The Most Common Types Of Watch Straps

When you are shopping for a watch, what is the part that ultimately decides your watch purchase? The movement of the watch, Japanese Movement Watch or Swiss Movement Watch, or dial or case. In any case, everyone has their own purchasing preferences, and for someone, the material of the Watch Strap can also determine their purchasing desires. Next, let's talk about the material of the strap. There are roughly 8 kinds of strap materials, which are leather, stainless steel, silicone, canvas, nylon, titanium, ceramic and wood.

• Leather strap

Usually divided into Genuine Leather Strap or artificial leather. Genuine leather straps are essentially tanned animal hides. Its soft texture, light weight, comfortable to wear and not easy to hurt the skin, so it is loved by everyone, usually we can identify what kind of leather it is by its unique appearance. Leather straps are more commonly used, and can be divided into calfskin, yellow leather and buffalo leather. Crocodile leather straps are usually used for high-level or top brand watches. The texture is clear and delicate, the leather gloss is particularly good, and the strap lines usually show slub patterns or circular patterns. The lambskin watch has the advantages of fine texture and good elasticity, and is often used in women's watches. There are also rough horse arm leather straps, lizard leather straps, ostrich straps and pearl fish straps.

What is artificial leather? It's a material that looks like leather, but it's actually a polymer material made from PVC and PU of different formulations, which looks and feels like real leather. There are many colors, good water resistance, and the price is relatively cheap compared to genuine leather.

• Stainless Steel Watch Band

Stainless steel is the most commonly used metal material. Stainless steel straps are strong, durable and corrosion resistant. One disadvantage of stainless steel is that it scratches easily. The stainless steel strap can be electroplated in gold, gunmetal, rose gold. It can also be a solid stainless steel strap, or polished, sandblasted, sandblasted and other treatments to show different effects.

• Silicone Strap

Silicone is a material that is resistant to both high and low temperatures. Not only is the silicone strap soft to the skin, but it's available in a variety of colors. The advantage of the silicone strap is that it is non-toxic, tasteless, and harmless to the human body. Because it has a certain tension and flexibility, the deformation can be restored immediately. Silicone straps are also durable and ideal for sports watches.

• Nylon/ Nato Strap

Nylon is one of the best materials for Sports Watch straps. It has strong plasticity, high recognition, rich and diverse colors, and changing styles. Nylon straps are durable, comfortable to wear and waterproof. They are more breathable watch materials and are easy to clean and maintain. Therefore, it is used in military watches. With the continuous improvement of the production process, nylon straps are given more colors and shapes, which are loved by everyone.

• Canvas Watch Strap

Canvas is the strap used for sports watches, pilot watches and diving watches. Canvas itself is a plain weave fabric that is often confused with nylon. Because canvas is extremely flexible and comfortable. It's also soft and breathable. Despite having properties that make it one of the most comfortable strap materials, canvas is still very durable. It is particularly resistant to tears and rips, is simple and practical, and is inexpensive. The disadvantage is that it is easy to fluff and snag, and it is not waterproof. But still very popular with young people.

• Ceramic strap

Ceramic is a new technology for watch strap material. Its surface is very smooth, feels good, is resistant to abrasion, corrosion, and maintains a fresh look even after many years. The disadvantage of this watch material is that the ceramic is prone to chipping. If you accidentally drop a watch with a ceramic strap on a hard surface, it will likely break.

• Titanium Watch Band

Titanium is a lustrous silver transition metal with low density and high strength. Titanium is almost twice as strong as stainless steel. Titanium has a high melting point and is machinable, but it is easily scratched and damaged, but not easily broken. The overall titanium strap is lightweight and feels free to wear.

• Wood strap