F5 Silver

Is this the Slate Gray Stainless Steel band? Looks a lot more polished/brushes than I expected based on the marketing photos.

No, it is not the Slate Gray. This is the newer brused stainless. Honestly, I bet Garmin will release a Silver Sapphire F5 wih this band in the future. The Slate Gray is the standard band that comes with the F5 that currently ship with a metal band.

This is the same band that was released with the:
quatix® 5 Sapphire Stainless Steel Sapphire with Metal Band
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/595326/pn/010-01688-41#

QuickFit 22 Watch Bands, Stainless Steel
https://buy.garmin.com/en-US/US/p/553030/pn/010-12496-20#

No it's the recently introduced stainless (so essentially silver) band that Garmin have released in conjunction with the Quatix 5 model, which is basically a silver Fenix 5 with blue accents.
There's photos of the Slate Grey Steel band elsewhere and it is definitely darker and less polished.

Yep, Carl is correct.

No it's the recently introduced stainless (so essentially silver) band that Garmin have released in conjunction with the Quatix 5 model, which is basically a silver Fenix 5 with blue accents.
There's photos of the Slate Grey Steel band elsewhere and it is definitely darker and less polished.

I like it quite a bit but the black of the lugs/case contrasting with the silver bothers me ... dunno but don't think it works as well as the all silver look of your victorinox. This is the main reason i went for the slate instead of silver even through the bezel durability of the silver would be better in the long run.

Silver screws

I like it quite a bit but the black of the lugs/case contrasting with the silver bothers me ... dunno but don't think it works as well as the all silver look of your victorinox. This is the main reason i went for the slate instead of silver even through the bezel durability of the silver would be better in the long run.

Armughan, just to clarify the F5 Sliver has silver screws in the bezel. The quatix 5 has black screws in the bezel.

Armughan, just to clarify the F5 Sliver has silver screws in the bezel. The quatix 5 has black screws in the bezel.

Side by side...

Btw, sorry for my duplicate posts. Drives me nuts waiting for an administrator to approve my posts.

Silver F5 with brown leather band

Got the brown leather Garmin strap too. Swapped the black buckle on the leather band for my Silver F5's silicone strap's silver buckle, like others have done.

I like the matching look.

Link to the watch face:
https://apps.garmin.com/en-US/apps/e4a8e4ae-fae3-46f1-8655-06ef8348049d

So i have now got the silver with the leather band and swopped out the silver buckle onto the leather as you suggested and it looks superb.

Although i have now just scratched the bezel... Gutted. How are your silver bezels holding up?