Funny-- I had the same strap Galliano was using on his NY0040 on my NY2300... and it was close, but not quite right, somehow it looks much better on the '40 with the white face. And I wound up putting a zulu/nato something or other in black or grey on the 2300, and it completely brought the watch back to life again for me-- I wear it all the time now, particularly if I'm in a more yuppie mode and wearing a polo shirt and cloth shoes or some lame crap like that. (Sorry, I can't help it, just the way I was brought up.)
As I suspected, the NY0040 with the metal strap now can't be found on the big auction site, so I'm glad I snapped one up before it was too late (could still have bought the OEM strap separately, but would have been more expensive.)
My NY0040 has slowed down a bit over the past 90 days... seems like every week or so, it's lost about 15 seconds. Which is really pretty astonishing... it can't really be only two seconds a day, I've got to check that. Bummer that you are having accuracy problems, dohl. My money would be on the magnet as well. Was it always that way? Did it happen suddenly, or increase or decrease slowly? Also, I don't know crap out of autos, but I wear mine more or less constantly for the first month I have them until they settle in.
The NY0040 is now pretty much my favorite auto. It's really doing right by me... with accuracy in that range, I can take it on a five day trip and not worry about resetting it, missing planes or trains, etc. I just feel like I know what I'm doing when I wear it, which is very important to me, because I'm working a new job and I really have no idea what's going on.