Nick Man has been reviewing equipment for Apple merchandise since 2011, first because the equipment editor at iLounge after which right here at Wirecutter. After researching probably the most promising bands for our preliminary spherical of testing, he offered them to a panel of Wirecutter writers, editors, and designers. He additionally interviewed a number of specialists: Thomas Lodowski, a watchmaker at Manhattan Time Service with greater than 15 years of expertise in horology; Jack Forster, the editor in chief of Hodinkee.com, an internet watch-enthusiast publication; and Ashley Kinder, the supervisor at Hodinkee Store, the corporate’s gross sales channel. All of those specialists have expertise with the Apple Watch, along with conventional watches.