Top 10 Best Quality Watch Straps For Your Seiko, Rolex, Omega + More
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- A watch strap can totally change the feel and purpose of a timepiece. It can also add a sartorial refinement and provide a brand new level of enjoyment for watch enthusiasts. Today I revive an original series from the very early days of the channel with a review of 10 of my favorite watch straps and brands that make them for 2020.
If you’ve ever wondered where or what to buy, and how to match a strap to the correct watch, this selection has all corners covered. Whether you’re into Audemars Piguet, Tudor, Squale, Rolex, Seiko, Hamilton, Dan Henry, Omega or any other number of brands, my strap selection applies to all watch types and levels.
From straps that cost as little as $13 to high end luxury selections at around $100, join me for a laid-back chat on all things strap related and what to look out for when it comes to buying a strap for the highest quality, greatest style, and best value overall.
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I wish I Cared about anything as much as this dude loves watches
IDK man if that is really your profile pic I'd say you doing a good job keeping those locks luxurious. I mean, that stuff would make Rapunzel envious.
Hahah Rapunzel-Luke 😅
What's it like to have a full head of hair lol. Care about that.
lol u guys are funny. That is indeed me. That was taken about a year ago and I still haven't had a haircut. You guys should see it now. I'll have to update the profile pic soon...
@@LukeVisinoni how do I know if the profile pic is the updated one?
Other than being very expensive, I find crocodile/alligator straps rather tacky. Plus, wearing exotic leathers is like wearing real fur, those animals are bred and killed almost exclusively to feed the fashion industry, whilst 'regular' leather is mostly a by-product of the food industry. Cheers!
I would also recommend Barton Watch Bands, mainly the elite silicone rubber straps, they are very durable , confortable and have a variety of colors. They also have natos, leather natos, canvas, leather you name it, great quality.
Got a leather one on my sun & moon 3. Very good looking band
Barton should have made the cut, ry good quality straps, specially the elite silicone ones..!
@@kyoukotoshino5600 the leather is good? I’m considering buying one
@@maximofenn3202
Absolutely, I actually switched to a colareb venezia on one. But, those are like $50. The barton leather ones are really comfortable and look great. Still run it on my seiko chrono. Highly recommend it for the price.
@@kyoukotoshino5600 the barton leather is genuine leather which is the lowest quality leather you can get. stay away from anything genuine leather. you want full grain leather.
I never thought I’d get excited about somebody talking about watch straps, but here I am. Great vid.
I may be committing an unwritten watch foul: with my NATO straps, I cut them to fit by using a penny to trace a curve; then I trim them with scissors & burn the edges...
I had never heard about this and i have nato straps but im used to tucking the extra length inside so it feels natural to me. Id be wasting money if i messed with my straps and the fit didn't turn out well.
That’s not a foul, that’s smart. 👍
A foul would be hacking the end off with a blunt knife and leaving it to fray! The penny trick is a good idea I’ve seen recommended before. Personally I just tuck the strap in though.
Owl29 I’ll have to try that!
I have a special technique for getting rid of the extra length on my NATOs, it's called having arms like Popeye :P
I personally love crown and buckle. They have great customer service and different NATO straps in different quality ranges
Excuse the mess? You mean, "Don't drool on my watches!" Nice variety of straps pictured. I'm basically trapped in a world on Bond NATOs, black leather, and silver bracelets. I'll try harder. Carry On TVG.
TVG, lol
Just because Hugo says to hit the like button, doesn't mean I have t.. aahhhhh.......
What happened to him??? Hugo....kkkk
Mota man is not a goat, Hugo.
Interesting content. Keep up the good work. Regards.
I prefer Vulcanized Caoutchouc (rubber) Straps as my daily wear; no Silicone for me.
~I still have my watch I received when I was in Viet Nam. It's a Benrus as well and is still running accurately after 50+ years of Service.
I’m sorry but I prefer Erica’s Originals over NDC.
Erica’s are outstanding and are sized. The fit is as outstanding as the measurements you gave, and she does a military discount.
Respectfully.
No need to be sorry. We are all free to like what we want to. FYI we can size the straps no problem.
I tell ya, those Vulcans really know their rubber straps.
I like the choices the erikas strap give you. Her customer service was excellent when my straps got lost in the mail. Haveston straps are my favorite with their ww2 themed straps.
they are amazing but too expensive imo
Was just watching a longislandwatch video and was thinking haven't seen a tgv video in a while. Here we go!!
Barton elite silicone watch straps are good especially the two tone colour combo ones.
I absolutely love Barton, I've purchased like 12 of them, the only problem is their "army green" is more a forest green and definitely not olive drab.
Crafter Blue but not Isofrane? Really?
Changing straps frequently, especially the doddle of changing NATOs is one of the most fun aspects of becoming a watch guy. Even many people who do wear a watch everyday don´t bother to dress their watch corresponding to mood or attire.
I could not agree more!
Excellent point my friend,
Thank you,
Best regards,
TGV
I agree... U have just 3 watches a casio a seiko and a citizen.... And i have 30 different straps 😁 it is like having 90 different watches hahaha
Why bother changing straps constantly? I'm perfectly satisfied with the strap I select for each watch.
Excellent topic! Plus one on Colareb and Holbens. I will also add Barton Bands, especially for their premium silicon straps and then Strapcode for their stainless steel bracelets.
Sir, you are a true watch guy 10/10 👌
Jealous you got the red stripe NDC, they never have it in stock.
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the blend of your voice, accent and background music is seriously calming
Excellent straps , I also like Barton straps they have a wide selection and are very reasonable priced . All their straps have the “quick release” spring bars imbedded into straps and they even give you two straps one shorter and one longer !
Ray Caroli did a “well aware” NATO on my first diver, a blue citizen pro master eco drive. Excellent beater combo.
Love the Colareb Firenze I'm wearing one now in the same colour which I bought on TGV's recommendation and it was well worth it
Im thinking of replacing the straps on my Casio Duro and one of my Timex Expeditions. Don't hate either strap they have currently but I think both would look great on leather straps.
Great video, thinking about buying some straps to transform my watches so that I don’t get the urge to buy more timepieces 😂😂
Good thinking, it actually works, well for me, at least for a few days! lol
Thank you my friend,
Best regards,
TGV
I tell you what. I have a few watches, Tag, Grand Seiko, Omega and ..... I just bought a Casio G-Shock 5610. And guess what? I have not put it away since. I do not say you need one watch only, not at all. Now we have crazy time with the virus, I am at home and going out only with my dogs and so on and do not have any business meetings ect ect but I started thinking that having full collection is waste of money. Maybe 3 watches like dress and classic, maybe gold or something, beautiful diver and G-shock and that is it.
what make and model is that amazing dress watch with a white outer dial and gold skeleton mechanism with the Hirsch strap at 18m 15s ??
@theUrbanGentry no... NDC is almost half the price of Erika (79 euro before any customization, and shipping)
For me BluShark NATOs are my favorite. I haven’t tried the Phoenix ones yet tho
jgolfer12 theyre customer service is awesome too
Totally agree - I have about a dozen BluShark straps...very happy with them, and awesome customer service!
Concur on BluShark, esp. the seatbelt NATOs
Hemsut NATO's are great value and quality.
Love how furious people were when they found out their strap was not made of real Kevlar
Kevlar is beige also, not black
Great review as always, thanks TGV. I hear what you’re saying about the authenticity of the elasticated NDC versus the Erika’s Original “homage” but the extensive choice of colours, lug widths, buckle finish choice and crucially, the fact that Erika’s tailor the band to your wrist size is a huge plus point in their favour for me. And they’ll add a flag of choice too, if that’s your thing!
Loving the Micheal Jackson one glove treatment to this video. You wanna be a starting something?
That’s how the fake Posh “Beat It”.
My personal recommendation for another honorable mention: Used ISOFRANE straps. You can get them from around 50-75 and up, and they are definitely the best rubber dive straps.
Or a new borealis ISO copy. Just as good IMO. I have both.
tunokies yep ! They are quiet a bit thinner though and don't have the vanilla scent . The Customer service from Borealis is miles better than ISO , miles ;)
What brand is this watch at 18:05? Looked grat with the lizard strap :D
Hugo should launch a new range of ultra-luxury straps in T-Rex skin...oh wait! :-D
LOL, genius! I guess he could use goat leather? ;-)
Thank you Jay,
Best regards,
TGV
Italy is also very well known as one of the biggest world's leather importers from China/21st Century Slavery, people working in leather industry.
Fashion Creators selling their products as made in Italy. The leather is 100% Chinese... Don't forget that buying your new leather watch strap.
... And also $65 for a crocodile strap Wow!
How do they do this, its so cheap!?? Really?🙉
Now that they are more established than 2 years ago: Lorier Nato and Regimental options are also quite good, but come in 20mm only. On the plus side, they are very affordable and you can order them with a spring bar tool fitting their watches (albeit, not Rolex, their springbar access is legendarily finicky).
I choose straps, due to quality of manufacturing, quality of customer service - and clearly, the way it suits my watch and I. I dont care about some percieved heritage.
Great to see you on! Perfect video during these times to change up your watches for a “NEW” feel and excitement without shelling out hundreds if not thousands of dollars$$$. You rock, great ideas, keep it up TGV‼️👍
3:44 the crafter blue with its "vulcanized" rubber is way too stiff to be comfortable imho. I own a CB10 and I don't even wear it because of how stiff and uncomfortable it is. I guess the rubber strap on the Oris aquis just completely spoiled me because that's a true rubber strap done right. The difference in comfort is night and day. Like a full 180. The comfort level of this strap compared to the aquis rubber strap is probably a mere 1/128 of the comfort.
Dear Hugo, I will hit the like button!
as Hugo commands---> like "immediately"
What was the gold skeleton dress watch please? Love the look of that one!
Hamilton masterpice skeleton watch with Buren movement.
My stress levels dropped just watching a TGV video on watch straps. Thank you sir!
They have great genuine mesh straps on ebay! 😍 love mine i just received only £19
Terrific survey of watch straps. Many thanks 🙏
The buckle is upside down on the Hadley Roma Crocodile strap.
A month or so back this channel introduced me to the Seiko Alpiniste, which I managed to pick up at a good price - leaving me sufficient funds to invest in a better strap (as mentioned in TGV's review, the factory-supplied strap is not that great). A few weeks later and Colareb straps were featured in one of the Urban Gentry videos, and one of their Sienna straps now resides on the Seiko. The difference is incredible and really has transformed both how I feel about the watch and the amount of pleasure I get from wearing it - so once again, many thanks for the recommendations.
Talk about coincidence - not only have I just bought 3 watches (including my first Seiko) for my diver collection, I'm hunting for new straps as well. I may try a "sailcloth" strap for a change and perhaps something from Colareb for my Black Bay. Great timing old chap, I'll be watching this with interest !
That’s a really lovely watch collection my good sir, and also a great video that gave me a few ideas. Thanks for the quality content you produce, it’s really something.
The hell with watches. How much for that talking dinosaur? 🤡
Love the video. I've been wearing NATO straps for years, and recently got into MNs. Just in case you didn't know, Erika's Originals offers a "vintage" series of straps that is also claimed to be made from rolls of NOS Marine Nationale elastic webbing, both yellow stripe and red stripe variant. I have one each of their newly-made "Original" straps and NOS "Vintage" straps, and it's easy enough to tell that the weave pattern and even the coloration are slightly different, so I believe the Vintage is truly military surplus material. Decent enough excuse to get another watch and an NDC strap to go with it in order to compare and contrast!
This was helpful, I'm obsessed with details in anything (my cross to bare)
and that includes straps . There is so much junk out there, so proper navigation through the maze is cost saving in the long run ! Ciao
Holy smokes this video is now a year old! I'd really like to see a video about strap etiquette (what you can match, what you shouldn't match and why, and when of course)
Side note, I'm so close to buying the Superman but can't really get over the 19mm lugs.
All the best
André
Come on, I'm trying to save money for a 104. I mustn't be distracted :D
Lol
Have you looked at Haglund’s nato straps? Each hole is stitched so won’t tear, and silky to touch. Keepers are nicely polished too so give a nice glint underwater... Thought I’d mention... TBH!
Haha, still can't stop wearing the Yema, I see; I fully understand, believe me. Also, not a lot of French brands out there, as far as I know.
I really liked this video. It was enjoyable to see all the different watches with the different watch bands. good video.
I love when you do strap video's, I've tried most of the straps. Colareb are the best. 😊👍🇮🇹
Thank you, good sir. As a charter member of the strap-of-the-month club, I really appreciated your thorough review.
Lovely to hear from you EP!
Thank you my friend,
Best regards,
TGV
As Hugo wishes!!! The like is pressed! Love seeing your videos pop up on my phone, and stay safe!!!
This is what we want! The old formula! Watches and straps!
Love the Bonetto and the way the orange draws out the orange details in the Squale. The feature the strap has where you can create your own hole is something I hadn't seen before. Cool idea.
Hi TGV. Great video! Thanks for continuing to post such great content. I know you made this video a very long time ago, but I wanted to know the make and model of the dress watch that you showed with the Hirsch lizard grain style strap. It's skeletonized and shown at 18:01. It's a beautiful watch that caught my eye and was hoping that I could track it down. Thanks in advance and keep the great content coming! We appreciate it!
Absolute class!
Some cool recommendations here :)
I’m also gonna try the Artem sailcloth watch strap, don’t know if you heard of them ?
A great strap follow-up to your “2016” video, bravo.. That Melange strap is a must. I personally love switching off my alligators & crocodiles occasionally, on my dress watches, with fine Holbens suede straps to restyle and extend their use for a bit less formal wear. Thank you once again.
Dear TGV, thank you very much for this solid review. It is useful to dispel some myths about whose came first. Gradually people will finally realise that NDC was first way before the other imitations. Please give my best to Hugo. Thanks again.
Apparently a little late to the party, but my go to NATO-style straps are Chevron and Supreme NATOs from Crown and Buckle and straps from Haveston. The Chevrons are similar to perlons and NATOs from both companies have single pass options, which I adore so as to minimize the addition of thickness to the watch.
I used to only wear my watches on the original bracelets. Then after I found your channel a few years ago I bought a bond (the incorrect black and grey) NATO strap for one of my divers, then I bought a dark brown crocodile strap for my gold Seiko day/date to tone down the bling a bit, now I have all kinds of NATO's, crocodile, leather, and rubber straps. When I get a new watch the first thing I do is try a bunch of different straps on it. I even have bought a bunch of tools (case back, rolex case back, hand pusher/puller, press, vise,). My girlfriend says I have an addiction.
I got my Vintage Tag Heuer 2000 the other day on a OEM rubber strap that was well worn, in the 3 days I've had it, it's been on 4 different straps. Found a nice brown leather rough grain strap with a stainless brushed buckle that matches the case perfectly. WK1112-0 silver dial. It's sharp. Cheers!
Thank you , very informative for this rookie
This video was absolutely enjoyable, thank you! One can never have enough straps! My favourite source for NATO straps is cheapestnatostraps (best bang for buck imho), but I also buy at Watchgecko from London, UK, or Wristcandywatchclub (I love their red Seiko Monster Nato!).
27:36 Which watch brand and model is that?
This was an awesome video! I tried the NDC Strap and much prefer the more expensive parachute stretch material (more expensive), and the ColarReb one as well (rugged and really compliments the watch) - both look nice on my Explorer 2 16570. I did not love the Wrist Candy Watch Club strap as it felt a bit cheap. The Hadley Roma one too was not my favourite - felt a bit stiff and uncomfortable.
best nato strap Moosetrap.co from Canada
Love that skeletonized watch
What brand is that watch at 18:00? looks sick
The Superman, I do believe I felt my heart skip a tick-tock. 😳 it might be my next purchase 😎✅
Could you do a Top-List about your favourite strapmonster watches?
I Love those kind of watches as they feel like a new watch every time you change the strap and still look awesome!
Greetings from Germany
I’m a Watch Addict!! You have awesome Time Pieces and well......I always end up buying Something when I watch Your Channel!! Shall I stop watching? NO!!! I enjoy learning about Beautiful Time Pieces from Your Channel!! I like The quality of NDC. Parachute Strap = Durability!! I want Quality and Reliability! I like your choices of bands!!
Onwards & upwards!
I ordered some NATOs from Wrist Candy Watch Club, actually kudos to your design, most of the NATOs I purchased were colorways designed by you, TGV! I was somewhat surprised that you didn't mention WCWC NATOs here in this video since you did design those, but I suppose here you are preferring the real McCoy providence of the Phoenix NATOs. But I really like your NATO designs, especially the SOE and El Alamein!
I ordered some NATOs from Wrist Candy Watch Club, actually kudos to your design, most of the NATOs I purchased were colorways designed by you, TGV! I was somewhat surprised that you didn't mention WCWC NATOs here in this video since you did design those, but I suppose here you are preferring the real McCoy providence of the Phoenix NATOs. But I really like your NATO designs, especially the SOE and El Alamein!
I ordered some NATOs from Wrist Candy Watch Club, actually kudos to your design, most of the NATOs I purchased were colorways designed by you, TGV! I was somewhat surprised that you didn't mention WCWC NATOs here in this video since you did design those, but I suppose here you are preferring the real McCoy providence of the Phoenix NATOs. But I really like your NATO designs, especially the SOE and El Alamein!
I’m gonna take the heat and vouch for Archer Watch Straps.
This Amazon-Dwelling brand makes affordable, get-the-job-done, NATO straps. They’re decent quality, and priced well enough that 1 will last you quite a few years.
I'm saving up for a SARB035 and the Reindeer strap with cream stitching from FinWatchStraps looks really tempting... Not cheap, but handmade and without branding on it (which I prefer). Has anyone tried a FinWatchStrap... strap?
I have a huge problem... a 16.5cm wrist. Sometimes normal straps are too long. Fortunately I live in Italy, where you can find the best crafters in the world. I'd like to suggest a friend: "2D straps". You can order completely personalized straps: materials, colors, size... Extremely high quality and really good price
I purchased 2 leather straps from Crown and Buckle's Black Label collection for $95 each. DO NOT RECOMMEND. These straps are the thinnest and shortest straps I have ever seen. Very overpriced and disappointing.
I like BluShark straps for their Natos, but they NEVER seem to have anything in stock. They have been out of the basic James Bond strap for over a year now.
I quite often Zulify my Nato straps as TGV has with his NDC.
The NDC was a much better match for the Flighty (21 mm!) which is a too modern watch for the WWII style RIOS strap. But a diver strap on a pilot watch is not the real thing either...
I have several MN straps from Erika and they are very good, very well designed and very comfortable even in combination with very heavy watches. The problem with them is not the quality but that they are ridiculously overpriced.
I'm looking for a reasonably priced 21mm rubber strap for my Omega 300 coaxial. No helium escape valve, no date. Looks like the Spector watch. The bracelet is nice,but im a sailor, and it's taking a beating. Like the crafter blue, because of the curve at the lugs,but I'd like to see some options. Thanks
I saw his other NATO strap video from 2015 and he recommended Wrist Candy Watch Club there but now I see he prefers Phoenix for NATOs. Prolly will still get some perlons from WCWC at least
Hay guys can anyone tell me where to buy the NDC watch strap
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Unless you consider $65-85 for a freaking RUBBER STRAP a reasonable investment, save 30 minutes of your life.
Best watch channel on RUclips!!! Love this topic.
Opinions? What's the most steam punk looking leather color for a bronze patina watch? 20mm for my new Ham Khaki bronze.
Hi. I have the recent Tag Monaco Gulf edition. I want to keep the original strap and clasp as new but I'm struggling to find a good quality, reasonably priced strap (or bracelet) to match nicely with the strong colourway of the Gulf. Any recommendations?
Hi TGV, love your contents. Because of you, i've rekindled my love for mechanical watches, for that I thank you good sir. By the way, can you please create a spin-off session with Hugo reviewing watches? Would love to see that..thanks again. Onwards and Upwards!
Zulu Alpha Co! In my opinion the best NATO/Zulu style strap around. I can’t seem to get my GSAR off of it 😁
Hi, could you tell me where to find the NDC military strap??? (In Europe) D’like to put it on my Flightmaster...! Thx
Any chance that you could reveiw the SEIKO LX SNR033 GMT ,, if attall posible please
Hello tgv! How much is bonetto cinturini's straps shipping cost to Norway? Or should i buy my rubber straps in person?
Also how about chrono24 shipping cost to norway if i wanna buy a watch?
Great channel btw🙂
One question regarding the Colareb! Looks like you have it on the last hole there, does that fit perfectly? Your wrist is 6.25inch as far as I remember, right? Thanks heaps in advance.