Your go to place for straps?!

CWC, the real deal 💪🏼😁

I love Veblenist. They offer customized straps at an affordable price. I’ve also purchased from Artem.

Nice! Recently saw their “ridged” leather strap for the first time 🔥

Thanks for the comment!

Watchgecko for me, good quality

I have been using Clockwork Synergy lately. Good quality and good prices. I like the selection that Blushark has, but they are a bit pricey.

They are also one of the few to offer a two piece perlon I believe! Great pick! 👍🏻

I'm a bracelet guy - so Forstner is my usual go to.

For NATO's I like WatchGecko.

For my vintage watches I've used Torre Straps - their 'vintage' styled leather straps are insanely good.

For pilot and military styled leather straps I like Rios1931.

So far CWC were my favorite straps as well 💪

I am really partial to Nick Mankey Designs straps. They are just super comfortable. Not a lot of variety of styles though.

I have several Delugs leather straps, BluShark nato straps, and one Everest band that is awesome

Bark & Jack, love the natos, crown and buckle’s chevron is fantastic too, Strapsco for leather two pieces has been a good budget option

Bark and Jack and Zuludiver

So far I’ve had straps from Haveston, CNS, CWC, and some straps that came with my watches.

The best of the big brand bunch was definitely CWC for me, especially when you order it with the watch keeper loop and broad arrow/NSN combo. It feels just a tad bit better than your usual aliexpress nylon straps but still sturdy.

The haveston straps are really nice too just stiffer. Quality was great but my only problem was it was shorter than my usual straps so it barely fit my wrist.

CNS was the shortest straps and i could only use 1 out of the 5 i ordered from them. They were still nice, just too short for me 🥲

Barton for me. Offers a lot of varieties with reasonable price too.

Delugs, Barton, Tuns Leather . . . do want an Artem sail cloth for the summer though. Oh, I did one bespoke strap from Strap Tailor.

Aaron Bespoke and Atelier Kai

E. #anachronist zero pass. Love the no bulkiness under the case.

None of them

Ever so cynical point but, I’m wondering how many of these straps you can pick up direct from AliExpress for a fraction of the price.

I'm completely happy with Colareb for leather straps, Eulit for perlon and Miltat/Strapcode for metal bracelets. Will try a Fluco peccary strap next. Love the look of Artem sailcloth straps, but my Seestern diver would feel absolutely overdressed in one, so I'm glad to read about more affordable options.

Most of my straps are from Delugs. I love them best for different leathers. I also have a few Barton straps. I love their canvas in particular, while their leather is just okay (though to be fair they are budget priced so in a relative sense I have no complaints). I want a few Artem straps, and that is definitely going to happen.

I didn't know that the StrapsCo sailcloth were (allegedly) made in the same factory as the Artem's straps but I have both and it seems plausible. I have a blue Artem sailcloth strap and took a flyer on a black StrapsCo sailcloth strap figuring at worse it could be my beater sailcloth (for my strap collection).

I was a little shocked when I received it because it is almost the same as my Artem except maybe the StrapsCo one is a little thinner.

Quick shout out for Moose Strap Co's NATOs (Bark & Jack originally sourced his NATOs from Moose Straps and their Premium Slim are very close to my OEM Omega NATO/ plus, customer service on my one issue when Customs (Moose Straps is in Canada) held onto my straps for over a month was outstanding).

For straps, I like buying from Holben's (also great customer service). They carry a broad range of straps (including Haveston, Artem, Hirsch, Colareb, etc.) and are good for avoiding customs/ shipping delays for those in the US (especially on the West Coast).

Thank you for sharing your experience! I believe they only recently added these Sailcloth straps to their shop at the end of last year, but I have read multiple reviews saying they are an identical product at a third of the price, which is what prompted me to order. 👍

I really like Artem and Zuludiver, Delugs and Hoa Sa are great too.

Huge variety of leathers and styles, custom stitching, made to order and reasonably priced.

finwatchstraps.com

Barton and Uncle are my gotos. Barton is very affordable, and many of their straps are fantastic (canvas, elite silicon, etc). I’ve never gotten a strap from Uncle that wasn’t perfectly comfortable. My only gripe with Uncle is that the hole spacing on some of their straps is a little wide, making it challenging to get a perfect fit sometimes.

I have mostly Vario and Barton bands.

Do you have any recommendations where could I get 17 mm leather bands? I bought some CNS but I don't like them.

Used.

You won't believe the deals I have gotten on vintage bracelets. I'm going to try vintage Tropical rubber next.

I love Nato straps. They are the most comfortable straps. I love how many color options there are now. I get mine from AliExpress. Nothing fancy. I don't need them to be single pass just that original Nato fit is perfect for me.

The Watch Steward

Aaron Bespoke, Terry Crafted and Vgreen Watch Straps.