The title of this thread alludes to the question, but so far no one has taken it up.
Is there not something fundamentally ...odd, about creating a NATO-style strap – a strap design synonymous with ruggedness and durability – out of a material so precious it really shouldn't even come in contact with water?
Maybe it's the product designer in me, but I'd probably also look sideways at leather bed-liners for pickup trucks, or helmets made out of porcelain...no matter how good they looked.
Honest Q: Was the leather NATO actually ever a thing, like, ...in service? Or is it sort of made up, like the belt stitch we see (and adore) in so many two piece straps that is described as "vintage style"...when as far as I can tell, no one actually ever wore watch straps like this in the past.
Anyhoo. History/good sense be damned, I'd like to try it out. The right color on the right watch really does look good. And if the band fits. Maybe part of the problem is I had been considering something in the + $100 range. Such as the B&S version mentioned earlier.
But this might be a case where something cheaper, less supple and refined makes fundamentally more sense, just, as a product that is slightly more disposable. AKA pig or goat leather. I don't know about $9 guys... But I'll take a look. Maybe $29?
At $9 I'd assume it's leather stripped from the back of a hell-beast ...and wearing it constitutes an agreement to forfeiture of the soul, ...eternal hell fire, so on and etc.
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