How To Install A Nato Watch Strap. Place your NATO strap and watch on a flat surface ensure the buckle end of the strap is placed down on the left. Then pull it upward through the spring bar.
One keeper is used to hold the tail in place after fastening. The NATO strap should slide into the lugs perfectly and sit in between the spring bars and the watch case itself. Simply put a NATO is a pass-through strap made from one piece of material.
In this guide we will explain how to install a watch band with standard spring bars.
Designed by the British Ministry of Defence the NATO strap offers a few advantages over the traditional. Unlike traditional watch straps a NATO strap is a one-piece strap that slides underneath the watch case which is what watch aficionados call the clock part rather than two separate pieces that emanate from the cases top and bottom. However watch lovers are still lucky to have NATO straps as another option next to the Zulus. And then install spring bars back to watch.
