Mesh watch bands are watch bracelets made from metal wires (usually stainless steel) worked into characteristic mesh look that can give either robust or sophisticated look to watches, depending on their style. On the image below you can see some of the common types of mesh watch straps:
(E1) Milanese Mesh with slide lock length adjustment details
(E2) SHARK Mesh, a more robust watch strap, firstly seem on Omega Seamaster Plofproof 600 m in 1970s and advertised as prone to shark bites, which gave it its name.
Perforated watch straps are easy on the skin in terms of ventilation and sweat, which is especially helpful in extreme situations. Therefore, perforated watch straps are usually called Racing or Rally watch straps because they are popular among racers. On the image below you can see racer watch straps with porous holes made from leather and stainless steel.
BUND watch straps have the leather part covering the back of the watch case. They originate from the 1970s, when German air force placed their pilot watches on the thick leather pads, to protect their wrists from harsh temperatures affecting the watch case. They quickly became popular among wider public. Famous people that wore BUND watch straps were Elvis and Miles Davis.
Quick release watch bands brought a major progress in the way of replacing watch straps. They are detached from the watch by simply pulling the knob on their spring bar, which in turn pulls one spring end out of the hole on the watch case and they are attached by reverse action. The whole process of changing a watch strap takes seconds, instead of minutes.
(H1) Quick Release leather watch bands, seen below
(H2) Quick Release FKM rubber watch bands, seen below or video HERE
(H3) Quick Release Stainless Steel watch bands, seen below
Rivet lug watch bands or, simply, rivet bracelets or riveted watch straps, have the visible rivets on their outer edges that hold together the folded parts, why they are also called folded link bands. This style of watch bands is popular among aviators, hence they are nicknamed pilot, aviator, or flieger watch straps.
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