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Four pieces about the strap rather than the purchase: the measurement that decides the fit, what a summer of sweat does to silicone, how a metal band is sized, and what leaves a mark under a watch.
Where a note quotes a federal or an institute text, that text is linked in full on how we update the catalogue.
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How to find the lug width of your watch
Turn it over, take the strap off, measure the gap. What the number means, which watches use which, and what goes wrong when it is a millimetre out.
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What a summer of sweat does to a silicone band
Silicone does not absorb sweat, so people assume it needs nothing. What builds up under it, what makes a strap smell, and the two-minute routine that stops both.
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How a metal watch band actually adjusts
A milanese clamps anywhere along the weave, a link bracelet loses links, a buckle lands on the nearest hole. Which of the three fits a wrist properly, and why.
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The rash under a watch, and what usually causes it
Three different things leave a mark under a watch and they are not treated the same way. What the published guidance says about the commonest of them, and what to change first.
Every width, every colour
Every width and colour in the GEAK selection sits behind this button, with the price from our last update against each one.
