Milanese mesh bracelet-Dressy strap alternatives?
Got myself a Milanese bracelet to try out. I wanted to get a strap that is still dressy enough to put on a dress watch. That I could still wear with maybe a business casual blazer and dress shirt, instead of a leather strap. I think it looks pretty classy and I believe it dresses up some of my watches.
I would love to hear some suggestions on straps/bracelets, other then leather, that can look dressy, or can go with a dress watch.
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Ace
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I just got one for myself and the milanese bracelet really changes the look of a watch!
So when a watch works with many straps its a strap monster but when a strap looks good on every watch does it become a watch monster? Haha... Seriously though it looks really classy on all of those watches. Kicks it up a notch!
You will be happy to learn that milanese straps come in many varieties. Weave pattern, thickness, polished or brushed finish and even taper options! Most use simple clasp design that did not change since 70s, but there are straps with all kinds of fastening methods, including 3-piece butterfly and diver 2-piece, and some are novel and quite unusual.
Staib is a legendary manufacturer of milanese straps, but I found that Miltat makes the best straps for the money, in all varieties mentioned above and I love the tapered ones the most.
Dressy watches usually look better with polished and tool watches on brushed finish
How comfortable are those?
I think a nato or Zulu could work, since I've seen 007 stills featuring watches on zulu straps.
I was watching something on what watches to wear with what. Essentially, it told why things went together, but it's one of those know why the rules exist and then you can break them. Ex: wearing a dive watch with a suit breaks the dress watch rule, but gives the wearer more of a playboy possible refined man of action vibe. Just kind of goes with what you want to portray.
How comfortable are those?
I think a nato or Zulu could work, since I've seen 007 stills featuring watches on zulu straps.
I was watching something on what watches to wear with what. Essentially, it told why things went together, but it's one of those know why the rules exist and then you can break them. Ex: wearing a dive watch with a suit breaks the dress watch rule, but gives the wearer more of a playboy possible refined man of action vibe. Just kind of goes with what you want to portray.
This is my first, just got it today. So far this one (EACHE mesh strap https://a.co/d/iLSZbSD ) is pretty comfortable. When combined with my light weight watches it is really light on the wrist. My big concern with Something like this would be hair pulling, but so far I am not experiencing that with this one. It is very flexible when it comes to conforming to my wrist. The circumference of my wrist it is flexible, but it does not have any side to side play like maybe a Jubilee bracelet would. I do not go swimming, or diving with my watches (not yet anyways.), but I would totally see this mesh strap, or a shark mesh, being superb when it comes to water activities due to the nature of the mesh being very breathable on the skin.that is kind of why I wanted something like this instead of leather. Leather, rubber, even oyster style, bracelets. I get picky about the sweating/breathability on my wrist. That is why I tend to lean towards nylon, fabric, stuff that is generally breathable. So if you want the stainless steel look, but you want the best breathability, I would say, some sort of mesh would be good go to.