BARTON WATCH BANDS - Ballistic Nylon NATO® Style Straps - Choice of Color, Length & Width (18mm, 20mm, 22mm or 24mm)

This is the first Barton band I've bought and I will be a returning customer. I tend to wear more bracelets than bands, but I recently got an Orient Defender 2 with the green face, and while the bracelet is okay, it's more on the side of 'meh' than 'good'. For the price point, I wasn't expecting even an average bracelet, but Orient really didn't put much into it, frankly. I'm kind of turning the Defender 2 into my everyday wear and having a good band for that is necessary. This band does not disappoint. It isn't cheap fabric that is easily going to fray with everyday wear (I don't think) and was comfortable on first wear -- no break-in period needed. The color is great, and doesn't bleed (like some other cheaper straps I've bought have) and dries quickly. Make sure you know what sizing works for you. You might need the "long" version if your wrist is > 7.25". I have a 7"-ish wrist and it's perfect. I don't have a ton of extra strap; it fits comfortably and has just a little extra to tuck into the keeper loop without having to wrap it back around. It's almost perfect in length and exactly how I like to wear bands. Not hard to install at all, and the included instructions were easy to follow. I will be replacing other cheaper bands with Barton as they wear down for sure, and this will be my go-to brand for newer timepieces that I think will look good in NATO style instead of leather, rubber and even bracelets.

Great band. No irritation and wears well. Length is good too. Doesn’t stretch out Barton does it well for the price point.

Barton seems to have a lot of exposure on Amazon, and is presented as being good stuff. I searched awhile to find a color that would go well with my Orient Ray II blue, and settled on the gray w/linen strap. It looks great, feels comfortable and fits my on-the-smaller-side wrist. However it's not as robust as I was expecting it to be. It's not one of the thick nylon weave straps like my Momentum quartz watch came with - that's okay, as long as it's durable. But it also has a somewhat flimsy buckle (see other reviews about the spring bar which attaches the buckle, probably won't be a problem for me but it's a consideration, especially if you're rough on straps) and the strap end (which sticks out a little awkwardly - I may cut down the end just a cm or so) is constantly fraying off lint. It doesn't look frayed, yet. I can pull off the lint and it looks fine again, but it's a constant source of lint and will probably stay frayed-looking with time. It's not sealed well. If nothing else, you may need to take a lighter to it. Overall, this is a nice color that can be hard to find, the linen color comes very close to matching the lume on my watch, and the slightly thin weave makes it easy to slip into watches with not much space between the case and the spring bars. But I have the feeling this will either need to be replaced fairly soon with wear and tear, or just won't end up being to my liking over the long haul. I wavered between three and four stars, but, despite my quibbles I do like the way it looks and feels.

I like this brand and have used quite a few. Always quality, attractive and install nicely. The outside the box note here is that I kind of adapted this to a Casio SGW 100B. The original band died young and the replacement I got for it was stiff. The tab end seemed to get caught on cuffs and anything else it could find. I wanted to use a NATO band for this watch. The case design does not make this practical. Only recently did it hit me that I may be able to use the original metal brackets to slip a NATO style under since the spring bars are blocked by the original case design. The key was the right width and thinner strap material. This strap hit the mark. The experiment worked and this band is comfortable. It did allow the case to slip a bit on the spring bars. So, the fix was a tiny drop of thin super glue on both sides of the bottom of the case tab right at the point where the spring bar passed through the center tab of the case. To me this looks fine, feels good and is easy to do.

The Barton 22mm NATO strap, all black, seems to be well-made, well sized for an average sized man's wrist, and comfortable. The length is perfect, with no need to adjust or fold the strap back under the loop - there is no excess, nor shortage of length. Will try to update review in a few months after seeing how well it holds up to every day wear and tear. Ordered this to attach to a Casio GWM5610 after the original resin(?) strap developed tears in the eyelets after a few years of everyday wear. In order to do this, one needs adapters such as "JaysAndKays metal adapters" from the other big online sales site that starts with an E and rhymes with bay. This pair of metal adapters allows for a 22mm NATO strap to attach to the 16mm Casio watch. It looks and feels great. Update: After about 6 months of daily wear and no tear, I maintain 5 stars. I am impressed at the quality. I was unsure if it was going to be a cheapo thing that frayed and came apart after a while. But no, this strap, for the price, is quite good. There is no fray anywhere along any of the edges. The hole where I buckle it, I do unbuckle it daily for shower and whatnot, so that particular strap hole gets used a lot, so it does show some slight bit of wear, but I suspect it will keep going for months or years, probably years. If at any point I need to switch to an adjacent hole, I will, but there is no tearing or fraying. This is a great impressive strap. I actually plan on buying a second one just in case i accidentally have a freak accident and cut this one with a knife or something. It holds up to sweat, grimey yard work, dirt, washing with dawn soap, salt, showers, digging, mechanical work, etc. Extremely comfortable, like you forget it's even there. The metal parts do not tarnish or ever look bad. Stellar strap. 10 out of 10.

Ich habe einige Bänder im gleichen Stil getestet und muss sagen, dass die meistens einfach zu lang sind. Das gehört zu Nato-Strap Stil zwar ein bisschen hinzu, aber es trägt sehr doll auf. Das Band von Barton lässt sich etwas mehr wie ein klassisches Band tragen. Material und Farben sind auch super, kann ich wirklich nur empfehlen.

I purchased one of these for a relative to replace a snapped Casio watch strap and it certainly looks the part. It is woven nylon and has a food modern feel in a navy colour. And matches the watch quite well time will tell how long it lasts but it’s really Comfortable . Recommended

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Pour avoir 3 montres automatiques, j'aime changer de style en fonction de l'humeur. Et c'est tellement simple de changer un NATO! Pour avoir testé plusieurs marques de NATO, je peux attester que la marque Barton est au dessus du lot! Je ne quitte jamais mes montres y compris en sport ou natation, bricolage ... je mène la vie dure à mes bracelets! Cf. la photo, j'aime aussi beaucoup le NATO bleu ciel et orange (autre marque) l'été. Mais il faut avouer que la qualité, l'épaisseur du nylon sont moindres que le Barton Gris et orange. J'ai aujourd'hui 5 bracelets : 3 sont des BARTON Un seul regret, on voit que BARTON affiche de nombreux modèles sur la photo globale, mais qui ne peuvent être sélectionnés (un rayé marron et noir par exemple) :-(