Now that you bought that beautiful new watch, how about
customizing it to your tastes with a new strap or bracelet?
Removing the old strap or bracelet and installing a new one
isn't very difficult; see our video (below) for more
information. I'll cover the tools and other strap/bracelet
removing techniques in an upcoming article, but for now here's a
list of our favorite watch strap retailers and links to other
strap manufacturers you may want to check out.
Also see my
favorite watch stores!
NOTE: We do not recommend buying or using watch
straps made from rare, special or endangered species such as
shark, stingray, lizards or others! There are plenty of nice
leather, silicone, rubber, textile, Kevlar and other types
of straps available, so choose them instead.
Our Favorite Watch Strap Retailers
Specializes in 20 mm and above dive watch
straps but they also carry traditional leather straps in
20-26 mm. Reasonable prices, great service and they
even take a photo of the strap and the packaging and
email it to you when it's ready to ship!
Based in Germany
but ships worldwide. I've purchased several straps
and a bracelet from them and although the shipping
is a bit more expensive, sometimes they're the only
retailer with the strap I'm looking for and the
packages arrived quickly. They carry the very
nice quality Hirsch straps and a few other brands.
They also carry their own Watchstyle bracelets along
with the very nice Vollmer bracelets and a few
Hirsch bracelets. The bracelet shown in our
Vostok
Amphibia review is the Watchstyle Model 062.
Located near
Portland, Oregon in the U.S.A., they carry a large
variety of leather, silicone, rubber and textile
straps including the nice and soft Hadley-Roma
silicone 18 mm strap (I have one on a Komandirskie), Fluco Kevlar straps (not my favorite), Di-Modell and
more. Many different widths, prices and quality
levels. They also have some nice pilot-style straps
with coated sides, which gives a nice finished
appearance to the seam and NATO-style straps. They
also have a showroom.
Straps by Di-Modell
of Germany, Noble House, Hirsch, Hadley-Roma, Jurgen
pilot watch straps and a house brand. Sometimes they
have discounts and sales. Shipping is relatively
inexpensive.
More Watch Straps
and Bracelet Resources
Choosing a NATO or Zulu Watch Strap Video
webWatchWorld Video: Choosing a
NATO or Zulu Watch Strap (More Videos)
More:
Changing
the Watch Strap on a Vostok Komandirskie
