Wrist And Style Perlon Watch Strap

Consider me a very satisfied customer and I'm already a repeat customer! Details below.Caveats:These are my first perlon straps so I can't compare them to the quality of other brands.Customer Service:Let me first start by sharing my experience with their customer service as it's made me quite biased to their products. There was slight fraying on the tip of the strap when I received it. Since these are my first perlon straps, I emailed them a picture inquiring if this is normal. The rep, John, was immediate in offering a replacement. He also told me that slight fraying may happen and told me how I could use a lighter to help melt the tip to resolve the issue. This itself makes me want to endorse their product.Now on to the product itself!Comfort:These straps are incredibly comfortable. The weave makes them quite flexible, and they are thin enough that they don't dig into your wrists. I foresee the lightweight breathable material being an excellent choice for hot summers.There is one part of this strap which is scratchy; the very end under the buckle. The feel of the melted nylon is uncomfortable, but that is easily remedied by folding the tip under itself. I've attached a picture for reference.Aesthetics:I prefer dress watches over other tool/diver watches. However, a dress watch on a leather strap is far too formal for everyday wear. That's what led me to these perlon straps, and for that they are PERFECT. They compliment/dress down the watch nicely and the color choices let you add some personality as well. Similar to how a NATO strap adds some personality to a diver watch, a perlon strap is the equivalent for a dress watch.Ease of use:Because these slide over the spring bars on the watch, swapping them out takes seconds. Mixed with their price, it's easy and fun to own a collection of these straps that you match with your outfit or mood. I recently purchased my first quality time piece, and these straps (plus a formal leather strap) help with the versatility I need to justify owning a single quality time piece that I can wear for most occasions.Durability:I can't speak to their durability, but they seem well made. I also don't plan on wearing the same strap everyday so I suspect their lifespan to increase to a respectable length.Value:This is what has me sold on these products. Their affordable price lets me easily justify owning multiple colors for different outfits. Free returns and excellent customer service raise my confidence that if something doesn't suit me, I can get it corrected easily.These straps are well worth a try.

Introduced in the 1960s, braided Perlon straps are a great slip-on watch strap for tropic climes and temperatures. They wash easily, regain their shape with a little massaging, and can complement any watch in various colors. They're a great addition for dive watches in summer, and adapt to water sports very well due to their quick drying qualities.This Wrist and Style braided strap is good, not as fine a weave as Eulit Kristall Perlon braided straps, possibly like their Panama braid (I don't have one to compare). The buckle is a solid, heavy work of art, but not curved so the strap forms a little bump under the shirt cuff; it's not a problem under a dress shirt. The heat finishing on each end is a bit crude (I had to re-trim the buckle end on mine with a small butane heat gun), but does not easily fray. The fabric keeper is a very snug fit on the single thickness of the strap, and makes it hard to get the point through it on my wrist. I hope this will be remedied with repeated use. WAS could stand to assemble the keepers around two thicknesses of strap as they are meant to be used. (I slide the keeper under the short, buckle end so that I don't have the keeper against my skin. Otherwise the keeper would have to accommodate 3 layers of strap.)This style of buckle allows adjustment of the strap length from buckle to point, even though the braid allows infinite fastening points. To reduce wear and tear on the same place you put the tongue, you can adjust the strap a little from week to week. I also gently wash these straps in tepid water, rinse and towel dry after wearing, to prolong the lifetime. WAS' strap shows little signs of wear after a few weeks of use and care, and holds up to to even a larger 42mm dive watch.N.B. Amazon's fulfillment mislabeled a 22mm black strap as 20mm dark grey, so I received the wrong strap. WAS promptly sent me a replacement at no charge. Thanks, guys!

I have an average size female wrist and have been trying various bands for my Citizen field style watch (silicone, leather, nato, metal mesh). The band that came with the watch was too stiff and too long. The metal mesh band is nicely adjustable and looks great but is heavy for every day use, the silicone is too long, holes are wrong and it's kind of hot, leather just wasn't right (leather and silicone were repurposed from an old fitness tracker), and the nato is somewhat adjustable and light, but still not quite "it." Kind of ridiculous spending this much time and energy on a watch band, but I guess if you're reading this, you get it.... I finally found the band for me - this Perlon. It is so light it feels almost like paper. I love how I am hole-independent now because of the weave and even the overall length can be adjusted by sliding the strap at the buckle end to make it longer or shorter. It's dressy enough to dress up and casual enough to dress down. A perfect all occasion band. I like it so much I've already ordered 3 more in different colors. I'm not hard on watch bands and have only had it for about a week so I don't know how it will hold up over time. But in reading about Perlon, it should be pretty sturdy. Only downside is that since the band is essentially weightless, now I notice the weight of the watch itself. I can live with that.