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What's in the box? • titanium watch band • sizing tool w/ 3 extra heads • instruction sheet Product specs • Wrist sizing: 5.9"-8.5" (150mm-228mm) wrist • size adjustment: remove links with small bar tool • Material: titanium Metal 93%, stainless steel 7% • Band dimensions: 27mm at watch connection narrowing to 20mm for the rest of the band • Weight: 2 ounces (59g) Design and features Lululooks Titanium Watch Band adds some additional titanium to the Apple Watch Ultra. There’s a slightly debossed design line down the center of the band which helps the band have a unique look. It comes well packaged with it’s own band sizing tool and protective film wrapped around the band. At the ends are the distinctive Apple Watch lugs for connecting to the watch body. Setup Unlike most Apple Watch bands, this one does require a little more setup due to the fact that it needs to be sized to your wrist. After removing the clear protective wrap, I connected one side of the band to the watch body, and with the clasp closed, wrapped it around my wrist until I could estimate how many links I needed to remove. I guessed 4 links total, so the next step was to remove 2 from each side of the clasp. Lululook includes a tool in the box which makes this pretty painless. It looks like this and uses a rotary knob to push embedded pins through the watch band. Lay the watch band face down separately from the watch. Use the dial on the tool to back out the pin head past the width of the band and then position the pushing pin so that it will push the link’s pin in the direction that the stamped arrow on the band shows. Now turn the dial until the pin sticks out far enough to grasp and extract. It should look like this. Note the orientation of the pin itself for resinstallation. Repeat this process on the other side of the number of links you need to remove, then reverse the process using the tool to push the pin in against the direction of the arrow. Then repeat all of that on the other side of the clasp. When installing the band on your watch, you’ll want to have the clasp open and insert each band side about halfway before fully seating either to avoid binding as the band twists. You’re now ready to try it on. If it’s still a little loose, but not enough to remove another link, there are three smaller adjustments on the one side of the clasp with a spring pin. Give those a shot if you just need to snug it up a bit. Performance I typically swap out my watchband every day or two depending on mood or activity. Part of reviewing