Changing the watch straps

I've been using the black leather straps that came with my Moto 360 for almost a year now, since I first unboxed it back in January.  Considering I wear it every day, that's probably not too bad, but they were starting to look a little worn.

Luckily, the same lovely person who bought me the watch, also bought me some new straps recently, so I thought I'd try and get them switched over.  And here's how I did it.

Firstly, the box...

Pretty unassuming, from a company call Rerii.  And inside there were the new straps, along with a number of spare pins, and a little tool...

In order to first take of the existing straps, you need to use the two-pronged end of the tool, and try to squeeze it up inside the watch, beside the current strap.  This can be quite fiddly, but what you're trying to do is first place the prongs against the edge of the pin, and then pull it in towards the centre of the strap.  

On the image below, I've circled the edge of the pin that you're aiming for, which has a couple of little ridges on which you can gain purchase.

Both ends of the pin push inwards, to allow the pin to slide out from the watch, which means you can come at this from either side.  

Once you've down this with both straps, you can either reuse the old pins, or use the new ones that come with your new straps - they should be exactly the same.  You can then push the pins back in, and in just a couple of minutes, your new straps should be securely fastened...

The metal ones are a bit heavier than the leather ones, but I really like it.  It's almost like having a branch new watch (if you ignore the slight surfaces scratches which are appearing on mine!).

This week's watchface - Metallic-4

Whilst I'm not a big fan of the name, I'm really enjoying this watchface at the moment, and have been for a couple of weeks now.  It's called the Metallic 4 (4 Colors- And 4 Dials) by bmg1001, and it looks like this...

As you can see from the preview, this is primarily an analogue watch, but with many additional features, including the digital time and the date displayed neatly at the top.  I've never seen a design quite like this, but I really like the symmetry of it.

The watchface has a number of different tap actions as well.  If you tap the digital date then it switches between 12 hour and 24 hour clocks - personally I prefer the 12 hour clock.

The top dial displays the weather, based on your WatchMaker settings (°C or °F, for example) and tapping the dial will refresh manually.

The right dial displays your watch's battery level as a percentage.  If you tap this dial it will toggle to the phone's battery level (which shows a "P" in the dial) and then tap again to get back to the watch's battery level.

The bottom dial displays the current day of the week.  If you tap this dial, it will toggle through the different colour options.  There's black, silver, red and blue - personally I prefer the silver one at the moment, also I've also been using black.

The left dial displays your current step count, as a percentage of your daily target.  If you tap this dial it will take you into the step count app, which for me is Google Fit, with a chart of recent days.

Overall I think this is a very stylish design, with plenty of functionality, but without overcrowding the screen with a complicated array of numbers.  I can see myself settling on this one for a while.