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'What is the Apple Watch Studio?': How to order a custom Apple Watch with Apple's new design studio

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You can customize an Apple Watch before you buy it with the Apple Watch Studio. Robert Galbraith/Reuters
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Like all Apple devices, the Apple Watch is known for its sleek, minimalist design, which consists of a rectangular case with rounded edges, a single dial, and a single button. 

To add personal style to the Watch, many different bands are available, from a rubberized "Sport Band," to classic leather, to a stylish stainless steel wristband.

Now, with the Apple Watch Studio, Apple Watch owners can customize their devices before they even buy it.

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Apple Watch Series 4 (From $429 at Best Buy)

What the Apple Watch Studio is

In the past, if you wanted to choose a unique band for your Apple Watch, you had to buy the watch and then pay for a new band separately, swapping it in for the wristband that came with the purchase. With the advent of the Apple Watch Studio, customers can now custom design a watch and band before they buy it.

The Apple Watch Studio can be used through the Apple Store app or on Apple's website, and Apple will soon offer an in-person version of the studio at Apple Stores. Customers can choose from two case sizes (40 and 44 millimeters), four different case types, and four different types of band, which come in several colors.

All told, the Apple Watch Studio offers enough different combinations that you could create more than a thousand unique Apple Watches. 

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You can customize your Apple Watch in thousands of ways.  Steven John/Business Insider

And if you're using the Apple Store app, or customizing your Watch on the website, you'll be able to preview what your Watch will look like before you buy.

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Steven John has been a freelance writer for more than a dozen years and has been a regular contributor to Business Insider since 2017. His work includes a focus on the tech world, covering companies including Apple, Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others. He also reviews restaurants, shares how-to cooking articles, and writes general interest pieces.Steven also writes for publications including Architectural Digest, The Daily Beast, Forbes, and more. In the past, he also wrote for New York Magazine, Mashed, U.S. News & World Report and other outlets. He runs his own outdoor lifestyle site, Dad Gear Review, and co-hosts the Fact Trekkers podcast with his son. He has had two novels published, Three A.M. and Outrider. He graduated from Emerson College with a degree in communications focused on filmmaking.He is an avid outdoorsman and can be frequently found in a kayak or on a mountain trail, often with his family along for the adventure.Expertise:Tech industryTech hardwareOutdoorsCookingRestaurantsDIYPopular articles:Microsoft: A history of the software giant co-founded by Bill Gates, its products and services, jobs, layoffs, and moreYouTube is a major entertainment force. Here's the platform's history, plus how to create a channel and upload videos.Inside the life and career of Bill Gates, the Microsoft co-founder, billionaire, and philanthropistTim Cook net worth: How the Apple leader earns and spends his moneyBecoming an Amazon seller is a simple process. Here's what's involved, plus how you make money and get paid.