wow...nothing in 2 hours..lol

*sitting back eating bonbons while watching Oprah*....

 

I like it on the solid black NATO. I cringed a little when I saw the thread title but It looks pretty cool!

 

yea me too....I kept it conservative and make it all black....Looks sporty that way, I think...

 

As long as you like it that's what matters.

I am not a fan of the look of Rolex sport models on anything other than a bracelet.

I personally dislike NATO or Zulu straps on just about any watch. $3 fabric straps belong on $10 watches.

 

Kind of agree....but I like a different look to the watch on occasion....I have a black sub already with the bracelet and it looks fabulous...The GMT II pepsi with it's colors seems to do ok with straps and NATO but again, not for the fancy, wild one or wild colors...That takes away from the Pepsi coloring of the watch.......Just a simple black NATO works fine....I also get that a $15 NATO strap on a 9k watch seems a little "off center" but it's the dial to me that makes the watch and the head of the watch not the strap...I'm cool with that...

 

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Looks good to me... though I think a little color on the straps would go a long way.

 

Throw a little color on it... No reason it cant be on nato... it's a tool watch after all!

 

I love it! NATO straps are great and especially fitting on Rolex professional models. GMT is one of my favorites on them too, especially the Pepsi, opens tons of great color options.

 

It looks better than I thought it would, I can say that much. If you like it, that's all that matters. Beautiful watch... which ref/year?

 

2006 Pepsi GMT bought it pre-owned from David in Orlando.....

 

+1 nato with color.

 

What color would you suggest ?

 

Looks OK!

 

Never thought it's so cool. Nice combination

 

I think it looks great. Different and a little more rugged. Might also work on a navy blue strap. I don't much care if others don't like my choice of straps, so if you like it, have fun.

Might look odd with a suit, though... ;-)

 

I think it looks great. Different and a little more rugged. Might also work on a navy blue strap. I don't much care if others don't like my choice of straps, so if you like it, have fun.

Might look odd with a suit, though... ;-)

I wouldn't wear it with a suit even with the bracelet...To me it's too sporty for suits....That's why I think the NATO strap (as cheap as it is) looks better with the watch to me because its a sporty strap for a sporty watch....I wear my black sub with bracelet with suits....Much better look to me...The colors on a pepsi seem to scream "sporty" whereas the black sub is classic, subdued an more apt to be worn dressy....

 

Im not a fan of natos at all, especially considering you're taking off an all time classic bracelet and putting it in a drawer. BUT; if I was to have a watch on a nato, it would be yours. It does actually look quite good. Somewhere, maybe on this forum, I've seen a pepsi on a sand coloured canvas fabric strap and it looked amazing. Ive even gone so far as to look around for a similar one for my Tudor BB but can't find the right colour. They're all beige looking or shiny nylon. End of the day, you've got a watch that would look cool on a piece of string.

 

I'm not a fan. On a blue one it would look a lot nicer, black is just boring

 

I actually love a simple black nylon one-piece strap with a Rolex tool watch.

That said, I hate NATO straps. I'm unsure why NATOs have gained such popularity- in most cases, they are not even appropriate for the watch.

Firstly, there's the timeline...Take your GMT. That watch was first introduced in 1954. While there were definitely simple one-piece nylon straps around at the time, the NATO strap wasn't a thing until nearly 20 years later, in 1973... And even then it was just produced by the British Ministry of Defence.

Secondly, there's the bulk. The great wads of folded fabric can be somewhat overshadowed by something like, say, a 45mm Breitling... But with a 40mm Rolex tool watch? Particularly a pre-Maxi case design? It sucks up all the oxygen and overshadows the design. People are looking at what appears to be some bondage-inspired cuff with d-rings all over it, rather than the watch itself. It makes it's own statement, rather than complimenting the timepiece.

Now a nice, simple, classic one-piece black nylon strap? That's hard to go wrong with. I think that looks great on a Pepsi. I'd bust out the scissors and lighter, my friend, and perform some surgery...

 

You need a NATO with stainless steel hardware, not PVD black.

 

Yea the place I bought it from Phoenix did not have any at the time...So I elected to go with the PVD black....Since it's from the UK it's hard to justify paying $40 shipping to send it back to get another one....That gets pretty expensive...Any Amercian NATO straps you could recommend that has great quality...I know NATO's are typically pretty cheap but want a good quality one (military grade) if possible...

Thanks for your help !

 

You're doing it wrong. The strap end doubles back under the keeper, not over it.

You'd think a guy that starts as many nitpicky threads as you do would know that by now.

 

I like it on a NATO myself

 

Looks great! Try it on a light grey nato like this:

 

I'm undecided. I had my 16570 Explorer II on a nato for all of 20 minutes. The Oyster bracelet is just that good it's so hard to move it off, I think.

 

I concur on the Oyster bracelet but wait till you experience the new bracelets from the 6 digit references. I had the modern Sub bracelet on the 16570 and it was just mind blowing.

 

Looks superb! Great way to change it up.

 

Please put it back on the SS bracelet.

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no way, dude....I like it !

 

I've seen photos of a Pepsi GMT with a sandy / beige colour fabric strap before. Always thought that was a cool look.

 

You want input? Put it back on its bracelet. NATO straps cheapen the whole look, are of a bizarre design, and look funny on most people's wrists. That's my input.

 

Do you hate NATO straps?

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"Hate" is silly but no, I don't like them. Anything else?

 

The Nato strap looks great on the Pepsi! I never understood Nato or Zulu straps. That is, until a few weeks ago when I got one. Wow, they really change the look of the watch

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Love it

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