{"id":334,"date":"2009-01-10T16:47:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-10T21:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=334"},"modified":"2009-01-10T16:47:09","modified_gmt":"2009-01-10T21:47:09","slug":"first-nato-strap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/?p=334","title":{"rendered":"First NATO strap."},"content":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up my first NATO style strap from one of my favorite watch stores.<\/a> What is a NATO strap?\u00a0 It was originally designed for, shocker here, NATO.\u00a0 It is a long nylon strap that can be used under or over clothing, due to it’s length.\u00a0 It can also be worn for diving and used on watches with fixed bars.\u00a0 (As opposed to spring bars, which most watches have.)\u00a0 I picked up a Speidel version of a NATO strap with 3 rings.\u00a0 I first had it on my Pepsi diver, but I discovered it looked much better on my newest watch:<\/p>\n

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It really makes the compass lettering on the bezel pop and gives it a more military look.<\/p>\n

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It really hugs the wrist and reduces the overall weight of the watch.\u00a0 It can be worn all day with little irritation.\u00a0 If you are sensitive to metal against your skin, it is a good band to wear, since it covers the back of the watch.\u00a0 At $10 it was a good investment and gives an already nice watch a different look.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>by <\/span>\"feather\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A couple of weeks ago, I picked up my first NATO style strap from one of my favorite watch stores. What is a NATO strap?\u00a0 It was originally designed for, shocker here, NATO.\u00a0 It is a long nylon strap that can be used under or over clothing, due to it’s \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-watch-musings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/watches.cyberphreak.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}