I ended up using

<select ng-model="record.nameChain" ng-options="x.name as x.name for x in chains">

Thanks to the people who suggested using options.

I have a select that is generated dynamically and I want one of the values to be selected by default. The value that is going to be selected depends on what record the user is editing.
I have the following code that isn’t currently working:

<select ng-model="record.chain" name="chain" class="form-control" ng-change="updateBrands(record.chain)">
                        <option ng-selected="{{ x.name == 'record.nameChain '}}" ng-repeat="x in chains" value="{{x.type}} {{x.name}}">{{x.name}}</option>

The ng-changepart is used to update another select.
Do you have an idea on how I can achieve this?
Thanks.