Gents Wide Stainless Steel Expansion 552W-BL

Very nice watch band. It was a little long for my wrist but I removed some of the slots and now it fits perfect. The quality seems to be very good

It's quite long and will need to be shortened. If you have an are you know has a lot of old retired folks you can have a jeweler there that actually knows about watchbands shorten it for you. Otherwise I was able to do it myself after watching a few youtube instructional videos on how to do it. Basically you bend the little tabs up on the side and yank one of the metal staples holding the band together. once those staples are removed the whole band can then separate and you can do the same down the band to shorten it at much as you please. If you are careful you can even keep the extra links you removed as spares for when you inevitably break it on something. About the band it's self: paint is soft but in a good way, hard paint flakes away, this paint flexes with the metal and works really well. the band will not quite fit a 20mm band, unless you remove the spring guides on the ends. I was able to fit this perfectly to my samsung gear 4 watch which is a 44mm watch with a 20mm band size which is probably closer to 19mm. Samsung didn't really follow standard sizing when designing their watches. But I was able to make this watch band fit and I think it looks pretty good too.

comes with 3 sizes of pins to attach the band to variable widths of watches. I have an eight inch circumference to my wrist so I ordered a 6.25" band (the watch is 1.75" wide) and it fit perfectly! I suggest putting the end pieces of the band in a vice for a day or two to weaken the parts that cover the pins, It made it easier to squeeze the pins that attach to the watch.

The black comes off Easly had to remove links because it was large on me.

I bought this band because I wanted one for my Active 2 smartwatch. I've been looking for an elastic metal band as I prefer being lazy in regards to putting on my watch. On a positive note, this has great elasticity and the form factor fits perfectly with the watchband width for the Active 2. But it's also a con that it fits perfectly. It fits too perfectly. I have to idea on how to remove it if I want to switch to another band now. It was a pain to put it on, and now I feel like I'm stuck with it. There's no quick release latch that you find in most modern watch bands. It feels like it's been put on too tightly that I don't think I can insert anything in between to take the band off. The next negative side of this particular model is that it's very prone to getting the color rubbed off. On my pair, you can see that the edges have the stainless steel color poking out due to normal wear and tear of roughly a month. All in all, I am enjoying how it fits and the ease in which I can remove and put on the watch. I'm not too ecstatic about the color nor do I have a clue on how I would possibly take this off.

My wrists are rather large, so I've always had some issue with watch bands not being long enough. I won't be removing links - this is very comfortable as is. Finally - no more hair pulling or too tight marks!

Update: After a few weeks the black coating has started flaking off. I find paint flakes everywhere, and the band looks awful. --- The band is comfortable and attractive. It feels reasonably durable. But putting it in is a huge pain, because you have to manage four separate spring-loaded components at once (the two ends of the pin, and the two shrinky things that make the band fit different watch sizes). The band does not accommodate quick-release pins. I adjusted the band's length, which was also immensely frustrating. It must have taken me an hour, and I lost several of the U-pins while doing it.

Exactly what I was wanting, appreciate the video for resizing

Recommend you buy a longer one than you think you will need as it's easier to remove links than add ones you don't have! Frankly it's a great expansion band. I can tell the quality is a tiny bit less than the other main competition. But I am not afraid it's going to break or anything. Well worth the money.

It was a bit difficult to get in place. My hands aren't young and the pin just wouldn't go in place. I could get the one side just fine. But then struggled for about 30 minutes to get the other pin in place. If I were an octopus, perhaps it would have gone a little better. It's been a few weeks and I love it. The loops broke off on the original plastic band. The band isn't tight on my wrist, but does still allow the smart watch to use all the features that I wanted. Step count. O2 Max. Sleep monitor. Yes, it reads my BP, but I don't know how accurate it is. My watch will easily slip off when it comes time for charging the watch. Overall, I'm very pleased with the look and feel.

alles super

It's a tight and fiddly fit to get it onto 20mm lugs but fits well once on, feels high quality, any exposed edges are nicely rounded off, seems much better made than other metal bands I have and the size can be adjusted following any of the guides made for metal expanding watch bands with spring links.

very pretty bracelet, but very hard to adjust without damaging it. I'm a professional precision engineer and I have plenty of experience and the right tools, but I found it impossible to remove links and then reform the metal so that it looks perfect. I've taken it off.