Materials & Craft
Made with intention.
Worn with meaning.
Every band we make carries a story, of the people who designed it, the cultures it draws from, and the hands it eventually wraps around. The materials we choose are part of that story.
Why this page exists
Most accessories in our category are never independently tested. We chose to test ours.
zamani started as a way to put heritage on the wrist: patterns, colors and motifs that mean something to the people who wear them. From the beginning, we treated the things you touch every day as worth doing properly.
That meant choosing materials we could stand behind, working with manufacturers who could show their work, and sending samples to independent laboratories to verify what we say we make. Not because regulation required it. Because heritage means responsibility.
Khaled, founder
What goes into each piece
The materials, by hand and by name.
We work in three product families. Here is what each is made of.
Family I
Apple Watch Bands
Soft, skin-friendly silicone bands paired with a stainless steel connector and clasp. Designed to wear daily, through heat, humidity and workouts, without discoloring, hardening or pulling on the skin.
| Band | Skin-contact silicone |
| Clasp & pins | Stainless steel |
| Heat-set inks, no PVC or plastisol | |
| Origin | Designed in Dubai, made in China |
Family II
WHOOP Performance Bands
Woven nylon bands sized for WHOOP 4.0 and 5.0, finished with a stainless connector that locks into the WHOOP sensor housing. Built to stay comfortable through training, sleep and shower.
| Band | Woven nylon |
| Hardware | Stainless steel connector |
| Treatment | None. No water-repellent or PFAS coatings |
| Origin | Designed in Dubai, made in China |
Family III
Heritage Wristbands
Our Shemagh, Sadu and Persian Carpet wristbands carry traditional patterns rendered in woven polyester. The motifs are reproduced from textiles, embroideries and weavings of the regions they reference.
| Band | Woven polyester, 100% |
| Dye | Azo-free dyes, formaldehyde-free finish |
| Pattern | Reproduced from regional heritage textiles |
| Origin | Designed in Dubai, made in China |
Independent verification
Tested against the standards that actually matter.
Before we ship a season, samples from each family go to an independent laboratory in Shanghai. The materials are tested against the chemical-safety standards governing what touches your skin in the European Union, the United States and the Gulf.
What we test for is straightforward: nickel release, lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium, arsenic, phthalates, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, azo dyes and formaldehyde. The substances regulators care about because they are the ones that, in excess, cause harm.
What we look for is also straightforward: every test result inside the regulatory limits, every time. When something is borderline, we go back to the supplier.
Standards referenced
EU REACH Annex XVII
European Union restriction on substances of concern. Items 23, 27, 43, 50, 51, 63 and 72 apply to accessories that touch the skin.
California Proposition 65
United States exposure standard listing chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm. Applies to anything sold in California.
ASTM F2999-19
American Society for Testing and Materials specification for adult jewelry, covering lead, cadmium, nickel and prolonged-skin-contact metals.
For partners
Stocking zamani, or writing about us?
Wholesale partners, retailers and press can request the full materials and testing summary, including the third-party laboratory report and per-family component breakdown.
