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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 22:06:45 -0500
From: "Nelson L. Johnson Jr." <nelson@is*.co*>
Organization: Island Quest Dive Center
To: tleemay <tleemay@di*.ne*>
CC: Kevin Connell <kevin@nw*.co*>, techdiver@aq*.co*, cavers@cavers.com
Subject: Re: Watch Band

I also use the Waterborne strap and it works very well.  It has an additional
feature that was not mentioned it is if one of the pins on the watch were to
break during a dive the watch will remain on your wrist.

Nelson Johnson

tleemay wrote:

> Kevin Connell wrote:
> >
> >
> > What's a good watch band for use with drysuits?   As a rule, I think the
> > manufactures who make watch and computer bands don't dive dry.
>
> Agreed!
>
> When the band for my HyperAqualand started to crack (the third one in 4
> years), I replaced it with a band made by a company out of Australia
> called "Waterborne".  It's a black nylon strap with SS buckle and
> retention rings. Very simple in design, but extremely versatile in
> fitting.  It comes with an additional 2" of strap compared to the
> Citizen factory replacement.
>
> In fact, when I found the straps, I bought two additional straps for
> team members (after some heavy brow-beating) who's Hyper straps were
> experiencing the same cracking fate.
>
> The neat thing is, they are only $15 each, about half my price for the
> Citizen replacement rubber strap.
>
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