JLC Deep Sea on Omega Style Rubber Strap

[RALAustin]

I have been trying to find a good casual strap for my JLC Deep Sea American dial to avoid turning it into yet another black nato strap watch. It looks great on a black croc, but I just have no occasion to wear a dressed up watch. It looks good on the OEM leather and a vintage tropic, but for whatever reason it was not working for me. I have been craving a grab and go watch on deployant and happened across the Ebay listing for a generic Omega style rubber and deployant buckle. The rubber strap had black stitching which I thought would look good with the JLC so I took the plunge, and I like the combo a lot. I have had this type of strap combo several times on my Omegas and liked the ease of the deployant, and other than the deployant being a little thicker than the Omega one, I am hard-pressed to tell too much of a difference between the $500 Omega combo and this $75 combo. It needs to break in a little, but so far so good.

[craniotes]

That doesn't suck.

I still prefer the oft maligned OEM "tropic-style" leather strap, but this aint half bad.

Regards,
Adam

PS - I really, really miss my DSA American (best dial choice, IMO).

[marchone]

Very classy.

[deepcdvr]

Details please!

Where can i pick up that strap? .. and does it come with that AWESOME watch?

[Pasquale]

Rob, these mfs are lying to u. All those dope ass watches look like crap on the rubber straps..
Stop it !!

From a real friend.

P.s, you might wana loosen it up a few notches, before u lose a wrist.

[CGSshorty]

I don't love it. It looks kind of cheap for such a fantastic watch. In fairness I think the OEM Omega strap looks cheap as well.

[deepcdvr]

Rob, these mfs are lying to u. All those dope ass watches look like crap on the rubber straps..
Stop it !!

From a real friend.

P.s, you might wana loosen it up a few notches, before u lose a wrist.

Hahahah. You kill me, brother

[jimyritz]

I like the alcantara strap the Navy Seals comes with...

Maybe even a tan canvas...

[dukerules]

I like it, Rob. You are the black strap master.

[RALAustin]

The strap is one onewatchrepublic on Ebay. The nato is still my favorite on this watch, but I have a black nato on the 1665, Sub No Date, JLC Navy Seals Auto and Kobold Soarway Diver so trying to diversify a bit (hard because the nato just works on almost everything). I have a Sinn UX on rubber with the small deployant coming in and I am hoping that helps satisfy my grab and go needs, but I do like this option and could easily switch with an Omega leather or croc to mix it up if desired.

[snoballz]

[marchone]

I've yet to see any rubber straps better than OEM Omega and Sinn except for the JLC articulated rubber masterpiece. Which is like ten times more expensive than the others.

[matt.wu]

IWC makes my favorite rubber strap. Though integrated system sucks, I love the strap on the Aquatimer.

[matt.wu]

Back on topic, though, I agree with you, Rob. NATO for me on this guy.

[AtomicTom]

Can't beat that Rob ! Looks like a perfect fit for the watch, and the wrist
with this. It's nice, and sporty, but classy too. Nice find ! Keep enjoying Rob !