ZA in the Press

Explore selected articles about ZA Strap Company, our British-made watch straps and the collaborations behind them. From hands-on watch coverage to the story of the Commando strap, these features offer a closer look at our work.

A ZA fabric watch strap being handmade at the sewing machine in our British workshop — Handmade in our British workshop.

Editorial coverage

Tudor Collector — The Commando Strap

Ross Talks · Ross Povey

Tudor Pelagos FXD on a ZA Commando strap with vintage parachute webbing — Photo: ZA Strap Company.

Ross Povey explores the Commando strap’s development with ZA, Watches of Espionage and the French combat swimmers. His feature discusses the Pelagos FXD pairing, the Rapco buckle and the production and heritage webbing versions.

Read The Commando Strap at Tudor Collector

Tudor Collector — The CNC Black Bay 54 and Heritage Commando Strap

Tudor CNC Black Bay 54 on the ZA Heritage Commando strap made from vintage parachute webbing — Image: Tudor Collector. The CNC Black Bay 54 on the Heritage Commando strap, from the feature linked below.

Ross Talks · Ross Povey

This feature tells the story of the commemorative CNC Black Bay 54 and its Heritage Commando strap, made by ZA from vintage parachute webbing. It includes photographs of ZA working with the original fabric and explains the collaboration behind this special edition.

Read the Heritage Commando feature at Tudor Collector

WATCHPRO & Explore Liverpool — Christopher Ward’s Goodison Watch

March 2025

Christopher Ward Goodison watch with ZA-made Everton shirt strap — Image: Christopher Ward / Explore Liverpool. Source linked below.

Coverage of Christopher Ward’s Goodison watch identifies ZA as the Liverpool maker of its commemorative straps, made from authentic Everton team shirts. The first 100 orders included straps using match-worn shirts from the final season at Goodison Park.

Read WATCHPRO’s coverage · Read Explore Liverpool’s feature

Worn & Wound — Elliot Brown Holton Automatic GMT Black Whiteout

Elliot Brown Holton Automatic GMT Black Whiteout on the ZA STRIPE collaboration strap — Photo: Garrett Jones / Worn & Wound. From the owner’s review linked below.

In his owner’s review, Garrett Jones names the Elliot Brown ZA: STRIPE collaboration strap as one of his preferred pairings for the Holton during event setup and teardown.

Read the owner’s review at Worn & Wound

Fratello — Three Straps That Totally Changed My Aquadive, Echo-Neutra, And NOMOS Glashütte Watches

Echo/Neutra Averau on a black ZA fabric strap — Photo: Fratello. From the feature linked below.

Rob Nudds · 21 January 2021

Rob Nudds pairs an original ZA fabric strap with the Echo/Neutra Averau and discusses its webbing, fastening and feel on the wrist. The article explores how changing a strap can change a watch’s character.

Read the article at Fratello

Oracle Time — Vertex M100 Bronze 75 Watch Review

Vertex M100 Bronze 75 worn on a green ZA strap — Photo: Oracle Time. From the feature linked below.

Sam Kessler reviews the commemorative Vertex M100 Bronze 75, including its military-green ZA strap with a Union flag keeper. His review discusses the strap’s comfort and the choice of straps supplied with the watch.

Read the review at Oracle Time

Collaboration stories

Elliot Brown — ZA x Elliot Brown Webbing Strap Collaboration

Elliot Brown watch on a ZA collaboration webbing strap — Image: Elliot Brown Watches. Source linked below.

Elliot Brown tells the story of its longstanding relationship with ZA and the collaboration combining custom-dyed British webbing with its hinged clamp buckle. The feature explores the shared approach behind the co-branded straps and their colourways.

Read the collaboration story at Elliot Brown

Watches of Espionage — French SpecOps, Tudor FXD, & The Commando Strap

Commando Hubert diver testing a ZA Commando strap on a Tudor Pelagos FXD — Photo: Watches of Espionage. From the feature linked below.

4 June 2026

Our collaborator Watches of Espionage tells the development story of the Commando strap for Commando Hubert’s Tudor unit watches, from the operators’ requirements to prototyping and field feedback.

Read the Commando story at Watches of Espionage

Watches of Espionage — Veteran-Owned Watch Brands You Need to Know

Watches of Espionage and ZA Single Pass 5.0 strap — Photo: Brock Stevens / Watches of Espionage. From the feature linked below.

This feature includes ZA in its straps and accessories section, covering founder Darren’s Royal Navy background, the company’s Liverpool origins and its British manufacturing work.

Read the feature at Watches of Espionage

Featured by our watch partners

Sangin Instruments — Overlord & NCO ZA Straps

Sangin Overlord watch on its ZA Single Pass OTAN strap — Image: Sangin Instruments. Source linked below.

Sangin documents the ZA Single Pass OTAN strap’s history as the original pairing for its Overlord watch. The watch has since moved to Sangin’s Expedition strap, while the original ZA pairing remains available as a separate strap option. Its NCO strap page also identifies the Sangin x ZA collaboration and British craftsmanship.

Read the Overlord strap story at Sangin · Explore the Sangin x ZA NCO strap

Isotope — Hydrium “The Orange One”

Isotope’s own product story describes the handmade ZA Single-Pass OTAN strap supplied with the Hydrium “The Orange One”, and its construction in Liverpool, England.

Explore the watch and strap at Isotope

Discover ZA

We design, develop and manufacture watch straps in Britain. Explore our workshop story, current ranges and watch compatibility guides.

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Press enquiries

For interviews, product information, workshop photography or collaboration enquiries, contact ZA Strap Company.