The Watch Thread - Part 6

[Azrielsc]

More shots of my new love

Beautiful padded strap from Aaron! Congrats!

 

[Lezzare]

Beautiful padded strap from Aaron! Congrats!

Thanks. Love his work. Here's another strap from Aaron for my OT-1

 

[Azrielsc]

Thanks. Love his work. Here's another strap from Aaron for my OT-1

Ostrich skin? The colour match is perfect! Complements the face of your OT-1!

 

[Lezzare]

Ostrich skin? The colour match is perfect! Complements the face of your OT-1!

Yah ostrich skin (legs). I wanted alligator initially but can't ship to Singapore.

 

[i_got_a_question_to_ask]

Huh? I have shipped alligator to SG with papers and cert.

 

[Azrielsc]

Huh? I have shipped alligator to SG with papers and cert.

I believe that strapmaker was unable to provide the certification to allow export of the alligator strap.

I was quite surprised too when I bought 2 alligator straps from Panerai Florence and the SE proceeded to fill in export papers, which I have not encountered before.

 

[AuroraRain]

New buckle to match my red strap, ready for CNY!

 

[Azrielsc]

New buckle to match my red strap, ready for CNY!

Nice find from Horotomo! Did you get it during the Black Friday sale?

 

[Lurker_13]

^the red strap is pretty!

 

[AuroraRain]

Nice find from Horotomo! Did you get it during the Black Friday sale?

Got the strap with the OP logo buckle from them awhile back.

Received the black Friday email from them and got the 福 buckle during the sale!

 

[gurgkle]

haven't posted a wristshot for a long while..here's one from this morning!

 

[AuroraRain]

Dear Strap God,

Have you had any experience with blackforest-atelier? The straps on their site looks really good and are very affordable. Really tempting!

 

[yattokame]

Just home from an event at Diamond Walker. Nice shoes, great company, fabulous evening! (Thanks for all the whisky and food!)

nice catching up with some of the guys here..... it's been hardly 48hrs since we last met hahahaha.....






For something similar at Berluti you pay almost thrice the price!

 

[Hua_Hui]

Nice find from Horotomo! Did you get it during the Black Friday sale?

hows the quality of horotomo straps?

 

[flyerfox]

Hey guys, I'm looking at getting my first watch.. I went to take a look at the Seiko presage and Tissot Visodate. Just wondering what brands/watches I should be looking at if I have a budget of (a) 1K and (b) 5k ?

 

[confusedboi]

Hey guys, I'm looking at getting my first watch.. I went to take a look at the Seiko presage and Tissot Visodate. Just wondering what brands/watches I should be looking at if I have a budget of (a) 1K and (b) 5k ?

less than one k, seiko pressage for about 500 dollars and plenty of change

less than 5k, tudor black bay for less than 4k ish, keep the change

 

[i_got_a_question_to_ask]

Hey guys, I'm looking at getting my first watch.. I went to take a look at the Seiko presage and Tissot Visodate. Just wondering what brands/watches I should be looking at if I have a budget of (a) 1K and (b) 5k ?

1. Seiko, orient, citizen
2. Nomos

 

[flyerfox]

less than one k, seiko pressage for about 500 dollars and plenty of change

less than 5k, tudor black bay for less than 4k ish, keep the change

hmm how about those with a leather strap and with cream/white faces?

haha btw out of curiosity, how much would a longines/jlc typically cost nowadays?

 

[flyerfox]

1. Seiko, orient, citizen
2. Nomos

tissot is not recommended..?

 

[Azrielsc]

Dear Strap God,

Have you had any experience with blackforest-atelier? The straps on their site looks really good and are very affordable. Really tempting!

No experience with them but the straps do look interesting! I won't mind getting 1-2 of them to try.

In my opinion, I don't fancy a thick "sealant" that strapmakers use to seal the edges. It accentuates the thickness of the strap. I believe the use of such a sealant is due to the fact that exotic hides are actually very thin, so depending on the thickness of the strap that you want, the strapmaker may add filler leather and to "hide" the filler, a "sealant" is used on the edges. If it is being added on too thickly, then the strap cannot go through the buckle easily and it can look "messy".

If it is a leather strap, I would have the strapmaker wax burnish it or leave it raw.

Elephant hide with leather under layer (slight burnish):

Ostrich hide with leather (extra thin with sealant) - the sealant doesn't stand out but blends really nicely with the hide due to the thinness of the strap

I would still try this strapmaker out based on the funky colours that they have for the exotic skins!

However, what really interests me is the buckle selection. They seem to have really nice designs!

hows the quality of horotomo straps?

Sorry dude, not experience in them too. But their leather straps look like any other normal strap. Have to ask AuroraRain!