Classic and Modern Buckle Band Parts Let Third-Party Bands Connect to Apple Watch [iO - اخبار التقنية

ahlam1399 · #1 05-05-2015, 12:51 AM

There are few Third-Party Band options available for the Apple Watch at the current point in time given that it just launched a week and a half ago, but those of you who purchased a stainless steel Apple Watch with a Classic Buckle or Modern Buckle Band can use the components from those Bands to Connect standard Watch Bands to your Apple Watch devices.

In a newly published video, Lewis Hilsenteger of Unbox Therapy walks through the process of using the Parts in the Classic Buckle Band to Connect a 22mm Third-Party Watch Band to the Apple Watch.

As it turns out, there are two small pentalobe screws holding the pin component of the Classic Buckle together, so with a pentalobe screwdriver, the portion of the Band that connects to the Apple Watch can be disassembled, slid into a standard pin-based Watch band, and reassembled.

Classic Modern Buckle Band Parts

The Modern Buckle and the Classic Buckle are the only two Bands that have a pin-based connector built-in, so those of you who want to use different Watch Bands with your Apple Watch devices will need to either purchase one of the models that comes with a Classic Buckle Band or purchase a Classic Buckle band separately for $149 (estimated to ship out in May). The Modern Buckle has the same connector, but Modern Buckle Apple Watches have **t yet shipped out and those Bands are listed as "Currently Unavailable" in the online Apple Store.

Along with a compatible Apple Watch band, a tiny pentalobe screwdriver is also required to swap out the band, but those are available at little cost. With a Classic Buckle and the screwdriver, making a swap is as uncomplicated as simply removing two screws, pulling apart the connector, sticking the pieces into a**ther Watch band, and putting it back together again.