Da LucaBallistic Nylon Military Watch Strap (PVD Buckle) 18mm 20mm 22mm 24mm 26mm

Stop buying cheap junky NATO straps! These straps are simply perfect. The hardware is excellent. The fabric is thick and long enough to be comfortable on an 8 1/2 inch wrist. These are worth the price. Do yourself a favor and try one.

Strap is really long. This is good for me in some situations as I sometimes need to put my work watch or a dive watch over a garment (drysuit, rain wear, winter coat). The rest of the time though, you need to figure out what to do with the rest of that strap! I mounted/threaded a Seiko SKX007J dive watch that I use as my "work watch", as in work around the house, wear out in the workshop, cut firewood, or any other task that I do not want to risk one of my more expensive timepieces while performing (the task). Strap was perfect in width but a tight fit going around the pins. With a watch this size, the strap was initially "tough" to get the watch sitting correctly on the top of my wrist (it wanted to stand out from my arm with really big gaps) until the strap started to stretch a little and gradually work around to the best position. Fits pretty well now.Not sure why you need two lugs where the two pieces of strap connect, after feeding it under the watch that is...... Seems like one too many to me. The biggest issue is what to do with the extra strap. What I ended up doing (after carefully melting 2 extra holes) is to double the band over the top ring and then under the second ring. The next part is the hardest...... I then thread the strap back through the buckle a second time, allowing the buckle's pin to go through one of the new holes I created. It is a little complicated but all the easy methods, ones that did not make use of the rings to hold the slack tight, made the band too bulky to use as a "work watch". I could have cut the strap (obviously) but then I would lose the ability to wear it over my top layer of clothing.

Best NATO strap available and looks awesome on my Rolex Sea Dweller. I purchased both the "Goldfinger" strap and this navy blue one with PVD black hardware. Honestly, while I know all about the history behind the Bond strap and fully appreciate it (nod to Sean Connery, best Bond ever)...I kinda like the understated look of the navy blue with black hardware. Perhaps this is because my Sea Dweller has a black face. I use both gorgeous NATO straps from DaLuca, but I find myself settling into the navy blue strap more often.

This is a sturdy strap using decent materials. The band itself is holding up fine with moderate use (especially in and out of the pool/ocean), and the metal rings have not shown any signs of wear. I have gotten some stains in the band, but they came out with soap, water, and elbow grease.I have the 22mm black strap on the Seiko "007" and it fits and looks great. As described in other reviews, the band is very long if you've never had a NATO strap before. Tucking it in works fine for me (go watch Youtube walkthroughs if you're stuck setting it up), and gives the band a bit of thickness with a 3D effect I find very neat. The band itself is extremely rigid after wearing it in the water, almost like plastic. Thankfully it doesn't chafe or hurt my wrist, but it's definitely not "soft". Overall I'd recommend this company as far as NATO straps go, you can tell this thing will last forever. If only they sold 22mm tropical NATO bands, which simply do not exist in North America.

I like that its thick, thats what i wanted. It needs a bit of breakin, for comfort. I cut the extra off right away, im not about to join the picture fad, where they roll it up on the end, hahaha. i cut it perfect where it comes up past the last clip. I used a torch to carefully burn the edge (didnt want to overburn it and make it sharp or crispy black). It came out good. Its long enough to have several cuts and fresh tries. Either way, it works as intended on by huge Invicta chrono.

Although it won't fit g shock (or really large watches > 2.5 inch) this is a great, quality product. Other nylon straps have a very plastic feel. This one feels like cloth while providing great strength. Most of the 5 ring strap will not fit Casio G shock because have to use strap converters with this watch. When you attach the converters the back of the watch and the plastic converters form a "C". Since the space on all 5-ring nato straps where the watch goes is limitted the strap cannot fully line this "C" assembly. The flap is too short and forms a "D" acting like a bow string. This makes the g shock pop up from wrist. This makes it uncomfortable. Be sure to use a 3 ring strap for g shock or a watch where the distance between top and bottom strap attaching points is > 2.5" (64mm). I got a 3 ring Daluca which is very comfortable and looks cool too.

I have mixed opinions of this band. It is bomb-proof, to be sure, and as many others have attested, it is loosening up over time. It is very bulky, however, due to the required looping of the loose end, the hardware, and the two layers of strap under your watch. It can make sliding your arm through the cuff of a jacket or shirt a pain, and I received the first scratch on my mineral crystal watch face because of having to force it past a pack strap. But I know my watch isn't going anywhere, and the strap is cool in warm weather. And though a 24mm width, it worked with my 23mm lug size (the same cannot be said of two-piece straps, because the sewn pin loops won't compress between the lugs). So, it does everything it is supposed to do, but I subtracted one star to warn people that it has its drawbacks.

It’s too thick and stiff and difficult to keep in place.

Super item