Why does no one make a band that slots into the AW similar to official bands?!?!

[spinedoc77]

This has always driven me nuts shopping for aftermarket bands. I love how the official watches straps slot straight into the watch without any need for those ugly adapters. The only aftermarket ones I've ever seen, after scouring the internet, were just the cheapie rubber ones. But never any nice leather ones, which is really what I'm looking for. I really like the official leather bands, but I hate the magnetic closures and would prefer a nice clasp. A nice rubber band with a divers clasp would be awesome as well.

Anyone ever have any luck finding any?

Edit: Added a picture of the Apple magnetic closure leather. What I would love to see are more leather bands that look like these do where the ends of the band attach to the AW. It just looks so clean without any adapters.

 

[SisterBlue22]

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[MrGimper]

This has always driven me nuts shopping for aftermarket bands. I love how the official watches straps slot straight into the watch without any need for those ugly adapters. The only aftermarket ones I've ever seen, after scouring the internet, were just the cheapie rubber ones. But never any nice leather ones, which is really what I'm looking for. I really like the official leather bands, but I hate the magnetic closures and would prefer a nice clasp. A nice rubber band with a divers clasp would be awesome as well.

Anyone ever have any luck finding any?

Not sure what you mean .... the official apple leather buckle watches have adapters, albeit official apple ones.

You can get 3rd party adapters just like the Apple ones, and add your own leather band....

Are you saying you are looking for leather straps that slot in like the leather loop/leather link, but aren't genuine Apple bands?

 

[Htsi]

Nomad has terrible connectors

Apple Watch Bands | NOMAD®

Our leather Apple Watch bands are custom designed to give your Apple Watch a unique look while providing the ultimate in utility and durability. Choose from a variety of styles and colors in both dress Apple Watch bands and sports Apple Watch bands.

nomadgoods.com

 

[spinedoc77]

Not sure what you mean .... the official apple leather buckle watches have adapters, albeit official apple ones.

You can get 3rd party adapters just like the Apple ones, and add your own leather band....

Are you saying you are looking for leather straps that slot in like the leather loop/leather link, but aren't genuine Apple bands?

The magnetic leather ones have the non adapter ends, but the buckle ones have the ugly adapters. What I'd like is the attaching ends of the magnetic one with a clasp, but worst case a buckle would do. But I'm still perplexed why no one else, outside of Apple, has the attachment ends without the adapters. It's such a clean, sleek look that melts into the watch itself.

 

[spinedoc77]

Apple Watch Bands | NOMAD®

Our leather Apple Watch bands are custom designed to give your Apple Watch a unique look while providing the ultimate in utility and durability. Choose from a variety of styles and colors in both dress Apple Watch bands and sports Apple Watch bands.

nomadgoods.com

The leather ones still have those ugly adapters. I want the ends to look like the magnetic Apple leather one.

 

[JahBoolean]

Patents ?

 

[bi0mech]

How about these bellroy ones?

Apple Watch Bands | Smooth Leather Straps for Apple Watch | Bellroy

These performance watch bands give your Apple Watch a smooth leather touch, and a pop of personality.

bellroy.com

 

[spinedoc77]

Patents ?

Maybe, I have no idea. I do see a lot of the cheapie ones on Amazon, but then again they are most likely Chinese sellers with no fears of patents. I would be very curious if that was the case.

 

[spinedoc77]

How about these bellroy ones?

Apple Watch Bands | Smooth Leather Straps for Apple Watch | Bellroy

These performance watch bands give your Apple Watch a smooth leather touch, and a pop of personality.

bellroy.com

YES! That's what I'm talking about, nice find. I've literally spent hours searching and haven't found any besides the cheap rubber ones on Amazon.

 

[ZebraDude]

This has always driven me nuts shopping for aftermarket bands. I love how the official watches straps slot straight into the watch without any need for those ugly adapters. The only aftermarket ones I've ever seen, after scouring the internet, were just the cheapie rubber ones. But never any nice leather ones, which is really what I'm looking for. I really like the official leather bands, but I hate the magnetic closures and would prefer a nice clasp. A nice rubber band with a divers clasp would be awesome as well.

Anyone ever have any luck finding any?

Edit: Added a picture of the Apple magnetic closure leather. What I would love to see are more leather bands that look like these do where the ends of the band attach to the AW. It just looks so clean without any adapters.

I am a big fan of juukdesign.com he is VERY quality/detail oriented.

 

[spinedoc77]

I am a big fan of juukdesign.com he is VERY quality/detail oriented.

Thanks, those look like cool designs. The leather ones still have adapters instead of the leather going all the way into the watch, but I like what how they mated the leather to the adapter, very sleek. Their metal bands look really nice, and they have polished SS which I'm hoping would match the "chrome" SS Apple uses, the only downfall is the fugly logo on the clasp, bleh.