kwkarth
Electronics guys... we have our plusses and minuses. With advent of digital everything, we're being phased out
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If you live in a hot climate, it is not unusual for leather wristbands to wear out in a year or less. It is usually more cost effective to buy the watch with a metal band and purchase a 3rd party leather band later on. Kevlar and other synthetics can often achieve the look you're after, but last much longer than leather.
Thanks for the input. I guess I'll go with a metal bracelet. I'm looking at watches from Costco and unfortunately I don't get to really choose between different bands and whatnot.
How can you tell what mount point type you have?
I might buy another watch soon, since my $130 Seiko has broken twice in two years and I don't want to send it back for warranty again due to bad experiences last time (took them 2-3 months to return it, shipped it back with a crumpled warranty card and in a wad of newspaper and threw out the original packaging I included).
I really want an Eco Drive. However, the one I like has a leather wristband. How long do these wristbands last for, and would it be possible to replace the leather one for a metal one later on? I like the leather band, but I would wear the watch everywhere (my last watch I wore at my dining hall job scrubbing dishes) and I imagine the water wouldn't be very nice to the leather. Would I be better off with a metal bracelet?
That band looks great to my eye, not to mention the watch it's attached to!