Band, wristwatch with the band and method of making the band

A band comprising a band body with a series of holes provided therein along a length thereof for adjusting an effective length thereof, the band body comprising:

• a band-shaped support layer comprising a fiber layer of woven or knit fabric of bundles of one or more kinds of fibers selected from a group including carbon fibers, glass fibers and aramid fibers, and a metal layer of metal particles including aluminum alloy or nickel alloy and deposited on the woven or knit fabric;
• a first resin layer adhered closely to one surface of the support layer;
• and
• a second resin layer adhered closely to the other side of the support layer,
• the fibers of the support layer extending at a predetermined angle to longitudinal and transverse directions of the band body.

A wristwatch comprising:

• a band including a band body with a series of holes provided therein along a length thereof for adjusting an effective length thereof;
• and
• a wristwatch case provided on the band,
• the band body including:
• a band-shaped support layer of woven or knit fabric of bundles of one or more kinds of fibers selected from a group including carbon fibers, glass fibers, aramid fibers and boron fibers;
• a first resin layer adhered closely to one surface of the support layer;
• and
• a second resin layer adhered closely to the other side of the support layer,
• the fibers of the support layer extending at a predetermined angle to longitudinal and transverse directions of the band body.

A method of making a band, comprising:

• cutting out a plurality of band-shaped support layers from a large-sized sheet including a support layer of a fabric or knit formed by fabricating or knitting bundles of one or more kinds of fibers selected from a group including carbon fibers, glass fibers, aramid fibers and boron fibers so as to intersect extending directions of the bundles at 90 degrees to each other, with a longitudinal direction of each band-shaped support layer being at a predetermined angle to the extending directions of the bundles of fibers of the support layer of the large-sized sheet;
• adhering a first resin layer closely to one surface of each band-shaped support layer cut out from the large-sized sheet, using a mold;
• and
• adhering a second resin layer closely to the other surface of each band-shaped support layer, using a mold.

A method of making a band, comprising:

• cutting out a plurality of band-shaped support layers from a large-sized sheet including a fiber layer of a fabric or kit and a metal layer deposited on the fiber layer, the fiber layer being formed by fabricating or knitting bundles of one or more kinds of fibers selected from a group including carbon fibers, glass fibers, aramid fibers and boron fibers so as to intersect extending directions of the bundles at 90 degrees to each other, the metal layer including metal particles of aluminum alloy or nickel alloy, with a longitudinal direction of each band-shaped support layer being at a predetermined angle to the extending directions of the bundles of fibers of the large-sized sheet;
• adhering a first resin layer closely to one surface of each band-shaped support layers cut out from the large-sized sheet, using a mold;
• and
• adhering a second resin layer closely to the other surface of each band-shaped support layer, using a mold.