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    Cheap NATOs

    Found on eBay - they send you a random selection of 12 straps. For £15!!. I ordered the 20mm bundle and they arrived today. Quality is ok and pretty happy with the selection.


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    Do you have a link?

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    Quote Originally Posted by P ELLIS View Post
    That's the ones. I wasn't sure if I was allowed to post a link. They are good value. You like yours?


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    Spot on although I got a stupid look off the wife when I said I was using them to save me stretching the straps on the watches ! I comment about having OCD was wafted about

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    thanks, I'll have some of those too. Annoyingly I ordered some full price ones from the same seller 2 days ago!

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    Seems they have upped the price but still a bargain

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    got mine today, quality is so so as only one of the nato's I received has any stitching - the rest just bonded.

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    Cheap NATOs

    Quote Originally Posted by jimyu View Post
    got mine today, quality is so so as only one of the nato's I received has any stitching - the rest just bonded.
    Well yeah. But for £20 posted for a dozen straps they are good value, and a very cheap option to rock about in on summer days. My SMP is loving it Sinn too. Sadly most of my watches are 22mm but I might get a 22mm bundle also


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    Quote Originally Posted by jimyu View Post
    got mine today, quality is so so as only one of the nato's I received has any stitching - the rest just bonded.

    Better quality Nato straps don't have stitching, the seams and holes are heat bonded, for example the Natos supplied by our host.
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    Quote Originally Posted by magirus View Post
    Better quality Nato straps don't have stitching, the seams and holes are heat bonded, for example the Natos supplied by our host.
    I would say these are gr8 value but they're certainly not top tier like a Tudor NATO for example, but cheaper than McDonalds and they do the job


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    Quote Originally Posted by magirus View Post
    Better quality Nato straps don't have stitching, the seams and holes are heat bonded, for example the Natos supplied by our host.
    Oh I thought the best were bonded and stitched.

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    My old 2004 one on a cheap NATO , stitched etc
    sincere apologies about the hairdressers car sneaking into the frame

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    Cheap NATO on the PO this morning


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    Nice! I'm warming to them and may bin off the green hulk for one as I've got another silly watch on order

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    they send you a random selection of 12 straps.
    What's the point of that? If I'm looking for a striped NATO, I don't want the Camel Corps, the Aldershot Concrete Company or some other bunch of donkey-wallopers by accident.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Carlton-Browne View Post
    What's the point of that? If I'm looking for a striped NATO, I don't want the Camel Corps, the Aldershot Concrete Company or some other bunch of donkey-wallopers by accident.
    It's end if stock. It's just a bargain- it also makes you try patterns / colours you might not have. Out of the 12 I will prob wear maybe 5. . For £15 that's £3 a NATO. I guess THATS why. Also the chances of me running into someone that calls me out fir wearing their Aldershot Concrete Company NATO strap are somewhat remote


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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    It's end if stock. It's just a bargain- it also makes you try patterns / colours you might not have. Out of the 12 I will prob wear maybe 5. . For £15 that's £3 a NATO. I guess THATS why. Also the chances of me running into someone that calls me out fir wearing their Aldershot Concrete Company NATO strap are somewhat remote


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    What, as in, "I seem to remember... the ACC was on the other side of the square..."?

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    Quote Originally Posted by RustyBin5 View Post
    It's end if stock. It's just a bargain- it also makes you try patterns / colours you might not have. Out of the 12 I will prob wear maybe 5. . For £15 that's £3 a NATO. I guess THATS why. Also the chances of me running into someone that calls me out fir wearing their Aldershot Concrete Company NATO strap are somewhat remote


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    I can see that the colour/pattern of a strap looks crap via the medium of photography without needing to physically put it on a watch.


    Edit. PS, the date was wrong on your Omega this morning. ;-)
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    Cheap NATOs

    I like the Orange on the PO but would never have gone and bought an Orange NATO, so I'm glad I got the chance. It's just st a bit of fun, and for £15 no real issue.

    Yeah I'm a lazy sod re dates🤣. Pet hate of the planet ocean - no quick set date.


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    Last edited by RustyBin5; 26th June 2017 at 09:49.

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