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My every day watch

 

I like to change the Nato strap fairly often, which gives the watch a completely different look.

 

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WillFly Distinguished Member

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That's a nice, clean look. I'm not a great fan of Nato or Zulu straps, but they have the very useful quality of being interchangeable, so the watch can look different whenever you want it to!

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Thanks WillFly

I agree, I'm not always a huge fan of Nato straps. The standard Mondaine leather strap disintegrated in the Florida humidity so I had to look at alternatives, and Nato seemed the most versatile for this particular watch. I must say it's probably the most comfortable strap option I've tried.

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Rob

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A warm welcome to the forum Rob, that's a really smart watch. I particularly like the design of the second hand. I'm with Will on this one regarding the strap. I feel that it makes the watch look like a medal wrapped around your wrist. For me, I would put on a high quality black leather strap with red stitching to match the colour of the second hand.

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Hi Rob. I happen to like NATO straps and have a number of them myself. I change them on occasion but I tend to find a particular one that works with each watch and it stays.

At any rate welcome!

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Thanks Geo and AlecJ. My main issue is that leather straps just don't seem to last long with the humidity, hot, cold AC here. But I may try a better quality leather strap to see how that looks.

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