Don't matter what he does or how "crap" his music is, Kanye rakes in the major dough and I am sure the majority of the users on this board are envious of his earnings power. I know I am!
WTF ????????????
Just speaking my own thoughts/experiences my friend. I am a very satisfied customer of Strapluxe and you can't smack me down for that.
From your pics, those AP Bands have some MAJOR GAPS between the strap and the watch casing after they are installed on the endlinks!!
Man that strap compability quality sucks in my opinion. But cool box from AP Bands
You should have tried getting your straps from Strapluxe. Perfect fitment from the pics I have seen from others and from my own experience.
Don't sweat it. Stuff like that happens to watches. Can't do anything about the nicks/dents except just be more careful next time around.
Once you get tooo many nicks/dents that you just can't stand it, replace the bezel.
I give you major kudos for trying to do this!
Is it easy to find a lume that has the same yellow color as the hour markers when in regular light? That would look better imo.
Always loved the stealth bomber look with black PVD PAMs so this would be my choice. Here's an example from my favorite strap maker
Black Buffalo strap with black stitching with matching PVD PreV buckle
I'd go for Black Themes over the Volcano just because of aesthetics. The bright orange on the Volcano is very distastefully done and am still shocked as to why AP came out with that color....it is just plain ugly.
And as for aftermarket straps, lots of people here including myself favor StrapLuxe over Apbands. You may consider trying them out.