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Apple Watch - Leather Band

I bought a new leather watch band for my Apple Watch.  The original rubber watch band was irritating my skin after prolong use and at times making the watch almost unwearable. Overall, this leather band has made a marked improvement in the comfort and wearability of the Apple Watch and is absolutely a great deal at about $10 on Amazon. The only error I made was I own a dark grey watch and the end links for this strap are silver chrome, but it's barely noticeable to me.

Apple Watch - 2 Years Ownership

I've owned an Apple Watch for almost 2 years.  I purchased my Series 2 on April 2017 and wore it regularly for most of 2017, but for some reason stopped in 2018 and switched back to traditional wristwatches.  Starting around Oct 2018, I began wearing my Apple Watch regularly again and have been wearing it almost daily ever since. I. What brought me back to the Apple Watch? Convenience.  I found the value of an Apple Watch is it's well integrated with the Apple ecosystem and I can rely on it as my main access point for alerts, messages, phone calls, music controls and useful info.  In a sense, the Apple Watch functions like a tiny data dashboard. I only need to take out my iPhone if I need to search the internet, send/receive messages or access certain apps.  Otherwise, I can go through most of the day never having to take my iPhone out of my pocket. They've also made some enhancements in the interface.  I'm now able to click an icon on the top to get back to the