Reply With Quotemetal on the watch/s I wear the most, but my preference is rubber.
What's the strap you wear the most on the watch you wear the most? What's your preference? Say for example you were down to wear the same watch until the end of time, what strap would it be on?
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
metal on the watch/s I wear the most, but my preference is rubber.
Depends on time of year not the watch for me. That sticky hot spell we had - leather can get a bit nasty. Leather when it’s a bit cooler for me and perlon in the hot fays
Canvas nato on the watch that I wear most which is the one I wear to work but metal on all my good watches.
Dave, I put a Nato on my Speedy to go on a recent British holiday and really enjoyed it, was never a Nato fan prior to that, so maybe Speedy/Nato for me, I'm even concidering a Nato for the new Citizen... What do you think?
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My most frequently worn watch is a CWC G10 that I wear running and it’s on an old grey phoenix NATO that has been butchered by a previous owner - I have no plans to change it. I had a WWW Record a few years ago that had one of the old NATOs with chromed brass furniture - I really regret not hanging onto that strap.
In the Sotadic Zone, apparently.
I voted leather because I have a penchant for dressy watches and prefer a lighter weight on the wrist.
I prefer to buy a watch on a bracelet, but usually buy a variety of after market straps.
I wear my BB Bronze the most and wear it on a black NATO with bronze hardware. Just seems to work and is totally comfortable.
Apart from that I tend to wear Rolex on bracelet, PAM on leather.
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Been wearing my PR3-LE yellow a lot recently on a bracelet. Should pick up a NATO for it really, not too keen on rubber!
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I’m a right fussy git every watch has it own selection of straps. And some I won’t change off the bracelet.
Sub main wearer I guess. Always on bracelet.
2254. Bracelet. But looking for alternatives!!
Speedie.... alsorts!
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This is an interesting one, as my (very) personal view is that certain watches lend themselves to particular straps.
I don’t have a single watch that I wear most of the time, so across my current rotation of 13 watches that view currently means that I have 3 on steel, 4 on rubber, 2 on canvas, 1 on sailcloth and 3 on leather.
I detest NATOs and won’t wear them.
Navitimers and Panerais seem ‘wrong’ on steel, whereas steel feels like the only option for my Doxa and my Seawolf.
Strange, isn’t it...
Simon
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Since 2009, my most common combination has been a 2264 on one of Eddie's Natos.
I voted leather, but if I could have had another vote, NATO would of been very close.
As I tend to flip between the two, I like wearing a leather strap, as it adds style to a watch. But a NATO gives that added practicality for when you like to get wet LOL
ZULU every time, failing at a NATO, I like the security they offer, always find them comfortable and like their practicality.
I only have one watch on a bracelet and that is my SMPc on the Bond bracelet which I think is the best fitting most comfortable and smartest looking of all.
Have you got the adjustable clasp on the Bond Bracelet Carl?Originally Posted by Carl.1
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Not a bracelet guy - at all, and could never get on with NATOs or variants thereof. Nothing beats the feel or the look of a leather strap, especially veg tanned and hand made. Have a silicone strap on a Seiko diver that weighs almost nothing and extremely comfy, though.
Good bracelet is all I need, especially with microadjust on clasp or at least easylink
The Rolex glidelock bracelet is superb, as is the Breitling Pro3. I like rubber straps on Seiko divers, currently using Everest and Isofrane style. Nato and Zulu on the others and I've a couple of Toshi that get the occasional outing. So, absolutely no preference for me. In fact I'm smack in the middle of Don't Know.
No it is the older one from 1996. I use a half link and find it fits perfectly. It did take a bit of working out though and it also depends which way round you have the clasp as that makes a difference to the fit.
Ah ok, as long as you got the right fit.
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Mainly bracelets with leather on dress watches.
However DIY work and gardening it's a taty canvas on a Chinese "special".
New Nato
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Any of the diver’s watches I own on a rubber strap. That is my default: I love rubber, can live with nylon, leather or canvas, and have a strong dislike for metal bracelets.
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I almost always take the bracelet off a new watch and replace it immediately.
I love leather straps, but have a problem that they generally do not like getting wet (even the waterproof ones like a Chronissimo age quicker when wetted)
I like rubber, but find it often quite sweaty, and the more generously thick ones are sometimes too stiff on the wrist (loved the hinged one that came with the Tag Heuer Aquagraph)
Love the simple fit of Nato (and Perlon, especially) but it has to be said, larger, thicker watches sometimes look too big for the lack of thickness in a NATO.
I think my favourite was a really nice canvas NATO made by Morellato called Jump txtile NATO< which was leather lined. Really comfy but sadly discontinued. Arrrrggghhh.
Dave
I do think it totally depends on the watch. Rolex only ever on the bracelet, and the same for my Speedy, as I have never even thought of removing the bracelet. The Aerospace NM is on Breitling's military fabric / leather strap, and is perfect on that. If I had a Panerai, that would be on leather, as would a Navitimer, Big Pilot, Monaco, Tank or Reverso. Inexpensive divers on a Zulu or Perlon. It's all about the watch!
Dave
Usually I go through a phase when I get a new watch of trying different straps, many times I revert back to bracelet.
However for my newly acquired speedy Tuesday which I put on a vintage speedy bracelet, I might change up to this Di Modell Chronissimo strap, I think it could work. Here is one with the pro.
Increasingly, I’m finding that I prefer to wear my watches on a Zulu or NATO strap. I find the comfort and flexibility a big plus and the security aspect very reassuring.
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I generally prefer leather of some ilk, but some watches (my Sinn Arktis, for example), just don't seem to work so well on it and are better on a bracelet (I prefer my Speedmaster on a strap, though).
I can't say I much like NATOs/Perlon/etc personally, but I've a few watches on nylon or rubber, mostly divers, that actually dive (such as my Voyager and my CW Makaira) and the watch I wear to the gym!
M
I'm just about to try my arktis on a blue hirsch perf tiger. Will let you know how I get on.
Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Depends of the watch, my mood and the clothes I'm wearing, so it's a turnover between metal, leather and NATOs
Generally metal bracelets for me although I do wear my Speedy on a variety of straps and I think the Aerospace looks amazing on a NATO.
I think bracelet beats all and if not leather
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Definitely depends on the watch / occasion. But for comfort nothing beats a well work perlon/zulu
Early days...
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Good luck everybody. Have a good one.
Personally , I think an Arktis suits a bracelet rather than blue leather
Personally I really like that!!
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Rubber Nato Zulu, really comfortable
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Rubber Nato Zulu, really comfortable
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