Watch Lug Width Chart by Brand and Model

The lug width is the millimeter gap between the inside faces of your watch's lugs, and it is the number you buy straps with. This chart lists the confirmed lug width for 23 popular watches across ten brands, every row backed by at least two independent sources (strap makers' fitment pages, spec databases, and official brand pages). It is the band-fit companion to our lug-to-lug explainer, which covers the different question of how long the case is and how it wears on the wrist.

The one-line version: most watches take even widths in 2mm steps, 20mm and 22mm dominate modern sports watches, and the expensive traps are generational. The 41mm Rolex Submariner and Datejust take odd 21mm, the 39mm Tudor Pelagos takes 21mm, and the 40.5mm Orient Bambino takes 21mm, all while their siblings take the even size you would have guessed.

Lug width by brand and model

Where sources disagree on a row, the disagreement is printed rather than averaged. Case sizes are nominal manufacturer figures.

WatchCaseLug widthNotes
Rolex Submariner (124060, 126610, 41mm generation)41mm21mm2020 onward; the odd size surprises Sub owners
Rolex Submariner (114060, 116610, 40mm generation)40mm20mmPre-2020 Maxi-case generation
Rolex Datejust 36 (126200, 126234 and earlier)36mm20mmConsistent across generations
Rolex Datejust 41 (126300, 126334)41mm21mmSame odd-width trap as the 41mm Submariner
Rolex GMT-Master II (steel 40mm refs)40mm20mm116710, 126710
Rolex Cosmograph Daytona40mm20mm116500, 126500
Omega Speedmaster Professional Moonwatch42mm20mmOne of the friendliest widths to shop for
Omega Seamaster Diver 300M (current 210.xx refs)42mm20mmPre-2018 41mm refs also 20mm
Tudor Black Bay 58 (79030 and current refs)39mm20mmOne reference table lists 19mm; two dedicated fitment sources say 20mm
Tudor Pelagos 39 (M25407)39mm21mmOne table lists 20mm; 21mm held by two dedicated sources
Tudor Pelagos 42 / Pelagos LHD42mm22mmThe FXD uses fixed bars; ordinary two-piece straps do not fit it
Tudor Black Bay 41 / GMT / Chrono41mm22mmNewer METAS-generation refs reportedly 21mm; the standard BB41 is 22mm
Seiko 5 SNK807 / SNK805 / SNK80937mm18mmThe classic budget strap-swap platform
Seiko SKX007 / SKX00942mm22mmMidsize SKX013 is 20mm, not interchangeable
Seiko Prospex Turtle SRP77744mm22mmUses Seiko fat spring bars, 2.5mm; see our spring bar page
Seiko Alpinist SPB12139.5mm20mmAll current Alpinist references are 20mm
Citizen Promaster Diver BN015042mm20mmCommonly mislisted as 21mm; both fitment sources say 20mm
Fossil Grant Chronograph FS473544mm22mmFossil's official spec page states strap width 22mm
Casio Duro MDV10644mm22mmOne strap retailer's page says 18mm, an apparent site error; caliper consensus is 22mm
Casio G-Shock GA-2100 (CasiOak)45.4mm16mm proprietaryNot a standard strap: integrated 16mm connector; adapters enable 22mm straps
Tissot PRX 40mm40mmintegratedNo strap in the ordinary sense: integrated bracelet with a 12mm lug gap; adapters take 22mm straps
Hamilton Khaki Field Mechanical 38 (H694399)38mm20mmOfficial Hamilton spec page states lug width 20mm; the 42mm Khaki Field is 22mm
Orient Bambino version 2 (40.5mm)40.5mm21mmAnother odd-width trap; the 38.4mm Bambino versions are 20mm
Orient Kamasu (RA-AA00)42mm22mmConfirmed by fitment pages and OEM strap listings

Three rows deserve their warning repeated. The GA-2100 and the PRX do not play the normal strap game: one has a proprietary connector, the other an integrated bracelet, and both need adapters before any standard strap attaches. And within single model lines, generation beats name: the two Submariner rows are 1mm and one generation apart.

The Rolex section, because it gets its own questions

Rolex lug widths split cleanly by case size and generation. The 40mm sports models (Submariner 40, GMT-Master II 40, Daytona) all take 20mm, and the Datejust 36 does too. The 2020-and-later 41mm cases (Submariner 41, Datejust 41) take 21mm, which is the single most common wrong-size purchase in strap buying: 21mm straps exist but the selection is a fraction of 20mm or 22mm, so buyers guess 20 and return. The Explorer 36 continues at 20mm. If your Rolex is not in the table, the reference number resolves the generation in seconds, and strap retailers' Rolex tables list per-reference widths.

Standard widths and what they mean for shopping

The full ladder of standard widths, with the case sizes each typically appears on and the spring bars they take, is in our band size chart, and the bars themselves are covered in spring bar sizes. The short version for using this table: 18mm and 20mm and 22mm straps are stocked everywhere; 19mm and 21mm are the thin-selection sizes that reward checking stock before you fall in love with a strap; 16mm is mostly women's and small vintage watches plus the G-Shock exception above.

Two related numbers are not lug width, though sellers sometimes blur them. Taper, the width at the buckle end of a strap that narrows (a 22/18 strap), is a style choice on the buckle side. And lug-to-lug distance is a case-length measurement about wrist fit, not band fit; the chart for that lives in our watch database.

How to check your own watch against this chart

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