I wish I Cared about anything as much as this dude loves watches

@kcgfy81

4 жыл бұрын

IDK man if that is really your profile pic I'd say you doing a good job keeping those locks luxurious. I mean, that stuff would make Rapunzel envious.

@Ossory88

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah Rapunzel-Luke 😅

@salty_terminal_civilian5374

3 жыл бұрын

What's it like to have a full head of hair lol. Care about that.

@LukeVisinoni

3 жыл бұрын

lol u guys are funny. That is indeed me. That was taken about a year ago and I still haven't had a haircut. You guys should see it now. I'll have to update the profile pic soon...

@vascosaldanha602

3 жыл бұрын

@@LukeVisinoni how do I know if the profile pic is the updated one?

I never thought I’d get excited about somebody talking about watch straps, but here I am. Great vid.

Great to see you on! Perfect video during these times to change up your watches for a “NEW” feel and excitement without shelling out hundreds if not thousands of dollars$$$. You rock, great ideas, keep it up TGV‼️👍

I would also recommend Barton Watch Bands, mainly the elite silicone rubber straps, they are very durable , confortable and have a variety of colors. They also have natos, leather natos, canvas, leather you name it, great quality.

@kyoukotoshino5600

3 жыл бұрын

Got a leather one on my sun & moon 3. Very good looking band

@AltamashSayed

3 жыл бұрын

Barton should have made the cut, ry good quality straps, specially the elite silicone ones..!

@maximofenn3202

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyoukotoshino5600 the leather is good? I’m considering buying one

@kyoukotoshino5600

3 жыл бұрын

@@maximofenn3202 Absolutely, I actually switched to a colareb venezia on one. But, those are like $50. The barton leather ones are really comfortable and look great. Still run it on my seiko chrono. Highly recommend it for the price.

@louiscyfer6944

3 жыл бұрын

@@kyoukotoshino5600 the barton leather is genuine leather which is the lowest quality leather you can get. stay away from anything genuine leather. you want full grain leather.

Was just watching a longislandwatch video and was thinking haven't seen a tgv video in a while. Here we go!!

I personally love crown and buckle. They have great customer service and different NATO straps in different quality ranges

A month or so back this channel introduced me to the Seiko Alpiniste, which I managed to pick up at a good price - leaving me sufficient funds to invest in a better strap (as mentioned in TGV's review, the factory-supplied strap is not that great). A few weeks later and Colareb straps were featured in one of the Urban Gentry videos, and one of their Sienna straps now resides on the Seiko. The difference is incredible and really has transformed both how I feel about the watch and the amount of pleasure I get from wearing it - so once again, many thanks for the recommendations.

Terrific survey of watch straps. Many thanks 🙏

That’s a really lovely watch collection my good sir, and also a great video that gave me a few ideas. Thanks for the quality content you produce, it’s really something.

Best watch channel on KZread!!! Love this topic.

This is the video i needed thanks for making it.

thank you for an eminent video about straps! i have really been waited for this one!

Love the review of the straps. All great ideas and sources. Thanks!

Always more informative then others. Thank you. Truly enjoy your videos.

Great review as always, thanks TGV. I hear what you’re saying about the authenticity of the elasticated NDC versus the Erika’s Original “homage” but the extensive choice of colours, lug widths, buckle finish choice and crucially, the fact that Erika’s tailor the band to your wrist size is a huge plus point in their favour for me. And they’ll add a flag of choice too, if that’s your thing!

I may be committing an unwritten watch foul: with my NATO straps, I cut them to fit by using a penny to trace a curve; then I trim them with scissors & burn the edges...

@cuauhtemocmorisco3493

4 жыл бұрын

I had never heard about this and i have nato straps but im used to tucking the extra length inside so it feels natural to me. Id be wasting money if i messed with my straps and the fit didn't turn out well.

@ES-tr5no

4 жыл бұрын

That’s not a foul, that’s smart. 👍

@Rev-Counter

4 жыл бұрын

A foul would be hacking the end off with a blunt knife and leaving it to fray! The penny trick is a good idea I’ve seen recommended before. Personally I just tuck the strap in though.

@chriscon8463

4 жыл бұрын

Owl29 I’ll have to try that!

@SirKaldar

3 жыл бұрын

I have a special technique for getting rid of the extra length on my NATOs, it's called having arms like Popeye :P

My stress levels dropped just watching a TGV video on watch straps. Thank you sir!

the blend of your voice, accent and background music is seriously calming

Thank you , very informative for this rookie

As Hugo wishes!!! The like is pressed! Love seeing your videos pop up on my phone, and stay safe!!!

Changing straps frequently, especially the doddle of changing NATOs is one of the most fun aspects of becoming a watch guy. Even many people who do wear a watch everyday don´t bother to dress their watch corresponding to mood or attire.

@theurbangentry

4 жыл бұрын

I could not agree more! Excellent point my friend, Thank you, Best regards, TGV

@christophercutajar4020

4 жыл бұрын

I agree... U have just 3 watches a casio a seiko and a citizen.... And i have 30 different straps 😁 it is like having 90 different watches hahaha

@toml.8210

4 жыл бұрын

Why bother changing straps constantly? I'm perfectly satisfied with the strap I select for each watch.

@neilziesing7761

4 жыл бұрын

Excellent topic! Plus one on Colareb and Holbens. I will also add Barton Bands, especially for their premium silicon straps and then Strapcode for their stainless steel bracelets.

@jimmccaig7946

4 жыл бұрын

Sir, you are a true watch guy 10/10 👌

just got in to watches this year and this was the perfect video for strap ideas for my skx007

Love the Bonetto and the way the orange draws out the orange details in the Squale. The feature the strap has where you can create your own hole is something I hadn't seen before. Cool idea.

Awesome- I’ve missed your strap roundups TGV! You’ve given me a few ideas for my incoming Raven.

Excellent video TGV, with a few straps I need to look at.

Very helpful info. I really like the perlon.

Love the Colareb Firenze I'm wearing one now in the same colour which I bought on TGV's recommendation and it was well worth it

Didn’t even finish the video and I bought the rubber strap for the SKX. Great recommendations! Thank you so much.

Great great video TGV! thanks a lot!

Very informative! Thanks

Thank you! As always, you elevate with common sense and quality.

I really liked this video. It was enjoyable to see all the different watches with the different watch bands. good video.

Good variety and review. One of my favorites for NATOs is Haveston. Especially the Parade and Service series. Love Colareb straps!

Excellent, I was just thinking about this earlier

Excellent straps , I also like Barton straps they have a wide selection and are very reasonable priced . All their straps have the “quick release” spring bars imbedded into straps and they even give you two straps one shorter and one longer !

@jamesscott3263

4 жыл бұрын

Ray Caroli did a “well aware” NATO on my first diver, a blue citizen pro master eco drive. Excellent beater combo.

Outstanding vid as usual. Stay safe 👍

Great video and production! Subscribed!

T, Absolutely superb review video. Nice style as always. Best. Matthew

I LOVE YOUR INTROS!

It is amazing how a watch band can change the whole look of a piece. Great collection.

Love the video. I've been wearing NATO straps for years, and recently got into MNs. Just in case you didn't know, Erika's Originals offers a "vintage" series of straps that is also claimed to be made from rolls of NOS Marine Nationale elastic webbing, both yellow stripe and red stripe variant. I have one each of their newly-made "Original" straps and NOS "Vintage" straps, and it's easy enough to tell that the weave pattern and even the coloration are slightly different, so I believe the Vintage is truly military surplus material. Decent enough excuse to get another watch and an NDC strap to go with it in order to compare and contrast!

Lol that intro got me. Liked.

As someone new to watch collecting. And even though this is an old video, I have found it very informative. Thanks!

I tried Colared a few months ago, thanks to you, and now I'm absolutly fan of the brand ! This brand is amazing value for money. Kind regards from France, Hugo.

That intro was awesime,love it)))

Exactly what i needed 👌

Thank you, good sir. As a charter member of the strap-of-the-month club, I really appreciated your thorough review.

@theurbangentry

4 жыл бұрын

Lovely to hear from you EP! Thank you my friend, Best regards, TGV

I’ve always loved Colareb. Great addition to any watch. And I think that was Philadelphia’s bravest (fire dept) in the background! Stupendous job as always.

Yessir I hit that like button as you said!

Good vid great to c a video more like one u used to do I’m now going to order some of these straps thanks tgv

A great strap follow-up to your “2016” video, bravo.. That Melange strap is a must. I personally love switching off my alligators & crocodiles occasionally, on my dress watches, with fine Holbens suede straps to restyle and extend their use for a bit less formal wear. Thank you once again.

So glad to see crafter blue here. First thing I did was put a crafter blue on my tgv squale and they go great together.

Love your watch channel! I bought a seiko, gshock, casio, guanquin, and tissot within 2 weeks, not mentioning the straps, after watching videos here.

I like the choices the erikas strap give you. Her customer service was excellent when my straps got lost in the mail. Haveston straps are my favorite with their ww2 themed straps.

@fuatyilmaz-hq9bs

4 жыл бұрын

they are amazing but too expensive imo

Based on strength of this video, I just pulled the trigger on a Hadley Roma Cordura in navy blue for my Citizen EcoDrive diver with a navy bezel and dial. You're a trusted source of excellent information. Thanks.

Great video (love the chill Animal Crossing vibe with the background music). Definitely recommend the Erica’s Original myself. Very comfortable.

This is the best watch channel on KZread!!

I am really looking forward to your next sotc video.

Good evening TGV, watch strap tips are always welcome! Straps can change the character of a watch in an instant. Great choice of straps! The Yema is just a great piece! Have a great evening!

I own a legendary Citizen watch with a 24mm lug width and I love it. It makes the watch to bracelet or strap connection feel so stable. Just the opposite of how a big, heavy watch feels on a narrow bracelet.

Nice video, thank you :D

I have nato straps and already have some cool rubber straps for my casio mdva which you had reviewed and that got me into starting my first watch collection. Already planning on buying my first Cartier Santos in Gold anyways so i love watching your videos and you provide so much information for beginners and advanced watch collectors. Love you TGV #nohomo 🤣🤣🤘🤘🤘

WOAH very impressive straps, I love the very last strap you show ,for your Benrus, very cool indeed, looks very comfortable, ones again very helpful, time to shop 👍🏼👍🏼

That green TechSwiss strap is my favorite. I remember you paired it with a rose gold orient star and it looked amazing

I love when you do strap video's, I've tried most of the straps. Colareb are the best. 😊👍🇮🇹

I really like Barton straps. I have a canvas and elite silicone, both are great straps with very good quality. They have quick release spring bars as well, which makes it easy to change!

I got many colareb straps based on your recommendation - love it they got smaller sizes for my smaller wrist and the quality is great.

I hit that like button immediately like Hugo said.

Love the look of the melange. Ordered two today. Also that Rios leather looks fantastic. I wish they would all do quick release straps. Next best thing to drilled lugs.

Raaaah!! Hi TGV and of course Hugo! Hope you are both well. Thank you for sharing another fascinating video. I recently purchased a mesh strap for my SKX013K2 off ebay. £25 delivered, a real bargain and I'm over the moon with it, but I will definitely be looking at these other alternatives in the near future as well. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom and knowledge. Take care sir and look forward to the next one. Ciao 👍🏻

This was helpful, I'm obsessed with details in anything (my cross to bare) and that includes straps . There is so much junk out there, so proper navigation through the maze is cost saving in the long run ! Ciao

crown and buckle has excellent perlons and natos, i love the denser weave and color options on those . i love wrist candy watch club too because their keeper rings will lay flat and their classic bond straps (and tgv valor strap) are excellent. the great thing about nato/perlon straps is that you can throw one with a 1mm different width onto an inconvenient odd sized lug and it really does look normal, helps you not go mad when you find a really nice mesh or bracelet or leather strap but not in the size you need

I hit that like button immediately.

Im thinking of replacing the straps on my Casio Duro and one of my Timex Expeditions. Don't hate either strap they have currently but I think both would look great on leather straps.

*eemeediatleh* Good to see the lads are fine.... Splendid clip !!

I always liked the strap reviews. Thanks for doing this. For me, straps are kind of a methadone of watch collecting.

Could you do a Top-List about your favourite strapmonster watches? I Love those kind of watches as they feel like a new watch every time you change the strap and still look awesome! Greetings from Germany

Helps more than one may think.

I prefer Vulcanized Caoutchouc (rubber) Straps as my daily wear; no Silicone for me. ~I still have my watch I received when I was in Viet Nam. It's a Benrus as well and is still running accurately after 50+ years of Service.

That Seiko with green leather strap is so elegant !

Love the Crater Blue. Purchased one for my 5KX immediately...

Loved it ! Liked the Hadley-Roma strap u had the Fortis on the best :)

Interesting content. Keep up the good work. Regards.

Great video gives me many ideas. My current strap on my orient triton diver is a Barton Sail cloth leather strap in Navy to match the watch, comfortable, durable and inexpensive.

Talk about coincidence - not only have I just bought 3 watches (including my first Seiko) for my diver collection, I'm hunting for new straps as well. I may try a "sailcloth" strap for a change and perhaps something from Colareb for my Black Bay. Great timing old chap, I'll be watching this with interest !

And just like that I've ordered 4 new watch straps. Thanks for the recommendations TGV. I can't wait to breath a little new life in my collection without spending big money. I would like to mention Watchgecko. I've bought several handmade leather straps and NATO's from them, and I think the quality for the price is pretty good. Looking forward to the next one. Regards, Koen

Another great informative and entertaining video. I did go to the Holden’s website after viewing this video. Very nice straps. Had never heard of this company until watching your video. Oh, I did follow Hugo’s instruction and hit that liked button. TGV I’ve purchased several Blue Shark straps and have been pleased with all of them. Stay safe, stay well.

Cool to hear a shout out to cheapestnatostraps. I went and bought five straps to keep them open. I saw the IG post saying that they needed sales or else they would be forced to close.

I missed these strap video's, one of my favourite segments of the channel back in the days 😉

@theurbangentry

4 жыл бұрын

You are a true OG (original Gentry), I love it thank you Tom, I always appreciate the loyal support, it speaks volumes about you in such a fickle age unfortunately. Onwards and upwards! Best regards, TGV

@tomdufour1134

4 жыл бұрын

@@theurbangentry thanks Tristano content now is great, but I still like the early days of the channel to look for some great recommendations 😄. Onwards and upwards my friend and stay healthy

Colareb are just incredible!!!!!!! Love it

The Colareb straps are just awesome. Recently I purchased a strip strap. I love the quality. I have a lot of colareb straps now. :) Thank you for your tip years ago, TGV! Greetings, Sebastian

Barton elite silicone watch straps are good especially the two tone colour combo ones.

@intoxikent1

3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love Barton, I've purchased like 12 of them, the only problem is their "army green" is more a forest green and definitely not olive drab.

Really loved the Bonetto Cinturini one

Really like the look of the Dan Henry

I bought a strapcode milanese mesh with polished ends for a vintage longines 6264 (think angular 1957 design, double domed acrylic), and I'm very happy with it.

This was an awesome video! I tried the NDC Strap and much prefer the more expensive parachute stretch material (more expensive), and the ColarReb one as well (rugged and really compliments the watch) - both look nice on my Explorer 2 16570. I did not love the Wrist Candy Watch Club strap as it felt a bit cheap. The Hadley Roma one too was not my favourite - felt a bit stiff and uncomfortable.

Yes again video from The urban gentry.👍

Dassari textured FKM rubber straps are another nice option. Recently have tried the Zulu Diver buckle with the Octopod elastic strap and a few others as well.......very impressed.

Just bought a Glycine combat sub...looks like now I need to buy a strap...I will take my time deciding and use this video as a guide

I wish what this mans expertises were mine and I could forget about slaving for a living. But as he recognises, all of us are and can be collectors. His take on higher priced watches is quite enlightening.