What’s your success rate with ordering straps online?
How many of your new strap purchases make it into the regular wrist time rotation, and how many end up at the bottom of the strap box?
With me, I’d guess 10 to 15 percent of my new straps get worn 1 to 2 times then never see the light of day again. I’m a bit new to the watch game, so maybe this gets better with more experience.
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I have way too many straps so most dont get used that often 😂 what kind of straps are you looking for? Happy to share some recommendations.
Interesting ask. I’ve bought some just to have, and like many, once went through a nato hoarding phase. Any watch meetup in the future, I should take my unused and certainly unloved natos to give away.
I experimented with ordering straps online a fair bit when I started, but now I have a couple of go-to straps I know I'll wear and enjoy.
I know any Erika's Original MN I order will be awesome, and I've had great luck with Colareb straps.
I do pretty well, maybe 60% or so. I know I don't like NATOs and most of my failures have been color related.
I fall flat on my face with most online orders of straps. So almost all my watches are on their original bracelets. Lots of unused straps.
I find it really tough matching my minds eye (awesomenes) to how it looks when I lay it down in front of myself (Meh).
usually a color doesn’t quite match, but also when if narrows to fast or the material looks cheap.
Sadly it can be around 50% which is too low.
I've definitely got better over time. It was mainly through finding what types of strap I actually liked rather than colour.
Good question, I like to mix straps up on some of my watch's others I keep to the original bracelet or leather strap. Consequently I have quite a few which get no wrist time. Mainly NATO's which don't get used so much as I find that they only work on a couple of my pieces.
Also when I find a watch strap combination that works well they tend to stay together.
Every now and then I will dig out something that hasn't had much use and give it an airing and that's quite refreshing sometimes and can give a watch a different perspective. So while I have many strap some with little to no use I know that sooner or later I'll give it a try on one of my strap friendly watch's. Not sure if this is helpful but it's what I do.
I like to have many options as well so I have alot of different colours and materials of straps, just going through a Luna pilot phase right now.
Sadly I have a box full of them and probably 20% get regular wrist time. It's just so easy to buy them when they are $15 to $35, but it starts to add up. I don't even want to know how much that box of failed experiments has cost me.
Probably 60% but that's including some I bought in various colors since I liked the fit and will use on future watches. There's a few that I bought that were too short before I figured out what all I needed so those stay and go on watches I sell.