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Bracelet or Strap for my Speedmaster?

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I love that the Speedmaster is a strap monster, and I'm looking to see which WUSers prefer, bracelet or strap. The bracelet is incredibly comfortable and looks great. Right now, I have it on a chocolate rally strap and I like the look. I'm thinking of adding a black leather (maybe alligator, maybe smooth calfskin). I won't go OEM because I think I can find a good quality without the crazy price.

So... what do you think? Bracelet or strap?
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Bracelet
 
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I have this Speedmaster and I HATE the looks of the bracelet....very 1985 IMHO, however I do not like that strap.
I have tried countless straps and spent about $4-500 on different bracelets but I still keep coming back to the original bracelet, which I do not like????
I might end up dumping the watch, or not.
As much as it pains me, keep it on the bracelet.
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Buy with bracelet and swap to strap or nato as the mood hits.
 
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Strap 100%. The bracelet makes the Speedmaster look so generic and vanilla.
From more than 50cm away it will look like any other black dial chrono in the world, whereas on a strap you accentuate the iconic lugs of the Speedy.
 
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Buramu said:
Strap 100%. The bracelet makes the Speedmaster look so generic and vanilla.
From more than 50cm away it will look like any other black dial chrono in the world, whereas on a strap you accentuate the iconic lugs of the Speedy.
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which nobody other than a hyper-WIS-Nerd would ever notice so...like 1 person out of 10,000 :rolleyes:
 
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hogwldfltr said:
Buy with bracelet and swap to strap or nato as the mood hits.
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Agreed - I wore mine for 8 years on the OEM bracelet (pre 3861) and loved it. Love it even more on a plethora of straps I've worn it on the last 2-3 years

Buramu said:
Strap 100%. The bracelet makes the Speedmaster look so generic and vanilla.
From more than 50cm away it will look like any other black dial chrono in the world, whereas on a strap you accentuate the iconic lugs of the Speedy.
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I definitely agree that you can squeeze a lot of character out of the watch given the right strap(s)
 
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