Pay tribute to mom with these Apple Watch gift ideas [Watch Store]

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Rilee & Lo spices up your Apple Watch with sexy, sleek stainless steel watch bands.
A stainless steel stretch-link band for just $40?
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Mother’s Day is on Sunday, so how about gifting a little something for her Apple Watch?

Cult of Mac has rounded up a beautiful collection of Apple Watch bands, chargers and stands specifically picked for Mom in our Mother’s Day Gift Guide.

If you mother is a nerd, a Luddite, a traveler or style maven, we’ve got the goods for her. There’s a unique gift for every Apple Watch-loving momma out there.

Cult of Mac Watch Store gift card

Maybe mom just bought a new band, or you just have no idea what to gift. We’ve got you covered. Just grab a Cult of Mac Watch Store gift card and let your loved one pick what they want.

Price: Starting at $10

Buy from: Watch Store

Casetify Saffiano leather bands

Tons of exclusive designs to light up eyes and match your every mood.
Casetify has tons of exclusive designs to light up eyes and match your every mood.
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Casetify’s bands are made from fine Saffiano calf’s leather and the artwork is handpicked and curated exclusively for Casetify. Saffiano leather is sweat- and water-resistant, allowing you to move comfortably even during high-intensity workouts. The unique cross-hatch leather is finished with a scratch-resistant coating.

Casetify is a company that believes in being radically unique. It creates beautifully designed, made-to-order products, and Casetify is committed to giving a portion of profits back to its artists

Price: $52

Buy from: Watch Store

Bucardo Charm Necklaces and Lockets for Apple Watch

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Real turquoise and Swarovski crystals adorn several of these lovely charms, and all necklaces are crafted from either gold or silver-plated stainless steel.  In wearing these luxury Apple Watch charm necklaces, the watch is still clearly visible, incorporating itself into a hot piece of jewelry. It’s unique yet timeless — just like mom. Check out Bucardo’s beautiful lockets for Apple Watch, too.

Buy from: Watch Store

Clessant Liberty Fabric Silk Apple Watch Band

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The craftsmanship of a luxurious Clessant strap is a specific and complex process, with more than 60 different steps to completion.
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The Liberty Fabric Silk Apple Watch Strap from France’s Clessant is made from calf’s leather wrapped in silk sourced from Liberty London, purveyors of fine silk. Each bracelet is crafting painstakingly by hand to avoid any folds in the silk or imperfections — it’s quite simply a work of art and the perfect strap for mom.

Price: $137

Buy from: Watch Store

Juuk Ligero Rainbow Apple Watch Band

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This beautiful band by Juuk combines luxury with brilliant color.

This is one of the best luxury anodized aluminum Apple Watch bracelets we’ve seen. The Ligero Rainbow Apple Watch Band is Juuk’s third and probably most intriguing band because it’s the first made from extremely high-grade aluminum for Apple Watch. The Ligero is made of 6061 hard anodized aluminum, and the colored aluminum is really gorgeous.

Price: $139.00

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Rilee & Lo Steel Apple Watch Bands and Bracelets

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Mix and match and stack in shiny and matte — wear all by itself or with a Rilee & Lo Apple Watch band.
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Rilee & Lo’s exclusive bands for Apple Watch fuse tech and style brilliantly, and are designed by a woman for women. Made of stainless steel with stunning finishes including gold, rose gold, silver, gunmetal, black and navy.

Add a little panache to your Rilee & Lo Apple Watch band with their on-style coordinating stacking bracelets. Choose the correct size and these stainless-steel bands slip on and off your wrist seamlessly and fit like a proverbial glove. These bracelets are fun to stack with with other varied bands and watch straps.

Price: $20-$40

Buy from: Watch Store

Proper Apple Watch Stand in Silver & Black

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Each stand is machined from a single solid billet of aluminum. Precision-machined, polished, bead-blasted and anodized for a beautiful matte finish. Place Apple Watch on stand and the magnetic charging cable will gently hold the watch in place. Small, adorable and sleek. Also available in Gold & Navy.

Price: $69.95

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Form Function Form Button-Stud Apple Watch Band

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The adjustable length Button-Stud Apple Watch band fits virtually all wrist sizes — from the fleshiest to thinnest!
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For something wildly different for mom, Form Function Form’s Button Stud strap does away with any type of buckle or clasp. Each strap is laser-cut, hand-burnished and stitched from fine leather sourced from the 100-year-old Horween Leather Company in Chicago. Click-in adapters in stainless, silver, space gray and space black are sewn into the two-piece strap. Choose from 10 different colors!

Price: $94

Buy from: Watch Store

Twelve South ActionSleeve Armband for Apple Watch

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The Apple Watch is the most advanced health & fitness device ever, but the wrist is not always the perfect place to wear it. Enter ActionSleeve.
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ActionSleeve straps your Apple Watch to your upper arm or bicep — off your wrist — but still fully viewable and controllable. ActionSleeve’s outer frame adds protection from nicks and dings and with tighter, more consistent skin contact, it can even improve heart rate monitoring. Ideal for the active Mom, and perfect for the majority of her workouts.

Price: $29.99

Buy from: Watch Store

E3 Apple Watch Strap in Navy Blue Chromexcel Leather

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Currently, the Watch Store offers E3 Supply Co. Apple Watch bands in two styles and a variety of finishes and colors. Made by hand in America.
Photo: Lyle Kahney/Cult of Mac

The Navy Blue Chromexcel Leather Band from E3 Supply Co. is handmade from a special leather infused with an oil and wax blend that results in an extremely soft and durable band. This band moves with you and becomes softer, developing a beautiful patina the more you wear it.

Price: $69

Buy from: Watch Store

 

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