1965 Pattern U.S Vietnam War Pattern 18mm Nylon Webbing Military Watch Strap

The history of the NATO strap is interesting and started out with the single grey 20mm band around 40 years ago and has expanded from there initially to RAF Blue, Black, and Navy Blue then to the James Bond pattern strap and Olive Green and from there we have made more and more variants in regimental colors, Search and Rescue SAR (which is an orange strap) and an unbelievable range of different designs in national colors, police unit colors and various camouflage options for specific situations. The straps are also frequently used by military units outside the UK and also purchased by serving military to use on a wide variety of military watches.Currently we manufacture 167 different variants in all sorts of colors. The majority of these different straps are made for retail sale but some custom straps are sold via various procurement contracts.The original specification of what we today term "the NATO strap" was laid down by the UK Ministry of Defence and was called Defence Standard 66