Epix 2 Sapphire - Black Titanium vs. Leather band version

The only difference between the watches themselves is the color of that button. That’s all. I bought that one with the red button and it looks great with the leather band too in my opinion. Ofc both of them have the same color (Sapphire - Black Titanium) and they are DLC coated as well.

Not only the button itself is red, but just inside the bezel near start/stop markings are 3 tiny stripes: these too are red. Versus on the "other" watch, those are white.

Garmin is completely insane with these absurd SKU and manufacturing and part variations !

Thanks for all your replies, so far!

Your are right msquared2, the stripes above 2 o´clock are also red. But on Ament ´s picture it seems way less visible, then I expected. Or as the product images stated.

As I wrote, I don´t want to have the leather strap. But amazing, that a 100$ strap won´t last a month for TZAR.

I think I´ll go for the "red" one and spend the difference on a metal band for work. Maybe I can see it in real, before ordering it.
Spending 1000€ must pleasure my eyes as good as it can

Having the black sapphire version with the red button I admit that in daily use it isn't really remarkable. I don't know why Garmin made this difference. Don't bother to buy the red button version. No regret.

I expect a revised release later this year with yet more colours, maybe adding LTE and who knows venu like voice capabilities but that may mean less water proofing 

As regular black titanium is very hard to find in stock I managed to find this leather band vesion in stock (lady said the received 3 units only), you get 2 straps, leather and black silicone (both with matching dark gray clasp) and a much nicer watch box. With 10% cash discount it was the same price as regular black.

tend to find that the red marking on the watch face is probably more visible than the button itself, but that may be because I am using the same screen and yellow marking too (just love a black face and yellow hands - have the same combo on my mechanical seiko). But saying that never really noticed it, and no one in my family has noticed the switch from F6x (which has the same red stripes, and also has a black and red button but far less visible. So as others have pointed out, it really isn't that visible.