I have this great Seamaster with a , now golden, patina dial. But, I am having a horrible time matching a strap to this dial color. Anyone with some style , your advice is welcome.

 

Ostrich in honey brown?

 

Ooh I like that... or a thin teju lizard in honey. Or even rustic pigskin if you want a more casual look.

Couple different shades:

 

Hmm, black alligator grain doesn't seem too bad either. Rustic pigskin sounds great! And plenty more ideas in this thread.

 

I like the two on the far left. It seems to me that it needs a darker strap.

 

Those are real gator. They're kinda thick though. When I had the SM300, I wore it on one of those and the proportions looked about right. Tricky finding skinny gator bands.

 

In the EU, Cousins do a thin "Bellini" gator strap that's perfect for vintage dress watches. The "Thin" range of straps are very thin indeed - my brother has one on a 32mm mid-size Seamaster from 1957.

 

To my eye, that watch would look great on a burgundy, dark green, or dark blue strap:

 

I like those, but as I put the watch picture side by side, the color just does not seen right to me. Too light and it looks like just a bad color match to the dial color. Too dark and the dial seem to get lost. It may be a Black lizard. My eyes hurt from looking so much, another day.

 

I had not even looked at green. Huummm.
I like the third one.
Edit: I really like the third one. Nice match in my eyes. Info please?

 

What's that? Pics?

 

Oh... Beads-Of-Rice. Moving slow today, apparently.

 

I have always loved the BOR. I may have to keep an eye out for that two. I have 4 18mm watches now and a little inventory of straps may be fun.

 

Hoi, that´s a very nice and interesting looking watch, could you tell us the reference and calibre?

 

It is at a local watchmaker now for a new Crystal.