Drilled lugs? A real diver ought to have them - discuss.

Docrwm wrote:

bodypeersur1 wrote:

I'm just wondering how many times strap changes are done on an actual dive watch that is truly used for diving. Being as I am only a DESK DIVER, I don't have any idea, but if I did dive I don't think I'd be changing the strap that often. What do you REAL DIVERS think?

This was posted today to a Seiko forum elsewhere:
"RIP to my Pepsi
It disappeared from my wrist this morning while surfing. I have no idea what happened, if a spring-bar busted, if it simply came unbuckled. I
felt pretty safe with it on a rubber strap but I guess I was wrong. I will miss my first dive watch and hopfully replace it sometime soon. And if you find an skx175 in the sands of del mar please pm me."
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My response was that a NATO would have prevented that from happening. Drilled lugs would make that process fairly painless so the watch could be worn on a proper strap and when really being used on a NATO without many worri

That person should have used a g shock to surf!!

Thats one good thing about NATOs-both springbars have to fail before you lose the watch. Drilled lugs are great but not if the bars are so thick a standard strap won't fit.

I have also heard that a TRUE diver should have a rubber strap so if you get caught on it somehow, you can cut it...

I do like screw lugs better...