Hong Kong, March 13 -- The watch strap is easily one of the most overlooked components of a watch.

However, just like how a good suit maketh a man, a good watch relies on the right strap to make as bold, masculine or sophisticated a statement as the precision instrument attached to it. With this in mind, we dive into the wondrous and (considerably less) complicated world of this lesser-recognised component. A brief history

If you know your history, you'd know that watches didn't start off by sitting pretty on wrists. Gentlemen wore what we know today as pocket watches, which saw the timekeepers being attached to end of long Albert chains and kept snugly within coat pockets. Anything small enough to be worn on the wrist were regarded to ...