Apple Watch Wristband Patent

This is a user-to-user forum, you're not talking to Apple here. Because of that, a question like this is a bit beyond the scope of these communities. As the other user points out, you can buy the connectors online, but that doesn't get to the heart of your issue, which is the hoops you'd have to jump through to be able to sell your product. You should be talking to Apple directly (http://www.apple.com/contact/), or those sellers on Amazon directly, that would be the best way to answer your question.

Hi

Information about creating bands for Apple Watch is provided by Apple here (including Band Design Guidelines for Apple Watch):

https://developer.apple.com/watch/bands/

Apple-designed Apple Watch lugs that meet the Made for Apple Watch specification can be purchased from Apple's authorised distributor here:

https://mfi.avnet.com/lug/index.html#/home

If you wish to discuss any related matters with Apple, contact information is available here (you are not talking to Apple here - this is a user-based technical support community):

http://www.apple.com/contact/

There are no hoops to jump through and you do not need to talk to Apple nor get their approval. You will not be able to sell your bands in their stores or online (they only sell and recommend their own) and any other places you sell it is fine. You cannot represent yours as being from Apple or in any way approve by Apple.

Apple doesn't make nor sell the connectors. You can buy from the same source that Apple does. Even if you do though and get a bad one if it damages the connector on the Watch it may void the warranty if they somehow can determine you weren't using an Apple watchband.

The Picture with band looks completely fake, as I was asking the same question how it happened.

Here on another websites they are selling quite a lot fake products, we better go buying only on apple authorised store.

Cheers

You can buy the same connector on the web.

Are the band connectors you'd buy online genuine from Apple?