What is your take on Nylon Straps?

I think they can look good on field watches and have their place in some situations. That being said I do not think I have every tried one.

I always try to buy watches on bracelets as much as possible even if I plan to swap it for a rubber strap. If it just comes on a nylon I don’t pay it much attention.

Are we talking Velcro, er I mean hook and loop, closure? I can't get into that. I have skepticism on the longevity. They are bulky and look, well, juvenile and tragically informal.

I'm also not a person that is outdoors all day every day and having some need to go immersing watches. They may make sense for that person.

I think it can go with a field watch or "tool" watch look and add to the style. I was skeptical of trying them at first but ended up loving them.

It is always nice to have a bracelet option I will say. Straps are so often swapped out after purchasing from the owner's own strap arsenal. I have found that drilled lugs are well sought after for this reason.

The one pictured here is Velcro, it is looped around a spring bar and then fastened to the nylon via 5 Velcro pads. They are surprisingly durable, over time you will see some fraying from the Velcro being adjusted or reapplied, but they hold up heavier watches like divers just fine. Plus they are quite affordable making it the wear and tear not feel so bad.

But like you said it makes sense for some and not so much for others 😊

Get me a well made Velcro strap (still haven’t found one not from Tudor) and I’m there. I have several field watches waiting for it.

Nylon is great, but so are other fabrics. For example, I have a canvas strap and a cordura/rubber hybrid from Barton, both of which are awesome.

Haven't tried one yet. Reminds me of shag carpet

I think they are a great water resistant option for on the go, swimmers, showering and/or cabin life or surfing, water sports, etc. Same with silicone. Nylon is very comfortable and “warmer” and therefore more inline with fashion material whereas silicone is in high contrast to both of those concepts. Nylon is also a bit more outdoorsy in aesthetic and low profile for functionality reasons. (Although there are low profile synthetic and silicone one piecers out there, too). 2cents!

I've almost always resisted pass-through, one-piece nato straps. For the reasons of:

1. I typically wear larger watches, having the double layer of nato makes my already "larger than thou" watches stick out from my wrist, and I run the risk of knocking my watches on door frames and the heads of small children (a little dramatic, I admit).

2. The "nato" look does not suit all of my watches; this is subjective and thus is, of course, limited to being an opinion of mine.

3. Finding nato straps with brushed / PVD keepers is not easy. They usually come with chromed keepers.

4. I find nato straps fiddly, especially if I have to tuck in the strap end to prevent it from sticking out.

My work-around: find two-piece nylon straps instead. Quite recently have had some success finding some affordable types and have been enjoying them on my pilot-type watches.

Which would be fine, except there's a difference between nylon and nato straps. The OP even makes a reference to them being two different things. So you're meme-ing about something different to the OP.

I have probably 4 or 5 with nylon straps, two of which are Luminox. The Luminox are very well made, with one that came on a Navy Seal watch a decade ago and still great. The other came on another Luminox watch in 2020. It is like new, however the watch’s second hand fell off and costs more to repair than the original cost!

Itching and smelly if used on a work watch , wearing occasionally ok 👌. I prefer an Erika’s MN if I am going down that path though personally.

I wash my nylon straps when I can feel them getting dirty. They clean up quite nice!

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Luminox does make good ones!