Bund Straps; Yay or Nay?

I had some mustachioed elementary school gym teacher that wore one. They have a distinct 70's leatherman vibe to me. They evoke Glenn Hughes* and the Mineshaft.

• the Leatherman of the Village People, as apparently there is some contemporary British musician of the same name

On some vintage style military watches I love them.

On others I vote C.

What @foghorn said.  

On the right watch it is an awesome choice! 

love them, fits perfectly with classic field watch or flieger

I'd get one for my duro if the duro wasn't so big! But I might go for one for my Pro Diver, which is 22mm springbar wise, same as the duro! Hmm. But the PD is already a bit tall. The only sensible solution is to get a different watch to go with a badass bund strap.

Not for me. I can't get into them along with natos. 

Yeah, as others have said, they have their place; but aren't really widely loved. 

I also think they kind of have to be unique/custom to each watch/person. But that is me. 

The perfect excuse 

That depends on the watch. 

Most people haven't the faintest about the origins of the "bund." The "bund" strap as a concept is hardly a thing of the 1970s. It saw an increase in popularity in the late 1960s, on a wave of reinterpreting 1920s-1930s designs - think of cushion cases. And yeah, the Bundeswehr did make one of these their standard issue strap. But the concept of a cuff strap originated in the 19th century, with the leather wristlet for pocket watches. With the rise of the wristwatch in the 1900s and 1910s, the concept was taken into wristwatch straps. Most cases had a press-in bezel and case back, so the leather cuff isolated the watch from sweat and grime of dead epidermis of the wrist. Then we need to consider the materials - most watch cases were, until the 1930s, made of nickel or silver. Isolating these materials from the wrist made perfect sense. When chrome/nickel+chrome/nickel-plated brass cases took over from pure nickel and silver as the cheaper of options, the cuff strap kept making sense. Plenty of 1930s watches didn't even have a steel back, lots of them were made entirely of plated brass. I have seen scores of such watches, which were worn on two-piece strap - the sweat of the wrist definitely is a factor that causes deterioration of plating, so the case backs on them had some really nasty pitting.

Bund straps are perfect for the watch that turns your arm green when you wear it on a hot summer day.  

Well…I’m seriously considering getting this Vario 1918 with a mahogany brown bund strap. I just have to spend a few more hours scheming a ridiculous excuse for why I need it…and will then make the purchase. So you guys better damn-well like it…because…you know…I’m doing it for you.🥹

I've heard Bund straps can reduce the overhang for watches with long lugs; I don't particularly like them but if it helps me and my noodly wrists I might consider them one day... something like a Longines Spirit 37mm looks fantastic, but the lugs are longer than I'd like. Maybe paired with a Bund strap, it might fit me and enhance the rugged, outdoorsy feel of the watch.