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 Posted: Fri Sep 11th, 2009 11:56 am
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bigrustypig



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 Stew, like Oscar said: get the exact width measurement. Getting a width too wide or a width too narrow will spoil the look via the creases on the bars.

My personal preference is the Zulu/Maratac because they are thicker and more substantial than the Nato, which I don't really favor precisely because of the "thrifty" thicknesses and scrawny strap keepers.

One thing you need to consider is that some watches' steel bracelets have spring bars/pins too close to the dial/case. You might think that just because a bracelet is thicker than the Zulu/Maratac, the watch will automatically take a Zulu/Maractac. Wrong. It happened to me on a Seiko. The watch where I goofed is shown below. The strap seems to be "on" but it was only a fitting session and I found out later that the strap wouldn't fit.



So check that little detail first. I get my Zulus from Anders/Gnomon. I am also looking at the Coast Guard Orange from westcoastime.

Hope this helps, amigo:D