I agree with the above poster though - I'd call them and see what they can do. Now this is going back to when I was a young man so maybe things have changed but the point is it may be your chemistry combined with whatever that particular elastomer is. Leather, croc, nothing lasts more than a year for me. anything not stainless just doesn't seem to hold up. Not a skin condition, people have different skin Ph, different skin types. Going to contact Omega on Tuesday (Public Holiday in UK on Monday) and see what they say (fingers crossed) This is one of four omegas that I own so it is not worn every day but is the one that probably gets the most wrist time.Īppreciative of the advice to buy a steel bracelet but all of my other watches are on bracelets and the two things I like about this watch are its XL dimensions and the strap. To the best of my knowledge do not suffer from any kind of skin condition and in point of fact had a medical only last week. I have the THICK solid rubber strap not the one with the stitching.