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I bought this metal bracelet and this leather strap. The brown leather looks great with the stainless watch. Also, both came with the quick release pins. The leather band fits great on my large wrist. Usually I'm at the last one or two holes on a leather strap. I'm right in the middle on this one. You'll need to remove some links on the metal bracelet unless you have giant wrists. I removed 2 or 3 of them. Any watch store can do this. Or you can do what I did and buy a watch repair kit.

Watch bands are easy to make cheaply. This is good and bad. For example, pretty much all of the cheap Milanese style bands are crap: the weave frays (if it isn't frayed out of the box) and snag clothing and the magnets often get stuck on, well, any ferrous metals around. Bracelet style bands are often decent, however, as are leather and synthetic bands. Read the reviews carefully, particularly the 1, 2, and 3- star reviews for more objective reviews. I've found that 1 and 5 star reviews are the least likely to be objective whereas 2-4 stars tend to go into more detail and be less... emotionally-charged.

The S3 Frontier and Galaxy Watch use the same, standard watch band size of 22mm, and are roughly the same size and shape, so a band that works for one should work for the other. Note that bands don't have to specifically support smart watches, much less a Samsung watch specifically. Other than potentially the shape around the bezel (if applicable), the only thing that matters for compatibility is that it's 22mm. That said, Samsung watch bands have an easy-to-slide mechanism for installation and removal that many traditional watches do not, so it's handy when a band includes that.

There are many options for this. I bought this band when I bought the steel GW and it's worked out fine. Note that the band does not meet the bezel; it ends at the link point. At the time, bands that wrapped around the curve of the bezel were sold out, and for $17 with Prime shipping I didn't care that much. Since then, however, many new bands have come out and I'll probably order something like this sometime soon.

One last item of note: the tools that ship with any of these cheaper bands are utter crap. If you want to replace links and/or plan to use more than one band, it might be worthwhile to invest in a decent watch link tool. They're cheap but usually decent. Again, read the reviews to be sure.

Took my old watch and removed the bracelet and the matching bit that goes between the lugs and transplanted to my S3. Not a perfect fit, but I feel like it's lookin' pretty good!

I have a blue gear sport and absolutely LOVE it. The color is really amazing.

It uses any normal 20mm band. I personally use this one it looks really good. I wear it with my suit to client meetings all the time. Always get complements

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075HFSF33/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 (it seems stiff and not comfortable at first but after a few days it breaks in.

Also use this watch face:

The Dark Magic
https://www.sammobile.com/2017/01/27/watchface-friday-getting-started/

I bought this one and have been really impressed with the quality for such a low price. I work outside in the woods most days and it's held up great. I'll take a picture of it so you can seen the color. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MZ42B61/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_Ge1UBbF0JA8RV

Edit: http://imgur.com/vr0f1rn

Get a nice (20mm) leather or metal watch band and you're good to go. Something like these.

this is the link to it, its on sale right now if you have amazon prime. Really good quality https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J0RWU2O/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01KJL4XNY/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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..I uses this one. It overheats and I get the 'use original charger' warning on the watch.

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https://eu.community.samsung.com/t5/Smartphones-Tablets-Wearables/Gear-3-Frontier-Charging-with-Samsung-Wireless-Fast-Charger-EP/td-p/464114

..suggests you cannot use a Qi charger also

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Do you have one that works 100%?

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Cheers!

Started a chat with Customer Service since the link in my order stopped working. The agent told me that the order was confirmed and gave me a link to the item, which I'll put below, but the link he gave me doesnt work right now.... We'll see, I guess its just so fresh that they are tweaking their item descriptions... We shall see, Anticipation Builds.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01M7MDK5S - Hopefully the link will go live sometime today.

I have always been happy with my bands from gadgetwraps
https://smile.amazon.com/GadgetWraps-Silicone-Watch-Strap-Release/dp/B01FWI0HVQ

It's probably because they raised the price by $90 today. I pre-ordered mine for $349 and today it's $439. Surely they'll "lose" my pre-order soon, too.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M7MDK5S/

I just received this band from Amazon - $20. It came with a kit to remove the pins for the links, and also included 3 quick release pins to attach the band to the watch. Durability should be fine, but for $20 I'd expect it to scuff where the band would rub on the bottom. Aesthetically it's exactly what I wanted. Weight isn't bad, I'd compare it to one of my Citizen watches.

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Amazon link for those interested in the band.

I bought this pattern copy of the Gear S2 charger from Amazon - it did not work at all.
The unit's red light was on when connected to power, as the original, but no charge was transferred to my Frontier.

To be fair, one of the questions does ask if this S2 charger will work with the S3 - the answer doesn't include it as compatible

I'm now looking for a low cost original, if it exists.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01CE7KMYU/ref=od_aui_detailpages01?ie=UTF8&psc=1

You can get it on Amazon. The one I used is [this.](http://www.3M.com/ DI-NOC CA-421 BLACK CARBON FIBER 2ft x 1ft (2 sq/ft) Flex Vinyl Wrap https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0062A7M2G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_vF7gAbTENF5WN)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01M4S26VE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I bought these. Went on easily and hides the massive scratch in my screen that the watch came with.

You looked at Barton's straps? They're MEGA comfy. I have the S3 Classic, and the leather isn't stellar (for me), so I got a Barton 22mm strap, and so happy with it.

https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01ASOGBYG/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

That's similar to the one i bought: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01N1EJ6EN/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

which also comes with the resizing tool.

Sporting this one currently, looks sharp https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0178JBJBY/ref=yo_ii_img?ie=UTF8&psc=1