[41Mets]

I love Seiko Cocktail time. But OEM strap could best be described as a backwards stiff piece of cr*p.
So I wear it on Eulit Perlon and love it. I also tried blue Rios strap, but did not quite enjoy it.
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Looks great on the perlon. I like the Rios maybe just too thick. But the original strap was ****. That may have been the reason I listed it 5 minutes after it arrived and shipped it the same day!! And the weird backwards strap.

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[tiki5698]

 

[41Mets]

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LOVE that top one

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[Russ1965]

On the OEM bracelet as purchased:

On a custom Nero Strap:

 

[johnny action]

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[Indiglo92]

 

[Russ1965]

OEM was a POS:

Swapped it for this and it looks so much nicer:

 

[41Mets]

OEM was a POS:

Swapped it for this and it looks so much nicer:

The lighter color works so much better with the dial.

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[41Mets]

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Super cool

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[dak_la]

 

[Badbebe]

straps are fun

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[bigmatt17073]

 

[WastedYears]

The Bathyscaphe is somewhat of a strap monster.

 

[mangoonastick]

Show the photos of your favorite non OEM straps matched with their watches

I'll start:

Glashutte Original on black alligator with green stitch

Glashutte Original on Grey ostrich with green stitch

Grand Seiko on beaver tail

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Holy **** that is a nice alligator strap!!

 

[bigclive2011]

Pretty much every watch I own goes on an aftermarket straight out of the box, but as it would happen this mornings watch is on a rather unusual tweed strap from Schofield, so not quite what it came on but still OEM, so maybe later.

 

[timefleas]

I have a LOT in my sold archives, but here are a few from the current herd.

 

[peppeducati]

Strapsco seatbelt nato on my Glycine Combat. Stock rubber strap was too stiff and couldn't get to soften up. Really enjoying this one!

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[alan1219]

Strap from bulang and sons on my bb58!

 

[AEC]

Good thread! It's interesting to see the possibilities.

There are two watches in my collection that are on something different right now:

My Khaki Mechanical came on a NATO-ish textile strap that's not my style, so I wear it on this Shell Cordovan strap from a German maker named Fluco. I think they may be the supplier to Nomos because this strap seems identical to a Nomos strap:

Lately I'm enjoying my Speedmaster Professional on this Forstner Flat-Link. It honors the Omega Reference 1039 bracelet used on this model until the late 1960s. It's considerably slimmer and lighter than the modern OEM bracelet, and I enjoy the classic taper from 20mm at the case to 16mm at the clasp. Reasonably well made and affordable

 

[tikander]

All my watches, almost all of the time... In retrospect I seem to have bought nearly all my watches on metal bracelets since they are more complicated to fit as aftermarket than straps. So I won't dump my entire cloud here but sharing a pic of two my favorite AM straps, that could've as well been OEM, I feel...

My Mk XV on a Fluco suede dark gray 19/18, and at the back my Eterna-matic 1935 on a Hirsch Regent alligator 20/16.