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Series 5 Stainless Steel Thread
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The Space black stainless v.s. space gray are totally different shades of black. The high-gloss is what separates the stainless space black. But anyways, The $200 ‘up charge’ you referring to, is for the materials of the stainless/sapphire, if that doesn’t appeal to you in terms of having a more premium watch in terms of what the stainless offers with the weight/shine, and of course the advantage of the sapphire display along with the DLC, then that up-charge wouldn’t apply to you, but I would happily pay that $200 alone for the [sapphire and DLC].
The link bracelet is a bit loose on my wrist so I have not had an issue wearing it during warm weather as it can "breathe".
As others have noted, the DLC coating on the SBSS is very shiny. I liken it to the Ceramic Apple Watch, just black instead of white (or grey for earlier series). It is very different than the Space Black Aluminum or Titanium (IMO, it looks better than both).
As for the higher price, you do get what most believe is a more durable watch in terms of materials. The sapphire glass and DLC coating both appear to resist scratching better than the ion glass and aluminum.
Sorry I posted that in completely the wrong thread so move it. Steel and aluminium prices are fluctuating so much recently you’ll often find aluminium is more expensive than stainless in many instances. I work in an industry that reacts to this pricing on a weekly basis.
The quality is just as good. Only downside is that the sizing of the band is a chore although it comes with a tool and sizing is a full link or nothing. Most conventional bands have 1/2 links if needed.
So in my case it’s a little too tight or a little too loose. The Apple link Bracelet can be adjusted on the fly with no tools and with better wrist size tolerances.
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I currently have the S5 SBSS with the SB ML and love it. For a variety of reasons, I find the band very easy to manage.
I am looking for a link bracelet that does not require you to disengage links before removing the band. This sort of rules out the Apple link bracelet for me.
are there any high quality link bracelet bands that DO NOT require you to take the band apart in order to remove it from the watch?
if not, I may just stick with the ML that cane with my watch!
Thanks
I am looking for a link bracelet that does not require you to disengage links before removing the band. This sort of rules out the Apple link bracelet for me.
are there any high quality link bracelet bands that DO NOT require you to take the band apart in order to remove it from the watch?
if not, I may just stick with the ML that cane with my watch!
Thanks
How do you know it is the real thing and not a knock off? I've seen knock offs look pretty close to the real thing and (not being racist here), but they are coming straight from China...
Look at this thread:
Is this ebay seller too good to be true? Stainless link bands, OEM apple bands
https://tinyurl.com/y9n67nlz I really want to pull the trigger on the Black Stainless Link band.. but this seems to good to be true..
forums.macrumors.com
Many people bought their bands at this seller and are satisfied, some have an original link bracelet to compare it to. Of course you never can be 100% sure, but the finish, tolerances and overall functionality of each component is so close to perfect that I do not know how it could be any better. If there was any doubt it was a cheap knock-off I would have wanted my money back, but it is worth every penny for me.
Arguably, we don't, though Apple is now starting to embed serial numbers on some bands and people are reporting that these serial numbers are showing up on some of their more recent eBay auction items. The stock also fluctuates (if they were fakes, they should always have them available) and the quality on them varies from effectively new (like mine) to various degrees of cosmetic blemishes (which are indicated in the respective auctions). Together, this gives me the impression they are getting access to overstocked and factory rejected product.
I mean in the end, if it is a fake, it's a perfect one. So if I can get a band that is identical to one I would buy from Apple for half the price, I consider it a deal. (And some of the bands I have purchased from them have come sealed in an official box, which is why I think some of this is overstock).
Well to be fair, the retail boxed Apple bands come straight from China, too.
Be careful of micro scratches from the band on your watch. I was pretty careful with mine and still got a few
Dude even the "real thing" is coming from China ...
Tesla owner for 5.5 years now, $TSLA investor for 3.5, Apple since 2005.
Be careful of micro scratches from the band on your watch. I was pretty careful with mine and still got a few
ugh, comments like this is the reason I still have not used my ML watch band :-/
Yup that’s it. So I copied his watch face complications, but my digital time shows seconds, his does not. How do I remove the seconds?