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Home Buyers guide How to choose a watch Choose your bracelet

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A strap or a bracelet

Which one is better to choose? The choice here depends on personal wishes, but it's important that a bracelet serves longer than a strap - sometimes about as much as the watch itself. Unfortunately, a bracelet cannot be as easily adjusted to a wrist. Moreover, with a bracelet, the final price of a watch is higher because a bracelet often makes a watch look better and fits the overall design better. 

Yet, straps can also be quite elegant, especially if they are made from natural and durable leather. The main advantage of having a strap is that it sits tighter on a wrist and it is easier to change if needed.

A Metal one

Metal bracelets make a watch look classical and elegant. Before purchase check the length of the bracelet so that it would not be too short for your wrist. Adding additional links can be quite costly.

Natural leather

Each leather bracelet is unique with its color, texture, and character. Keep in mind that the duration of wearing for a leather bracelet is shorter and you will need to change it more often.

Silicone/rubber/plastic

With materials like silicone/rubber/polyurethane, everything is clear. A rubber strap is not only lightweight and tight around the wrist, but it will also never cause any kind of allergy. Rubber is durable, nice to the touch, it can also easily come back to its original shape after intensive use. This option would be perfect for those who like doing sport and those who like practicality. The disadvantage of the material is that it is kind of hard to clean it. The dirt on rubber gets into the material and the watch becomes not as nice to the eye.

A Fabric strap

A Fabric strap is an option for those who like to experiment. Many manufacturers suggest fabric straps as an alternative to the main strap or the main bracelet. Unlike leather, the fabric does not lose shape and does not fear water (although drying it takes quite a long time). One of the best fabric straps in terms of durability and longevity is the NATO strap, which is used in sports models of the best Swiss luxury brands: Omega, Tudor, vintage models of Rolex.

On ladies' watches, silk straps on leather are often used. They look elegantly, they fit precious stones, have a wide color palette and texture, but it would be wrong to say that they are durable.