New / Custom Watch Band source?

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Let us know how they look when you get them, maybe I'll use him. U til then rest, your work is done
He's doing a nice job. These came back and he realized they need the perforations to be more authentic, so it will be another week before I have the final ones. The cost was @ 1600 THB.

I was shocked to learn he was making bands for other Dynamic clients! There are others out there in Bangkok apparently!
 
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I’ve managed to get some genuine straps , any ideas on how best to care for them ? Somebody said olive oil !? But these things are so rare I dare not exper8ment (although I do have some broken ones too). I’d hope for some omega specific advice.
 
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I’ve managed to get some genuine straps , any ideas on how best to care for them ? Somebody said olive oil !? But these things are so rare I dare not exper8ment (although I do have some broken ones too). I’d hope for some omega specific advice.
Neat's Foot Oil for older (dry and brittle) leathers. This will darken cracked and damaged surfaces.

Belvoir leather balsam for maintaining leathers. This may also darken but nothing like the Neat's FO.

Glycerol based polishes for sealing and giving a good, shiny finish.

Restoration Wax for sealing (the real stuff is pretty damned expensive).

The products you use will all depend on the leathers you're dealing with and I strongly suggest you test a small part of the backs (or scrap leather) first.
 
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I’ve managed to get some genuine straps , any ideas on how best to care for them ? Somebody said olive oil !? But these things are so rare I dare not exper8ment (although I do have some broken ones too). I’d hope for some omega specific advice.
Be careful! Some of the Omega Dynamic bands are not leather at all, but corfam.

Therefore, some treatments for genuine leather may damage or destroy the bands.
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Thank you Jimmy What a brilliant reply, where is the superlike button !?

G, thank you too, the red one is the odd one out, doesn’t say omega , shiny wrist side, Matt / suede like on the outer. The others say omega but nothing more.

Will experiment with the broken collection.

They’re not cracked yet, would be nice to see them live again but have to be realistic, probably should be in a museum. I know omega sell them new for £150.

Thanks again
 
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Thank you Jimmy What a brilliant reply, where is the superlike button !?

G, thank you too, the red one is the odd one out, doesn’t say omega , shiny wrist side, Matt / suede like on the outer. The others say omega but nothing more.

Will experiment with the broken collection.

They’re not cracked yet, would be nice to see them live again but have to be realistic, probably should be in a museum. I know omega sell them new for £150.

Thanks again
Be very careful. The products I listed are for feeding and maintaining leather. As @gatorcpa said, corfam is a synthetic material - I have no idea what something like Neat's Foot Oil would do to that but it's likely not going to be good. NFO will ALWAYS darken leather. It's an oil preparation (made from melting down hooves, from what I read) that is meant to be absorbed by the leather. When you have old watch straps, that means that the areas that are unbroken absorb less than those that are cracked. It makes the leathers wearable again but does darken those areas.

Give me a minute and I'll post a photo to show you what I mean ...



These have all been treated with at least two, if not three, of the products listed above to feed, stabilise and seal the leathers. The second left was a very pale brown before I started but it was also brittle and ready to crack. The far right was an orange/brown and had already started to crack in the areas that are now black. All these straps are now supple and very usable. Just waiting for the right "distressed" watches.
 
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That’s great thank you, don’t worry I was never going to dive in, those things are difficult to come by. I’d rather keep them in a box than break them.

I love that you’ve worked hard at this element, a used strap can sometimes have more character than the watch and obviously it damb well suits it. I like how some loops (watch saver?) have been replaced, always differing in colour. One smooth leather strap even has both crock and a crimped steel loops, brilliant !

The one at the bottom is borderline unhygienic right now but it’s a beauty. Sadly cracked underneath but from what you say, salvageable and a credit to its quality

Cared for old watch on a cared for old strap, what could be better than that ? Fine work, the revolution starts here , then Hodinkee hire you as a specialist
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For something that’s real leather I have used fine leather cream designed for ladies’ luxury hand bags. I think it must be pretty safe but I would not use it on leather which has dark traces like the white one. If anything it might be insufficient to nourrish a very dehydrated leather.
I also have used the equivalent of NFO on an old and very beat up black Hermes cordovan strap — it worked very well but stank for months after the treatment.