The Watch Appreciation Thread - Page 851

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Originally Posted by Rambo 

Anyone have a recommendation for good Nato/Zulu, or rubber straps? Need something that can hold up to daily wear and sweat, and be able to be cleaned off. Danke.

The $10 jobs you can get from eBay are actually pretty good. I have a few from this seller and they have held up even through a little bit of war.

Not a huge fan of Nato straps, except on low end watches.  To put one on a Rolex is wrong in so many ways.

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Originally Posted by Edgein 

Not a huge fan of Nato straps, except on low end watches.  To put one on a Rolex is wrong in so many ways.

Putting a tool strap on a tool watch is wrong, hm?

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Originally Posted by drizzt3117 

Love this one so simple, so clean!

I'm a WIS, shaddup!

    Closest to an exploding head!  Nice watches.  But, they look ridiculous with those straps...  I think a nice watch should have a proper leather strap or a bracelet, if appropriate.  If you live in a hot climate, wear a watch with a bracelet and put those watches away for the summer.  It's my opinion and I'm sticking to it.  I wear a Tissot in the warmer weather.  It isn't even mechanical!  

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Originally Posted by apropos 



(eagerly waits for Edgein's head to explode )
It's interesting that you (indrectly) make a reference to price - watch straps are just that, watch straps. They accessorise the watch.
If you think a watch strap must be "high end" to match a "high end" watch then it might be worthwhile asking yourself ...why?
IMO you are approaching the whole WIS thing from a wrong angle - i.e. by using as a metric the perceived value of objects. Like people whose enjoyment of paintings is based on the name in the lower R hand corner.

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Originally Posted by Find Finn 

There's a couple pictures of A. Lange on a Nato's roaming around the web.
Found one

I think a Sub or a GMT Master on a Nato strap works because they are sports watches.  I tend to favor bracelets on a Rolex, but I think the 16758 in an earlier post looks really good on its Nato strap.

As for Pateks and Langes on Nato straps, they just look silly.  Its would be like wearing a really nice suit or tuxedo with a pair of sneakers.  I've seen people do it (not sure if they think they are rock stars and can get away with it) but it always detracts from the the person's overall appearance.