Oh yeah? Well ... how well do you do on pocket watch straps?
1897 solid silver Waltham with blue DaveK Mystery Braid lanyard.
1926 gold filled Illinois Sangamo Special with brown DaveK Mystery Braid lanyard.
Grade: F
Normally you'd get an F for putting leather on a diver, but since that thing is not even waterproof, you instead get an F for wearing a broken watch.
Grade: F
Normally you'd get an F for putting leather on a diver, but since that thing is not even waterproof, you instead get an F for wearing a broken watch.
Did you lube the movement with whale oil? If yes, use buffalo hide. If not, you're a fraud.
Grade: F
Shell Cordovan is a special leather from under the rear hide of a horse. It sounds fancy, but it's aesthetically boring, being completely smooth and unremarkable. Straps made from it tend to be too thick, making it especially ill-suited for small watches, like your Alpina. Worse, that strap is not even tapered.
Coming back for extra credit trying to up my grade (like my kids are so good at)
Here are the initial submissions and the followup attempt at improvement:
Initial strap vintage pigskin
new strap dark brown calfskin
Initial strap tan calfskin too casual
New submission Cognac Croc!! (as suggested)
looking to boost the GPA!!!
your "F" gets an "F".
30mm case, 1.6mm thin strap, 5/8" at lug and buckle as most 5/8" straps were bitd.
guess you missed a class 😉
Your F of my F gets an F. My comments were about the strap on your Alpina, not your Mido. You've mixed metric and imperial measurements, and pointed out that your strap is indeed not tapered, which it should be, unless that happens to be the original buckle.
Well you've posted a bracelet on a thread about straps, so your reading comprehension score is a D.
That does look fantastic though
your "F" gets an "F".
30mm case, 1.6mm thin strap, 5/8" at lug and buckle as most 5/8" straps were bitd.
guess you missed a class 😉
Lovely watch -and buckle 👍 but what does “bitd” mean?
Careful @bradurani you’re taking on a true strap expert!
okie i'll take another shot with the shell cordovan.
how about this match:
29mm case
1.4mm shell cordovan "slip-thru with pad"
