Over the past year or so I've parted with alot of the watches I've posted previously in this thread, with the idea of finding the one perfect all around watch. Upon selling my Explorer II recently I decided that this watch for me was the first generation Planet Ocean (2500D) in 42mm. I still have my vintage pieces (including of course my beloved birth-year Seamaster Cosmic), some G-Shocks, and the odd others however.
Also, I'm not sure if any of y'all are from the era where will you will remember these, but perhaps if you were a child of the 80's, and particularly if like me you grew up in a beach/surf town, you might remember the Freestyle Shark Watch. It was a digital watch aimed at surfers, and at a certain time in my childhood it was quite popular. All the really cool kids
had theirs on the special velcro band called the "Shark Leash". Anyhow while recently searching these watches out of nostalgia I found that they still make them and that they also sell the 20mm straps. I picked up a few on a whim and have been wearing them much more than I thought I would. Not only are they super functional straps that remind me of my childhood, but the wild colors are right in accordance with the colors I've been feeling on knives lately. Plus I really dig the idea of a fine Swiss timepiece on a crazy colored velcro strap from an 80's digital watch.
EDIT: While I'm here, here's another pic of the aforementioned Seamaster Cosmic 2000