In some embodiments, a watch band or other wearable strap includes at least one tear away region at which the cross-sectional area of the base material is reduced, such that the force required to break away or tear away the wearable band from the body of the wearer is predetermined. In other embodiments, the material utilized to form the tear away region(s) of the wearable strap may alternatively or additionally have a lower ultimate tensile strength than the material utilized to form other portions of the wearable strap, again permitting the force required to break away or tear away the wearable band from the body of the wearer to be predetermined.