I own a few products from Ashland. To date, I've always been confident that the product was going to last a very long time. Now, I'm under no illusion that a watch band has a finite lifespan, even if it is the 'some of the best leather in the world.' However, I've owned this band for a week or two, and today one of the lugs fell out of the band. I was not really doing any activity, and I've not done anything wearing this band that would constitute a lug failure this soon. I hope it was a fluke. I got the lug re-seated but will be keeping a very close eye on it.