THE NEW ZEALANDE OTAN SINGLE PASS STRAP

Wearing our watches and enjoying every money we have then on our wrist is something we all love to do. Regardless of whether it’s an expensive Rolex, Omega or Tudor, or maybe your first Seiko watch you’ve bought, making sure you enjoy wearing it should be a top priority. As we wear our watches, we slowly learn what we love and wish could be better and almost all the time it will come down to how it feels on the wrist for a given scenario. That’s why ZEALANDE was created in the first place, to offer the best quality luxury rubber straps designed to match that of your watch so you could enjoy a whole new wearing experience. So today, we’re going to look at the new ZEALANDE OTAN single pass rubber strap to show you why this is an excellent strap option for your watch.

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Single pass straps have been around for years but they’ve always traditionally been made of either leather, nylon or some similar type of fabric. And whisky all of these fabrics have their pros and cons, the main issue with them is they can fray, scratch badly and be worn out. That’s why ZEALANDE created the OTAN single pass rubber strap to enable that same feeling of high-quality Vulcan rubber on your wrist whilst giving you all the benefits of a single pass strap. They enable the watch to have a low profile and because the strap is thinner it makes the watch disappear on your wrist. This is a great feature for those playing sports trying to optimise everything or anyone who wants a lighter feeling watch on your wrist, either way the single pass strap design is excellent.

key advantages of ZEALANDE single Pass

One of key advantages to having a ZEALANDE single pass strap is you can use this strap on any other watch provided it shares the same lug width. 


This means you can wear the strap with much more versatility and enjoy it on multiple watches without needing to buy the same one for another watch. It’s also incredibly easy to switch between different ZEALANDE single pass straps so you can quickly change out the strap colour in a few seconds without needing any tools at all. 


This is a huge benefit for those of you who enjoy to swap between straps and even pair the colour of the strap with your outfit, this OTAN strap saves you the hassle a normal strap would cause you.

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The thinner profile slows for a durable yet incredibly light and comfort wearing experience. Just because it’s a thinner strap compared to ZEALANDE’s typical straps, does not mean there has been a compromise on form or function at all. The same attention to detail has been used to create these new fantastic straps, they all feature the incredibly solid and well-designed ZEALANDE buckle where you can really see the level of attention to detail. The laser engrave logo on the underside and slips of 316L steel used to make it, it’s as robust as a pin buckle can get! You can choose a brushed, polished or black PVD buckle to make sure it matches the style of your watch. This strap is very resistant to water, tearing and UV-rays which means you can wear this OTAN strap on your watch every day of the year if you like and all it’ll need is a quick clean and it will be as good as new.

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Next, you’ve got the two keepers with one featuring the ‘Z’ logo and the other smoothly finished to help discreetly tuck away any excess rubber to avoid having a bulky portion of fabric on what side of your wrist. This gives you the wearing experience of a well-designed strap that engages your watch wearing experience, something ZEALANDE makes sure with all of their products. The first keeper is held in the palace securely by small rubber feet whilst the second one can be moved and adjusted according to your wrist size. Thanks to the cut-out hole at the end and the second keeper featuring a point, you can lock in place the excess fabric and be sure the keeper will stay in place all day long no matter what your day ahead of you looks like.

Available for three different lug widths (20, 21 and 22 mm) this strap really is a fantastic way to get that sporty rubber look yet with the sleek design of a rugged nato strap without all the huge amounts of excess fabric and risk of it scratching. 


You can choose from 4 different colours (red, black, olive green and navy blue) and as they’re cheaper than your traditional rubber strap you can buy a few of them to play around with different colours. 


They’re finished with a durable sandblast looking effect which ensures they will hold up over time. The premium rubber material will not stain nor attract dust keeping it fresh looking day-in and day-out.

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