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When selecting the color of your watchband, you want to make sure it’s a very adaptable and versatile color. The most obvious and unassuming colors are brown and black. Black will go with virtually every color. Brown will go well with pretty much any color except black. Try to match a brown band with cooler earth tones like earthy greens, blues, and yellows.
Both men and women can benefit from buying watch bands with traditional colors like black and brown. They are professional and stylish. If you are looking for a band that’s a little bit more unique, you may consider crossing a few boundaries.
Guys: Don’t be afraid to buy a blue or red band. Depending on what you are wearing the watch with, it can be a good idea to contrast the band color with your outfit -as long as it’s done wisely and classy.
Girls: You can wear any color a guy can wear, and more. The options are virtually endless for women. Usually women’s wardrobes are more extensive and therefore having bands that go with any outfit is essential. Don’t be afraid to grab some loud colors like pink and orange, as well as the traditional colors like brown, black and dark blue.
The leather watch band not only looks better, but feels better than the alternatives. Buying a watch is a big purchase, but the band that accompanies is just as important. Most people wear their watches 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Having a band that is comfortable is of the utmost importance.
When selecting a watch, make sure to try it on. Move your wrist around and think about how the watch will feel after wearing it for hours upon hours. You want it to look good, but if it doesn’t feel good, you’ll never want to wear the watch anyway.
Leather is adjustable and reliable. As long as you keep it dry, a quality leather band will wear in nicely, and last for years.
The trend for the holidays this year is to go with thick leather bands. They accompany thick watch faces well, which are also popular this year.
One of the most underrated parts of a watch is the watchband. It is the part of the watch that determines the comfort level for the wearer, and with most people wearing their watches for twelve or more hours per day, watchband comfort becomes pretty important. Let’s compare two categories of watchbands: leather and titanium.
Leather watch bands are generally more comfortable for the wearer. Although they have a small break-in period of anywhere from a few days to a week or so, once they conform to the wearer’s wrist, they remain comfortable for the life of the band. They’re also more inexpensive than titanium bands, although they need to be replaced every few years, depending on usage. Because they wear out every few years, however, some people prefer the long life of a titanium band.
Titanium bands are the elegant workhorses of the watchband world. A quality titanium band, when properly maintained, will last longer than the wearer! Because it is such a hard metal, it resists the wear and tear that ages leather at a much quicker pace. However, many watch wearers complain about the feeling of a metal band, as they have a tendency to make the watch sit heavier, and can pinch the wearer’s skin at inopportune times.
More often than not, the watch face will determine whether or not, style-wise, the watch should have either a leather or a metal band. But if the choice is yours, choose leather for comfort, and titanium for long-lasting durability.
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Would you continue to drive to wear your favorite pair of shoes if the soles were completely worn through? Or would you keep a pair of gloves around that had holes in all of the fingers? Then why keep wearing a watch with a tired old watchband?
As watchbands age, they not only look older, they can actually weaken to the point of failure. Whether your watch has a leather or metal band, each of these can weaken in specific ways. Leather will begin to crack over time, eventually wearing thin and breaking. And the connecting links in a metal watchband will degrade over time until they, too, can break. And what would be worse that watching your watchband break while you’re high atop a building or overlook and seeing your watch fall away?
You can avoid scenarios like this by simply changing your watchband once it shows signs of aging. In a leather band, look for cracks or tears. In a metal band, look for missing pieces and telltale signs of wear. Replacement bands are relatively inexpensive, especially when compared to the cost of replacing an entire watch!
And perhaps the biggest side benefit? The beauty of a shiny new band to compliment your watch. It’s well worth the investment!
