Just put a little english on it when you turn your wrist to look at your watch. There's no magic trick short of cinching it down that I know of.

 

Constant vigilance.

 

constant vigilance.

LOL. Clever.

 

Roll up a bit of Scotch tape and stick it to the caseback of your watch.

 

I allow the rubber straps of my G-Shocks to mold when I am not wearing them. This way, they keep the shape and settle on my wrist when I wear them. They do not shift about too much when I wear those G-Shocks.

 

Benjamin,
How do you allow them to mold? Please give instructions.
Thanks

 

I've got a very soft, pre-molded rubber strap on one of my watches that doesnt move. However I've also got an awful Seiko rubber strap on my SKX007...only way to "fix" it was get rid of it...

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3 rubber strap watches cc and never an issue with slippage. perhaps a new strap is in order?

 

Yeah, I gotta say that I don't have this issue with rubber straps.

If anything slips that way, it's usually a metal band and I just push it up my wrist a bit and it stays there. When my wrist swells, it comes down a bit and when it contracts, the watch goes back up a bit. I reckon you can do the same with a rubber or leather strap unless as you mention, it's too tight.

 

I see two solutions.
Get a new strap.
Or
Loose or gain weight.

 

Thanks for the suggestion. Just lost 30 lbs and same problem regardless of weight.
Benjamin Chin's post above (see #6 and #7) suggest a solution but I don't understand what he means. He doesn't accept PM's or emails so I don't know how he "allow the rubber straps of my G-Shocks to mold when I am not wearing them."

Re: How do you stop your watches on rubber, etc bands from slipping to the pinky side of your wrist?

I allow the rubber straps of my G-Shocks to mold when I am not wearing them. This way, they keep the shape and settle on my wrist when I wear them. They do not shift about too much when I wear those G-Shocks.​

 

I have the same problem and it annoys me to no end. After trying countless different watches on different leather and rubber straps, I only wear my watches on the factory bracelet (I might make an exception for a smaller and light dress watch). That was the only solution I found to work.

 

Try this thread...even has a link to a pictorial on how to boil a strap. I hear this works with the Seiko straps, not sure about others though.

https://www.watchuseek.com/f21/seiko-skx-z22-strap-531894.html

 

I find it depends a lot on the shape of the watch head. Probably also on the shape of the wrist. My PRS 17-C stayed put. The smaller and lighter Seiko SNK809k2 (i.e. Seiko 5 "military") tended to slip. The slightly larger and similar weight Rolex sub slips, too, but not as much as the Seiko.

 

You know the plastic film that is stuck to the case back of a new watch? Leave it on the watch when you wear it, that stuff will keep even a heavy watch from slipping around. If you know a violinist or a rodeo rider, borrow some rosin and rub that on the back of your watch. Rosin makes friction and will keep your watch in place. Try rubbing some on the surface of a playground slide and be amused when the youngsters stop dead halfway down.

 

Thanks Daboryder. I didn't keep any of those plastic films. Do you know where I can get them?
cc

 

I would just replace the strap.

 

Super Glue works great. A leather strap that is reasonably soft should form to your wrist fairly quickly and minimize any rotation. You might try bending the straps repeatedly to make them more pliable. I don't have a ready answer for rubber or resin straps. My experience is that they shape readily to the wrist, but that is with relatively light digital watches.

 

On my leather and rubber bands I drill an extra hole between the existing holes. Then hot or cold weather I can adjust. This is why I don't care for watch bracelets, it is either too tight or too loose, except for the "easy link" on a Rolex bracelet.

 

Uhmmmm....I cannot believe no one has said this yet, but here's my suggestion: just learn to live with it. I know, crazy, right? I have a little slippage with most watches on most straps and really, it's okay. I love the watches and it just doesn't bother me. And I do admit to occasional use of the english and intermittent adjustments but somehow it all just works...

 

+1. I have no issue with bracelets, but I am not a fan of bracelets. So since I prefer leather or NATO, I just live with it. If I like the watch, then it is all worth it.

 

This is an issue for people with larger wrists since the buckle end of the strap isn't long enough to sit on the "middle" of the wrist with the strap tied down - hence the watch will slip towards the pinkie side of the wrist. Those with smaller wrists will never notice this. On a metal bracelet as the OP mentioned, you can compensate by putting links on the other side to make the thumb side much shorter. With straps no real way around it except for getting longer straps. Unfortunately there aren't too many straps that are made to fit 8"+ wrists without the "pinkie slip" effect.

 

Those with smaller wrists will never notice this.

Actually, I notice it, and I have a small wrist at 6.5"

 

I use gaffer tape - a small piece applied on the wrist and the back of the watch can do wonders

 

Perhaps a crazy idea but there is this tape, I forgot what it is called, which is really strong and is used for grip on smooth objects.
For example some people apply it on a steel knife handle.

Sticking it on the back of the watch might do the trick?

 

I walk around with my arm straight out in front of me so the watch balances perfectly on the top of my wrist. This also alleviates the problem of striking my large dive watches on door jams so it is a win win.

 

I have my watches surgically attached each morning.

 

I have that problem on most of my watches, except with rubber straps.

I came to the conclusion that it's just the shape of my wrist.

If I hold my arm straight out I can see that the top of my wrist actually slants down towards the pinky side.

In other words, i just have a screwed up wrist.

 

It's all to do with where the buckle/clasp is positioned.


On a bracelet you can add/remove links from each side to get the clasp exactly where you want it to avoid the watch "moving towards your pinky".

On a rubber strap with clasp you can cut the rubber to position the clasp (much like removing straps on a bracelet), but once it's cut... it's cut.

For a Nato, I prefer the RAF version without the extra bit of material. Then I just move the buckle to exactly where I want it.

With leather your stuffed. I know for most of my watches I need the length of the buckle side of a leather strap to be about 80-85mm, and the free end to be about 115mm. So I look for that when buying a new leather strap.

 

What works for me is to put a 1/2" long x 1/2" wide piece of double sided tape on the back of the wrist band that goes against the skin so that the tape is close to the metal watch band clasp and under the keepers of the band.

 

I’ve been waiting 13 years for this answer