Choosing Watch Strap and Timex Resin Strap Watch Review

By : Helson Su

Watch Straps

Looking for watch strap, it is easy to find where it is sold, but it is not easy to consider which one is suit for us. Here some questions for you in choosing the right one.

What strap will suit you?

Activities: Ask yourself, are you an active/sporty person, sweat a lot, need a flexible and tough watch band or do you need a watch which will complement your outfit?

How you use your swatch watch will determine what type of watch strap you should buy. Do not just buy straps based on the design and color but consider what, when and how you use your watch will be a crucial point in making that choice.

What strap suit your watch?

This sounds like a silly question but it’s really very important that your sporty watch don’t get match with an elegant strap while your loud, color Swatch gets paired with a plain old leather strap.

Shall I buy the same strap I had been wearing before?

Yes, should you? You may go for this option almost immediately because it just seems right and logical to buy back the original strap (if you can find them) as it suits your watch well. But you may prefer variety. Time for a change! Another good reason for buying back the same strap is value. Consider someday you may want to sell off the Swatch watch. Do you know that having the original/same type of straps makes the value of your watch go up higher especially for potential collectors?

How many types of Swatch Watch Straps/Bands are there?

Basically, most of us think that there are three types of Swatch straps:plactics, leather, metal.

Let’s take an example of one tiny section labeled under Standard Gents.

Under this category you find ‘standard’ plastic straps

• ‘standard’ leather straps
• flex straps (elastic, metal straps. Comes in many colors and 2 sizes)
• flip lock strap (usually made of metal. Used mainly with Swatch Irony watches)
• elastic pop straps (only used for pop swatches)
• other straps

Hope these questions can find out what watch strap is suit for you. Here I review one product for you.

Timex Women’s Ironman Sleek 50-Lap Resin Strap Watch #T5K007

Product Features

• Quartz movement
• Strong mineral crystal protects dial from scratches and scrapes
• Case diameter measures 33 mm
• Resin case; Digital-gray dial; Day-date-and-month functions
• Water-resistant to 330 feet (100 M)

Product Description

The Timex Women’s Ironman Sleek 50-Lap Watch is a lightweight timepiece designed to withstand a tough triathlon and all the training that goes with it. Constructed with a lightweight resin case, the watch includes a stationary silver-and-purple resin bezel and a purple resin wristband with an adjustable buckle clasp. A durable mineral window shields the digital-gray dial face, which displays time as well as the day, date, and month. Four silver buttons decorate the bezel and include mode, set/recall, Indiglo, and stop/reset functions. A prominent silver start/split button rests below the six o’clock position and tracks up to 50 laps. This athletic timepiece is powered by digital-quartz movement and is water resistant to 330 feet.

Hope this short information can be useful for you, Read also my other guides on Casio Men Watch, TAG Heuer – Man Watch Review, Digital Men Sport Watch.