Active Accessories: Our Pick of the Best Sports Watch Straps
Whether you tend towards a sporty style for aesthetic or you’re keen on fitness and need a watch strap that matches your lifestyle, look no further. With a Condor Straps sports watch strap, your watch is complemented by a top-quality band with premium features perfect for everything from your morning workout to running and diving.
In This Guide
What are Sports Watches?
Sports watches are the premier watch for the fitness enthusiast: rugged and durable, yet refined and technical. Traditionally, luxury sport watches are known for a few key features:
- Shock and water resistance
- Durability and functionality
- Easy readability
- Features such as tachymeters and chronographs
- Materials like stainless steel, silicone and nylon
- Safety catch clasps on bracelets for added security
Today, digital watches are often classed as sports watches, as are smartwatches with activity tracking features.
To determine the best kind of sports watch for you, consider what activities you’ll be taking part in. If you’re a runner, you’ll want an easy-to-read watch with a chronograph or tracking features so that you can time your runs. If you love swimming, a water resistant watch is the way to go.
What to Consider When Purchasing a Sports Watch Strap?
The first thing to consider when shopping for a sports watch strap is to determine what the watch will be used for.
Luxury sports watches may not necessarily be used for sports; they may be more of an accessory to casual wear - if that's the case, material isn’t going to be a major priority. This could mean you could choose a leather watch strap over the traditional stainless steel, silicone or nylon straps. Rally watch straps have perforations that make the strap more breathable as well as stylish, while watch straps with coloured stitching are the perfect way to match details on dials.
If your watch will be used for sports, considering your activity level is important. Some watch straps, like those made of silicone, will fare much better than others when immersed in water (or sweat).
The type of sports watch strap you choose should be based on utility and the function of your watch. We know this here at Condor Straps and pride ourselves on providing a selection of straps that exceed expectations when it comes to functionality and fashion.
Our Favourite Sports Watch Straps
Explore our favourite sports watch bands here to find one that suits your level of activity as well as your unique sense of style.
Silicone straps
Silicone watch straps are an excellent choice for the water-enthusiast. They are water resistant, flexible, lightweight and easy to clean. Whether you’re working up a sweat at the gym or wearing your watch as you go for a swim, these features make them the ideal sports watch strap.
Our stitched dustproof silicone watch strap with perforations is the perfect watch strap to wear from the office to the gym. Uniquely coloured stitch detailing gives you the ability to match your watch strap to your sports watch face - a fashion choice we love.
For a timeless silicone watch strap that goes with every look, try our classic dustproof silicone watch strap. This band is soft and water resistant, and its slender design is slim enough to comfortably fit with any look.
Metal straps
Sports watch bands are often made of stainless steel. Durable, tough, easy to clean and water resistant, they are an optimal choice for your sports watch.
Many of our metal watch straps are designed with safety catch clasps for added peace of mind - like our brushed stainless steel watch strap that features a stylish minimalist look in addition to its functionality. For an even more comfortable wear, opt for our chunky solid stainless steel dive watch strap, complete with an extension buckle that enables you to wear your watch over a wetsuit without having to add bracelet links.
Nylon straps
NATO straps are typically made with nylon, which means they are soft, lightweight, easy to wear and easier to clean - functions that make them the perfect partner to a sports watch.
Untreated nylon watch straps aren’t water resistant and will absorb water. However, coated nylon, such as Cordura, is water resistant and durable. Our water resistant leather lined Cordura watch strap is functional and abrasion resistant. It features a water resistant leather lining that makes this watch strap the ultimate choice for a comfortable yet practical sports watch band.
Leather sports watch straps
Leather is the classic choice when it comes to watch bands and we’re happy to share with you our favourite leather watch bands to accompany your sports watch.
While leather isn’t typically waterproof, we have a selection of leather watch straps that have been treated during the tanning process to add water resistance. Water will pool on the surface rather than seep through – but it’s still a good idea to blot a strap that gets wet and let it dry naturally rather than letting the liquid sit on it for extended periods.
Our silicone lined leather watch straps are another great option - we think they are perfect for the gym. They have the suave look of leather and the benefits of silicone - the silicone underside that comes into contact with the skin is incredibly easy to clean after a workout.
We love the functionality and durability of our sports watch straps. Whether you're an avid swimmer, hit the gym every day before office hours or just live for the look, our selection of sports watch bands are as practical as they are stylish.
Discover the perfect sports watch strap for your level of activity, and please reach out to our team if you need more guidance.