No, it gets hot and muggy in the northeast.
I usually wear rubber of steel during the day and save my leather straps for the cooler evenings....unless they are Kodiak treated waterproof straps.
Haven't gotten into the G10 or Nato straps yeat although I just got the new RAF Bond strap I'll give a try this summer on my no-date
Definitely from the first batch. So was mine.
Have fun with it R. It's a great watch. Double AR is a must. I tried straps but in the end concluded that the bracelet was the one
I miss mine now...