The essential aftermarket watch strap thread

[surjimmy]

Beautiful watch.By the way even if I do say so myself.

 

[Glock 'em down]

You swell up, get that not so fresh feeling, you hate men. What are you trying to tell us Evan?

I just want someone to hold me!

 

[coolhandluke]

Placed orders for the following straps from Nick Mankey Designs for the FXD:

1. Navy blue Chrono-Grip with bead blasted titanium hardware.

2. Navy blue Hook Strap Pro with bead blasted stainless steel hardware.

3. Steel gray Hook Strap Pro with bead blasted stainless steel hardware.

4. Alert red Hook Strap Pro with navy stitching and bead blasted stainless hardware (figured it would match some of my St. Louis Cardinals caps and clothing).

https://nickmankeydesigns.com/

It's a 12-14+ week wait as I previously mentioned, but I'm in the queue. I'll be sure to post photos when the straps arrive. The wait time is at least shorter than some of the repro flight jacket manufacturers that I've placed orders with in the past, which are typically a 1+ year wait. I've been in Good Wear Leather Coat Co.'s queue since last September for an A-2.

Here's what Nick's Hook Strap Pro straps (version for fixed bars) look like...

 

[coolhandluke]

My FXD strap arrived from Erika's Originals today. It was a 21 day turnaround, but I think part of the delay was due to me selecting the vintage webbing option on my order, when that particular webbing is not FXD compatible. Thankfully Erika changed my order to original/ yellow and didn't charge me the extra $10 for the modern webbing. Hardware is engraved M.N. 24 to match the caseback and bead blasted.