The only time I remove my watch is to shower, so my old watchbands got pretty beat up pretty quickly -- or, the pins would pop off. I live in the country with farm animals, so my watchbands get a lot of "action" grooming horses, sweating, digging ... you know ... my old "traditional" leather watchbands usually lasted only about 3 months. Very frustrating. A few months ago, I had to replace my Timex Indiglo and it happened to come with a fabric band that slid through the pins like these BARTON ones -- but the one that came with the watch was floral, and not really my style. So when I saw all the options I could get with these BARTONs, I ordered this one and a solid navy one as well. I LOVE them. Not only will they last longer than the leather ones, they won't pop the pins! Happy happy happy. And I can clean them when they get dirty.