Benchmark Straps 22mm Dark Brown Oiled Leather Nato Watchband - More Colors Available

Great quality pc. Worth buying

Very high quality band, especially for the price. I purchased it to replace the original band on my Fossil watch that was "genuine leather", meaning nothing more than plastic leather, not actual leather. This band you can tell is the real deal made out of quality leather not crappy plastic "leather" by the way it scuffs and the smell. I have a Timex Weekender that has the same style of band and the original Timex band is significantly thinner than this band, I will be buying a second to update my Timex band as well. Changing it out was very easy. Took less than 5 minutes. The dark brown color with the silver is beautiful! This band is the perfect size for either a smaller wrist like I have or a large wrist. If you have a smaller wrist, you'll have to tuck the end into itself, which I don't mind at all. Actually, I prefer this look. It's a good stiffness and flexibility, not too loose. Not too stiff. It's too early to tell how easy or hard this will be to clean, but with it being leather all you'll have to do is condition it every once in awhile and it'll be looking good for a long time.

I wanted to like this band, but it's so thin. It also suffers from stretching when it's hot outside because the band is so thin. It looks good, but it's not going to look good long term.

I bought the 22-mm Benchmark Basics leather strap, in dark brown with polished silver fittings. It installed quickly, fits properly, looks classy, feels good, and it should last a long time. I use it for a Seiko SRPE93 Prospex diver’s watch. For non-aquatic use, wearing the Benchmark Basics leather strap avoids the challenges of having a constantly-moving stainless-steel keeper on Seiko's factory silicone rubber strap.

The strap is original leather