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I never realised how much Omega's nato straps suck....

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Took my delivery of my new Seamaster today (black dial) and got a Nato black/grey bond strap to go with it.
Aus$250 that thing cost.

Carefully removed the steel bracelet and put on the Nato ...and realised how bulky it is, how average the material is, how short the strap is, (and how no single hole really works with me wrist, though that one isn't their fault).
A$250 for this?!

Luckily in my excitement to order my new Seamaster I'd also ordered some Ultra Nato's from Strapify.com.au including this grey/silver Bond style one:
https://www.strapify.com.au/collections/ultra-nato-seat-belt/products/ultra-nato-grey-bond
I just bought them for fun thinking I may want a change from Omega's own one some time down the line.

Changed them over and the Ultra nato from Strapify is thinner, lighter, looks and feels higher quality and stronger, better hole placement, hardware looks nicer, and its longer which means you can nicely tuck the end over the outside and into the second loop. Its also 1/6 the price.

I've heard people say that Omega's nato straps are overpriced but are very high quality ....gotta strongly disagree there....

I'm excited enough about my awesome new Seamaster that I'm not going to dwell on dropping A$250 extra for a strap I replaced after 1 minute for a strap 1/6 the cost thats better in every way IMO.

But hey, maybe this post will save someone else down the line.

Obligatory pics below.
 
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Congrats on a beautiful watch and that’s my favorite omega nato, I have the same nato but I do cut the extra keeper piece off, reduces bulk big time.
 
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Yea I’m just not a NATO strap fan, I had a bunch of cheapos and went through a phase but then I also had a bund strap phase until I realised bund straps make you look like someone who wears socks with sandals.

Bracelet or quality leather / lizard strap is where it’s at. Preferably lizard as every croc or gator strap is one less asshole reptile left alive in the world.

I’ll also add that nato straps are stink absorbent. They get nasty, really nasty.
 
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dsio dsio
Bracelet or quality leather / lizard strap is where it’s at. Preferably lizard as every croc or gator strap is one less asshole reptile left alive in the world.
Most of the crocs and gators are farm raised, very sustainable business.
 
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dsio dsio
Preferably lizard as every croc or gator strap is one less asshole reptile left alive in the world.
Thread drift initiated.

Crocs and gators aren't actually lizards.
 
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..... that Omega's nato straps .......

hardware issue:

the edges on steel square rings of the black nato strap that came with my 311.30.42.30.01.005 are too harsh on my skin, bruised after a few hours of wearing

pretty much useless for me
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dsio dsio
Yea I’m just not a NATO strap fan, I had a bunch of cheapos and went through a phase but then I also had a bund strap phase until I realised bund straps make you look like someone who wears socks with sandals.

Exactly. ;-)
 
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Took my delivery of my new Seamaster today (black dial) and got a Nato black/grey bond strap to go with it.
Aus$250 that thing cost.

Carefully removed the steel bracelet and put on the Nato ...and realised how bulky it is, how average the material is, how short the strap is, (and how no single hole really works with me wrist, though that one isn't their fault).
A$250 for this?!

Luckily in my excitement to order my new Seamaster I'd also ordered some Ultra Nato's from Strapify.com.au including this grey/silver Bond style one:
https://www.strapify.com.au/collections/ultra-nato-seat-belt/products/ultra-nato-grey-bond
I just bought them for fun thinking I may want a change from Omega's own one some time down the line.

Changed them over and the Ultra nato from Strapify is thinner, lighter, looks and feels higher quality and stronger, better hole placement, hardware looks nicer, and its longer which means you can nicely tuck the end over the outside and into the second loop. Its also 1/6 the price.

I've heard people say that Omega's nato straps are overpriced but are very high quality ....gotta strongly disagree there....

I'm excited enough about my awesome new Seamaster that I'm not going to dwell on dropping A$250 extra for a strap I replaced after 1 minute for a strap 1/6 the cost thats better in every way IMO.

But hey, maybe this post will save someone else down the line.

Obligatory pics below.


That's really strange, the Ultra on that link you posted is listed as 27cm, but you say it's longer than the OMEGA for the tuck back? My Omega Bond NATO is 30cm, so please take a shot of them side by side so we can check you were sold a genuine part.
 
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The colour on that strap in the first post is terrible!

That’s surely not the Omega variant?
 
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frankly, some people dig the thick chunky nato style coz it adds to the tool watch image and guess those with manly wrists can carry them off well. thicker the nylon, hardier it is and I'm guessing thats the price delta. Of course, the omega engraving adds $100. Personally, I much prefer a thin nato strap too
 
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sonicosa sonicosa
… and we’ve also got https://omegaforums.net/threads/omega-nato-what-a-pain-in-the-wrist.114573
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I hate anything that isnt on a deployant.
Guy at the Omega store told me they could do the rubber strap and switch it to the deployant clasp if I was interested in that as an option. Didn’t reali4 that was a thing they offered.
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The colour on that strap in the first post is terrible!

That’s surely not the Omega variant?

The pics I posted are of the Strapify silver/grey version, not the Omega grey/black version.
 
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I dislike the proportions of the Omega "NATO". Whatever possessed them to deviate from the spec so far?!
 
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That's really strange, the Ultra on that link you posted is listed as 27cm, but you say it's longer than the OMEGA for the tuck back? My Omega Bond NATO is 30cm, so please take a shot of them side by side so we can check you were sold a genuine part.

Still would like to see your OMEGA OEM NATO next to it, if you reckon this one you're plugging is longer?
 
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Different strokes (straps?) for different folks I guess ....

Different straps for different chaps.

I had a NATO phase once. It passed. I do think the Omega leather NATOs look ok, but would never bother paying for one.
 
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Modernism Modernism
That's really strange, the Ultra on that link you posted is listed as 27cm, but you say it's longer than the OMEGA for the tuck back? My Omega Bond NATO is 30cm, so please take a shot of them side by side so we can check you were sold a genuine part.

It’s real, I bought it from Omega. But you are actually right and it’s blown my mind.
I checked and The Omega strap is in fact a couple of CM longer. It’s the thickness of the strap, inflexibility, and probably hole placement that contribute to the feeling it ‘wears shorter’.
Took pic so you can see comparison.
 
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