Zealande straps , anyone else like it ?

I've ordered the OEM for $300, $250 for strap and $50 for the buckle from an AD.

The zealande is too hard to easily swap when I want to swap. We'll see how hard the OEM is when the strap arrives.

They misquoted the tang buckle. $250.00 for the strap, $75.00 for the buckle.

Hmmm. I just got the strap for $250 and buckle for $50. I called my local AD once I had the part numbers from Omega and they covered shipping and shipped directly to me once they received the parts.

OEM fits super tight and was not easy to get on (was being extra careful to not scratch anything). Would posit that you really need to use the bracelet spring bars. The AD provided a couple aftermarket ones and likely would have scratched up the watch. They were about half a mm too long.

I bought one for the latest Seamaster 300m diver and although I swapped that watch for an Aqua Terra, I did miss the beautiful Zealande rubber I purchased. It is unbelievably supple and shapes to your wrist like water. For me, it is better than the OEM rubber in every single way. I do want to flag that it was an absolute motherf***er son of a b***h to get on. I must've cut my finger and scratched the hell out of the back of the lugs just to get it on...

Once it was on though - WOW. Highly recommended. Compared to OEM rubber - it is a lot of strap for the money.

My brother-in-law's new Seamaster on the Zealande.

It seems to be because of the supplied springbars that are too thick. I used regular ones and was able to put on the strap without issue

Yeah definitely. When I changed my brother-in-law's (photo above), I used to spring bars from the bracelet and it went on in 20 seconds.

I hear a red zealande for my 2538.20 and it’s a bear to get on. So much so that I rarely use it…

zealande looks great, tempted to get the red one

Hi All,
After almost 2 years, I am reviving this thread.
I bought a Zealande Gen2 for my Green Seamaster.
All complains were listened. I am listing all my thoughts below:
- second keeper has a "rectangle pin" almost identical with Garmin straps. It locks very well the keeper. From my point a view, a little better than Omega original strap (round pin in triangle whole)
- the buckle design continues strap's design with raised center zone. It looks better from the design point of view. Matching is perfect.
- very important, because a lot of buyers complained about this: the point where the strap touches the watch case - superb alignment. In fact, the sides of the strap align with the lugs and the center aligns with the separation line between watch case and the bezel. This results in a very small space between strap and bezel (.2-.3mm). Enough for frictionless bezel action, but in the same time small enough to look like there is no gap between strap and bezel. I do not know if the match is the same for older Seamaster versions, but for the latest one is near perfection.
- in EU, the delivery time was 24 hours (cost included in strap's price).
- Alexandre, the CEO, answered all my questions in a timely manner. I was pleasantly impressed by this level of customer support.
- my personal opinion: the strap is thinner compared with: Isofrane, CrafterBlue, Breitling SuperOcean original rubber strap or Doxa Sub original rubber strap. I am not decided if this is a good or a bad decision. Maybe time will tell. The first time I put it on, I thought: why it is so thin? but after 1 day, I can tell you that it does not bother me at all. It is a design decision and I respect this. it looks more elegant compared with Isofrane and less heavy duty. But original Omega strap has the same thinckness.
- the under-side was changed for better experience during wet summer day. Here I must say that Isofrane is the king. But this is due to completly different design (ladder style).
- color is superb (here I am subjective, because I like the color a lot).
My personal conclusion: It is not cheap, but I love it and I apreciate the fact that it is different compared to other high quality rubber straps.

How'd you get in touch? I used their website and they never responded?

I’m pretty happy with mine