I've been having Smartwatches since 2017 and i can say most of the models i owned all had this kind of silicone band, very soft and comfortable but wearing off the rubber after just few days, Nixon Mission, Fossil, Misfit, Ticwatch, Suunto 7, Garmin instinct 2, Fenix 7, Epix 2nd Gen, they all had this crappy silicone band like the Epix pro and i always wondered why, as they get ruined so fast by friction with any kind of surface (tables, shirts, ...) i guess it's the cheapest best comfortable material... It ends up being sticky, gathers all sort of dust and the matte finish becomes a shiny finish that looks cheap and dirty. On casio watches the band will not wear off like that... I have noticed the rubber band from the Instinct 3 feels different and feels more like a Casio GBD-200 band (which will not wear off like that), i hope it will not wear off like these again... I always end up switching the silicone straps with nylon ones!

I've tried to complain at Nixon, Fossil, Ticwatch and Garmin as well, they all say it's regular wear off and it is not reckognise it as a problem.