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Absolutely gorgeous !
Here is a pics found on goldammer.me who is a dealer selling those type of beautiful watches :
It depends how formal you want to go, but if it were mine, I would go with a non-padded leather strap in dark brown with reddish accent (bordeaux ?) or at least a 'warm' touch to it (caramel / chocolat?). You could go exotic of course but I think a slightly textured 'normal' leather will be just fine. Full stitching but tone on tone, not to distract from the purity of the watch.
and here is a picture with a yellow gold case but I think the idea could work too (strap from Torre : a chocolate pigskin)
if it were mine, I would go with a non-padded leather strap in dark brown with reddish accent (bordeaux ?) or at least a 'warm' touch to it (caramel / chocolat?). You could go exotic of course but I think a slightly textured 'normal' leather will be just fine. Full stitching but tone on tone, not to distract from the purity of the watch]
I completely agree it calls for a flat strap with stitching the same color of the leather, I would also like burgundy or dark brown with burgundy undertones, but for me the perfect strap for this would be a matte croc with large scales, which is more casual and subdued than traditional shiny croc,
Dark honey, olive green, dark green or navy blue would also look nice - but some of those options might be harder to match with various clothing options. Black is too harsh and dressy.
Jean Rousseau does beautiful and used to be reasonably priced croc straps all things considered, I must admit I’m a big fan— below see my navy matte croc strap on a 1942 Royal Air Force issued watch.
Glad you appreciate; Always happy to share my inveterate fondness for strap matching 👍
PS and actually, considering the purity of the watch itself I would skip the stitching altogether and do something similar to my blue croc, simply have a hot pressed line on the side, or even no line or stitch at all, simply a pure clean strap.
The stitched straps look good on your pieces, both of which are a bit busier and lean toward a more "linear" or "scientific" look (for lack of the proper description-both terms used are probably incorrect) and seem to go well with a contrast stitch...
I really like leather with some texture, so I gravitate towards crocodile and ostrich. I think a croc strap with complimentary stitching is good. Here are two of my gold watches on croc straps. The grey was one I wasn't sure about until I had the strap on the watch and really liked the color combination. The light tan runs counter to my normal sensibilities, but I think it also goes nicely with yellow gold. The darker brown is the type of strap I usually like on gold watch. It provides a pleasing contrast against the case.
I really like leather with some texture, so I gravitate towards crocodile and ostrich. I think a croc strap with complimentary stitching is good. Here are two of my gold watches on croc straps. The grey was one I wasn't sure about until I had the strap on the watch and really liked the color combination. The light tan runs counter to my normal sensibilities, but I think it also goes nicely with yellow gold. The darker brown is the type of strap I usually like on gold watch. It provides a pleasing contrast against the case.
I really like leather with some texture, so I gravitate towards crocodile and ostrich. I think a croc strap with complimentary stitching is good. Here are two of my gold watches on croc straps. The grey was one I wasn't sure about until I had the strap on the watch and really liked the color combination. The light tan runs counter to my normal sensibilities, but I think it also goes nicely with yellow gold. The darker brown is the type of strap I usually like on gold watch. It provides a pleasing contrast against the case.