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“Waterproof” Leather Strap – Do they exist?

Question for the leather strap divers, how careful do you need to be around water? Is there such a thing as a waterproof leather strap?

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Canvas Straps w/o the NATO Hardware?

Sorry if this has been covered but searching the forum with Fora stinks. All I get is DaLuca posts and they don't have what I'm looking for.

Who makes good, affordable ($50, not $100) canvas straps that are not nato? Looking for a 2 pc s…

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Tropic Strap Comparison

WARNING: PHOTO HEAVY POST.

Recently, I have been collecting and basically searching for the best modern interpretation of the vintage tropic straps made famous in the 1960's. And so far I have 9 that's available in the market.

Note that the…

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Straps-Bracelets for Smaller Wrists?

Hi, all-
I have smallish wrists, ~6.5-6.75”. Are there any particular straps or bracelets that you can think of that fit well on smaller wrists?
Thanks in advance if you can give me some suggestions.

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Experience with WR accessories?

I am looking for a titanium bracelet for my Citizen AQ HAQ. It came with a leather strap with deployant. Apparently, it's hard if not impossible to buy an OEM titanium bracelet for this watch from Citizen (I've read online that they charge $2…

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Cotton two piece strap (like AF O210 straps)?

Does anyone know of a manufacturer that supplies cotton straps like the AF 0210 straps.

Those ones are one piece which are nice, lightweight and soft but the I’m after a 2 piece for use with spring bars.
I’ve seen many canvas but that not what I’m aft…

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Strap habit

Does anyone have any experience with the sail cloth/ fkm hybrid strap from Straphabit? I like the looks of it except for the keepers I think. Not a deal breaker if they are of good quality. Any suggestions for a similar strap?

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Help Me Find a Rubber Strap (Stitched Leather Look)

I was thoroughly impressed by the rubber bracelet on an Omega Aqua Terra I tried on once. I have a Sinn 856 and would like to find something similar.

Basically, I'm looking for a rubber band that looks like a simple black leather band with black …

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“Admiralty Grey” nato comparison

For those of us addicted to military grey Nato straps, I composed a shot of some straps I’ve acquired. Point of reference is the 1st strap on the left which is a real deal vintage Phoenix Admiralty grey nato.

moving right, Zuludiver “1973” cadet in Ad…

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Show your exotic leather straps!

I like exotic leather straps and here are some of my favorites – stingray, 2-tone salmon skin, lizard, ostrich, beaver, colorful alligator etc.

Since alligator/crocodile in basic colors like black and brown are fairly common on dress watches, show us …

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