Maratac Zulu Strap

In the voluntary membership that i entered into for the past 3 years, it has been in the WIS club to which i have came to known the various side tracks u can do aside from pulling a trigger on a new watch to join the precious collection. One of which where i am going to talk about today the fun habit of changing straps. And one of the popular choices aside from the basic bracelet, rubber or leather is nylon strap. And one of the popular brands aroung is the the nylon ZULU strap from Maratac. What is it? Why is it popular? What makes it different? These were the lingering questions running through my head and here are what I have known so far.

Searching through the web for a site for Maratac does not exist. Instead, you get retailers and delears of the products from Maratac. Thus I do not know what the company is about aside from that they produce military accessories like flashlights, knives and other tools and of course watch strap. The one the I am going to write about is the popular single piece zulu strap.

Composition of the strap is basically a nylon webbing that has been sized to the length of a watch and fitted with a buckle and strap keepers.

The nylon webbing itself is both flexible, comfortable and tough. The strap holes and ends are sonic welded. The buckle and strap keepers are stitched which ensures functionality under rough conditions. The buckle and strap keepers are made of stainless steel with brushed finishing and about 5mm thick.

By the look of the strap alone, its not your average way of a watch strap design, its all in one piece, has holes for the spring bar. And so, simple as it really looks, I just want to give a step by step installation procedure for dummies.

After removing the existing straps on your watch, install back the spring bars on the watch as simply shown on the picture below.

Slip the strap through the top spring bar....

Then slide past the other spring bar now covering the case back with the strap. If you have noticed, I placed a transparent tape on the case back just to protect it from any scratches it may get from the strap, but never have heard any reports of damages from other users but just to be safe so they say.

and you are set...

Nylon straps are a good alternative straps from steel (because it is more rugged looking and matches well with your jeans), rubber (because it doesn't get brittle and more comfortable) and leather (because it is more durable and makes you look younger of thats what you want and like leather, it gives more emphasis and complement on looks of the watch).

Maratac, good job!