Originally posted by: Capt Caveman
Originally posted by: Cdubneeddeal
Metal = adult. Fabric (Nylon) = trendy teenager. Leather = geek.
IMHO,
Metal = Dressy
Leather = Casual
Nylon = Athletic
You're both wrong (at least IMO). Generally, the most elegant, costliest dress watches are equipped with leather straps, and if anything a bracelet is the exception rather than the rule.
Example 1
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Example 3
Nylon straps do tend to be on athletic watches, but also on military ones.
Metal bracelets can really run the gamut, from junky Chinese digital watches to Glaschuttes and other very high-end watches.
Personally, I like bracelets, and many of the watches I have in heavy rotation (including my Omega Seamaster GMT, a Hamilton chronograph, and various Seiko divers) are on stainless steel or titanium bracelets, but I also have some very nice watches on leather, including a pretty old Tudor dress watch and a cool Sinn 656 pilot's watch, and I will sometimes put one of my watches with a bracelet on a leather strap to give it a different, dressier look. When the weather gets hot I will often put one of my divers on a NATO nylon strap, at least when I'm wearing jeans.