Hi OF,
Some of you who knows me, must know on how obsessed I am with my watch straps, I’ve purchased all kind of straps, as well as custom order on different kind of style and leather to find the perfect straps for my watches.

It is not until late last year when a friend of mine told me about these handcrafted straps that are made from Barenia leather, and yes it's the same leather a particular brand that starts with an “H” uses. The straps comes with an optional smart quick release spring bars, which is a game changer where you don’t even need a spring bar tool to change your straps, hence minimising the risk of damaging the lugs or the caseback of your watches.

And the best part is, they are very affordable. They don’t cost close to $500, and there is no need to ask your mate who is a VIP of a particular brand to get them for you. The straps are from NOSTIME, which some of you might already know. They are a watch dealer, and handcrafted strap maker.

You can find them on their website http://nostime.com/main/main.do and their Instagram https://www.instagram.com/nostime_hyshim/

I have secured a deal with them earlier this year for their Barenia leather straps, I use them personally, and I have been selling them privately to a lot of mates who collects both modern and vintage watches.

They only have 3 colour available in their website for the Barenia leather straps, where you can also find all the deets about the strap specs in the link below,
http://nostime.com/prod/detail.do?type=ACCESSORIES&info1=HANDCRAFTED&id=20170704114832727757
So it normally cost USD175 each with an extra USD15 for the smart spring bar option.

I have the straps in 6 colour, including the 3 textured leather version. They comes in 18mm, 19mm, and 20mm. Yep, even 19mm which is a hard to find size, and a must have for vintage watch collectors.

I’m offering the straps to you guys for USD120, with the smart spring bar included in each straps. So that’s a massive savings of USD70 each straps. Free standard shipping worldwide. Payment is via PayPal or Bank Wire.

Best

Andre

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These look amazing, @Dre

Will this be an ongoing thing you are offering or a one-time opportunity? Asking for a friend who’s bought way too many nice things in the past two weeks

 

Hopefully it could be an ongoing thing if I could keep up with the orders. The orders that I have in Australia itself has been keeping me quite busy so far.

 

Looks good! No chance to get open ended for fixed lug?

 

Unfortunately not at the moment.

Just an FYI as well that I’m also selling the straps through different platforms. And at this point, the straps are almost sold out. Will try to get a restock soon, let me know if any of you guys want to put your name down.

 

That was quick Andre. Glad I got mine in b4 sell out add.

 

A gentleman who bought a few straps from me, sent me these photos today. Looks good on modern watches as it does on vintage!

 

New batch, and almost sold out already!

 

Great strap, also that 19mm size and the smart spring bars are just perfect!

 

PM sent

 

Received mine
18mm Taupe. Great strap Andre & the quick release is genius.
I'm a strap whore from way back



& swap out straps daily so much easier w/ the quick release spring-bars. I wish more companies would follow suit w/ these. The strap itself is top notch.




Thanks Andre I will be back for more.

 

You ended up putting the straps on a different watch I see

+1 on strap whore here

Love the taupe brown, here is my Gallet Clamshell with that strap!

 

Looks great. Mine will also be worn on blk dialed piece too.
Question, any chance you will be receiving the Antique mustard he offers ?

 

Got a few spare straps left, let me know if you want something!

 

Hurry while stocks last.... these really are beautiful straps, and the snazzy pin mechanism means that even with my sausage fingers I can fit them easily... here are three of my latest acquisitions with these straps (excuse the rubbish photo):



Now just have to figure what I can fit the blue and chocolate ones too...

 

Just FYI on how to remove the quick release spring bars as I understand that some people might wanna use different spring bars like solid gold spring bars, or screw in lug bars.

 

Spot the difference

 

Amazing quality straps for an affordable price.
I picked these up before the forum(@Dre) member was distributing but now I am betting the process is much easier!

 

My son's turned arrived the other day - these are exceptionally well made and the quick release spring bar is the bees knees! Well done, Andre, a terrific product! Looking forward to my own soon.

 

Thanks for all the kind words guys! Got another batch that will be arriving this week!