Not this pairing,but I’ve had straps from the watch steward and Nick Manky.Both are well made and worth the money.
Hello all. First post here so forgive me if this is the wrong place for it. I've just received my Smiths PRS-40 and I was hoping to pair it with a Marine Nationale style Elastic Nylon strap. The one I had my eye on was the Classic from The Watch Steward. I was wondering if anyone on here has made this pairing before, or with any MN style strap?? I'm concerned that the fixed hardware on the strap (combined with the bulk of the strap itself) won't fit through the fixed fixed strap loops on the PRS-40 which are a smidge under 4mm high by my measurements.
Not this pairing,but I’ve had straps from the watch steward and Nick Manky.Both are well made and worth the money.
Don't have one of the straps you describe but having had a look at some images online and examined my own PRS-40 carefully - I don't think you'd get the hardware through the slots in the case (assuming you need to, you wouldn't on a NATO but I'm not familiar with the Marine Nationale straps).
I had a PRS-40 and managed to fit a Watch Steward strap to it. The hardware did go through the lugs, although you needed a bit of force and to push it through at an angle. Unfortunately, the combination of the strap design and the lug-to-lug length on the PRS-40 and my wrist size just didn't work together. With a bigger wrist than mine I think it would work (my wrist is 17.5cm).
Dave E
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