Watches

NATO detract from clean and polished look of the watch and makes the watch look cheap. The latter point I never really realized until seeing Teddy Baldassarre's video of non-watch people reacting to watches. Just about all of them thought Blancpain was a cheap watch and nato seemed be the reason why they came to that conclusion.

I use that to my advantage though. By throwing my nicer watch on a NATO I can appreciate the watch for myself without worry of it drawing unwanted attention. Also it's scratch resistant and pretty reliable, so great for everyday wear.

Not only they are not good, they are not even that comfortable as they claim. Any decent leather or rubber strap will wear much more comfortably. The biggest issue with it is how it goes underside the watch and effects how the watch is supposed to sit on the wrist. If you really like the look on a watch you can do much better with the elastic loops that don't go under the watch. If you want to have the option to change the strap quickly just get straps with quick release. The only thing they excel at is that you can just chuck them into the washing machine to get them cleaned

Lost my Casio Duro in the ocean because the NATO strap I bought for it came off.

You will be missed r/durogang