificant. To be honest, I only notice the imperfections when I take the close up pics. During the day I don't even notice it because it's so minimal. Even Apples aren't 100% perfectly flush.
 
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luckyblue said:
Mine is kind of the same way. The top piece fits a little better than the bottom.

They're a pretty good fit but not perfect. For the price it's insignificant. To be honest, I only notice the imperfections when I take the close up pics. During the day I don't even notice it because it's so minimal. Even Apples aren't 100% perfectly flush.
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100% agree its a minor tradeoff for the price. Thanks for the confirmation!
 
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I'm pretty happy with this set up for wearing my space grey sport with suits and dress cloths. These are the Luvvitt adapters in black and a Hadley-Roma brown band. I do wish the band's buckle was black however.
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NasalApe

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Does anyone know of a decent quality black leather strap for a 42mm Gold Apple Watch Sport? Or would you recommend just buying the official one? Thanks
 
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