These Are The Leather Watch Bands You're Looking for

Fully assuaging your hunger for watches is...impossible. Like an old robber and his last heist, there are usually multiple "last watches." But instead of succumbing to one of the most expensive addictions a person can have, there's another option—varying the strap. If your watch's NATO or old leather band is loosening or fraying, Worn & Wound has you covered with their new leather band offerings, the Model 2 Horween straps.

Made of matte Stampede Chromexcel leather (russet), waxy Cavalier Horween leather (crimson), or supple Tumbled Essex Horween leather (black), each of these straps has a distinct character that paints your watch in a different way.

Perhaps our favorite thing about these straps is the minor touches of linen thread tying the leather together. Eschewing the classic, longitudinal stitching up the band, the sparse but intentional use of thread highlights the fact that these straps were made carefully and deliberately. Available in both 20- and 22-millimeter widths, these straps blend dressiness and sportiness as well as anything out there and can help remind you why you bought that thing on your wrist.


Ethan Wolff-Mann is an editor at Supercompressor. He can always tell you what time it is, but not necessarily give you the time of day. Follow him on Twitter @ewolffmann.