Super difficult to find these 1950s/60s old open-ended 18mm straps in Exotic Skins like this one. In padded gloss black Genuine Wild Boar with that skin's special texture. Features the popular contrasting stitching. Perfect strap for an old fixed lugs military watch. This is the type of strap where the ends close together with an adhesive that you activate with acetone (nail polish remover) or you can glue the ends together. To fit a wire lugs watch with fixed bar lugs where the strap attaches, rather than spring bars. This strap will really set your vintage watch apart. Has 18mm wide connection ends and a 16mm buckle end.

Standard length strap measures 7 1/2 inches (18.7cm) placed end to end, not including the gold-tone buckle and with the ends folded closed. Metric measurements of the two pieces are 115/72mm. Padded strap to help carry a big military watch. Band is 3.6mm thick where it meets the watch and 3.2mm thick at the tail end. Comes with a yellow gold-colored buckle but you can request a steel buckle. 

If you want to upgrade the 16mm inner opening buckle to a unique vintage watch buckle, there are more than 200+ choices in our Buckles department at the Squinky store. The same band is available in black in our store in open ends or standard type strap for spring bars. We have 200 open-end watch straps for sale in the Squinky EBAY store. Check out the Open-Ended Bands section for straps that fixed to wire lugs like this one or others that don't need to have the ends glued together. We also have thick military style Aviator Pilot's Bands that are open-ended and close with screw fittings. Look at our more than 18,000 positive feedbacks and buy with confidence from a seller with a track record on EBAY since 1998. A member of the NAWCC watch collector's association since 1997. 

The Squinky store is also one of the largest sellers of vintage watch movement repair parts on EBAY with 2000+ parts listed here for all of the major old watch brands that collectors like.