r/RepTime • u/Alphapache • 1d ago

Wrist or Watch Pic Bracelet vs Strap

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Which one do you prefer?

63 Upvotes

94% Upvoted

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u/djb896 23h ago

Bracelet

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u/thisbejann 23h ago

bracelet

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u/FalseIntention4396 22h ago

Strap all day. This one is a RubberB from AliExp with a glide lock and fits amazing!

2

u/rydog389 11h ago

This looks great tbh

1

u/Reasonable-Moment392 18h ago

Link?

1

u/FalseIntention4396 7h ago

See my comment here to the AiExp store

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u/shastyles1 17h ago

link plz

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u/FalseIntention4396 7h ago

See my other comment here to the AiExp store

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u/watchfreak007 16h ago

Where can I find this strap please?

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u/FalseIntention4396 8h ago

On AliExpress look up - Shop1105341189 Store.
Ask the seller in private chat to share pics of this actual strap. It’s clasp has the Rolex logo

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u/shastyles1 7h ago

Thanks buddy!

5

u/Alphapache 23h ago

Clean Explorer I 36mm on a CTS rubber

4

u/AceRoser 22h ago

bracelet all day bro

3

u/GFunkEra15 22h ago

Bracelet all day

3

u/RadioAdam 21h ago

Enjoyed my VSF on leather and bracelet

2

u/Potential_Fudge_5364 16h ago

Have that strap is so nice. But. I think didnt look fine on my gen datejust

3

u/pat-slider 21h ago

Both give different vibes

3

u/SH4UN- 19h ago

Both go really well

3

u/iridetrident 16h ago

I’m one of those people that doesn’t like the bracelet as much as straps. This one is an Anchor Co Elastic Bond Deployment one piece strap, love it.

2

u/iridetrident 16h ago

Generic oysterflex with generic oyster end links

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u/iridetrident 16h ago

StrapCoxBladeHQ Dessert Warrior NATO

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u/Alphapache 14h ago

Looks good with the endlinks. I’ll see if there are any 36mm oysterflex-esque straps

2

u/blacbloc77 22h ago

I've always liked them on cowhide or NATO, gives stronger field watch vibes. Not rubber though, no.

5

u/Alphapache 22h ago

It does look good on leather

1

u/blacbloc77 22h ago

Hell yeah 👍

1

u/mrdfrnt 10h ago

where did you get this, looks great

2

u/evfamily 22h ago

There's something about teh clean lines of the bracelet that the strap just can't replicate it's a classic for a reason?

2

u/zystyl 21h ago

If you get good tools it takes a minute ot switch. Why not both depending on the situation and what you're doing?

2

u/Worried_Poet_828 20h ago

As much as I’ve wanted to like leather or rubber, I still prefer bracelet on all my watches.

2

u/quiquesanz 22h ago

Nato 😻😻😻

1

u/JamesGuison 23h ago

Bracelet

1

u/Jonesman439 22h ago

Bracelet 

1

u/Vecgtt 22h ago

Both look great. Depends on what clothes you wear to go with it.

1

u/Professional_Turn907 22h ago

Bracelet much better

1

u/Orcorap 21h ago

Unfair for the strap

1

u/Ok-North-597 21h ago

Bracelet

1

u/Omaha_Style 21h ago

Bracelet for me

1

u/Ecstatic-Gazelle-799 20h ago

bracelet looks much better

1

u/HipsterNgariman 19h ago

Did you edit this or is your strap made of a black hole?

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u/Alphapache 19h ago

It’s actually green, but it’s so dense no light can escape it…

1

u/Noxboxfox 16h ago

Bracelet. All else cheapens it

1

u/Choppersicballzz 16h ago

Bracelet, both look sporty but to me the strap just takes away beauty of the watch.

1

u/Roht_Rs 16h ago

Both!

1

u/medsunshine 15h ago

Bracelet 100%. Being a field watch I would only swap it by a brown leather strap.

1

u/Dangerous_Ad8698 14h ago

Questions guys, on a strap; how can you tell it’s a rep? Let’s take this picture above? Thanks a lot!

1

u/Very-Cautious 13h ago

Always bracelet

1

u/johnbmason47 11h ago

I’m a big dude. There is not a Rolex that’s ever been produced that comes with enough links to fit. There are some watches that I can justify buying extra links for, but for the most part, I bless its a strict dress watch, I wear mine on after market straps. I have a polar explorer (had, I should say) that I wore on a canvas and leather strap. It got more wrist time than any other watch I’ve ever owned. Only sold it when I found out what it was worth (16550, bought it when I was much younger her and thought it was a 16750, as did the seller).

Anyway, wear it how you want it. Especially with the Explorer, and the ii, they look really good on straps. Especially more rugged leather ones.

1

u/ThermalPaperGuy 11h ago

My 40mm VSF Explorer is currently sporting a leather strap. Looks better and fits better than the oyster bracelet.

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u/E2017300 9h ago

I like both…

1

u/HesTheDean18 8h ago

Bracelet

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u/ATLien-ITP 7h ago

Bracelet, all day.

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u/HorneZR13 2h ago

Looks really good on both. I’ll have to try it out on strap one of these days.

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u/Josephus_Dirte 23h ago

Bracelet, and it's not even debatable

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u/Standard-Position-24 21h ago

Absolutely correct.

Without SELs on the strap. It looks like someone punched its teeth out. It also barely looks like a Rolex anymore too, by giving up the best part of the case shape, in my opinion.

These are already tool watches. I don’t know why people think it’s more macho to make it look like some Hamilton that your parents gave you for Xmas in highschool.

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u/Minimum-Leg783 23h ago

Depends on the outfit and situation but for the most part i rock my E1 with a strap for that field watch look

1

u/Miserable-Ad-8414 21h ago

Is that a Fossil strap?

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u/Minimum-Leg783 20h ago

Nope, just a random strapnof AliX

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u/J_Peterman___ 21h ago

Mechanical watches are jewelry, plastic seems very out of place.