Good morning, All.

I may have a Calatrava incoming in yellow gold. If I do, I want to swap out the strap for a new one.

The Patek salon tells me that they have no chocolate straps at present, but do have a matte brown alligator one.

Googling hasn't revealed the difference between the chocolate and dark brown straps. Can anyone who knows please point out the difference?

Many thanks.

 

You’ll get better visual on EBay.

 

I find chocolate straps problematic when it gets warm.

 

@Vizard :

This is the stock strap my 5227R came with and how it looks after 6-mo of daily wear, minimal tweaking by my iPhone. So, maybe this helps by comparing it to whatever the Patek website shows when they’re new?

I don’t personally know the color difference between ‘chocolate’ and ‘matte brown’, but I’ve seen that with their rose gold at least, darker straps seem to look better than lighter ones. YMMV

 

I do prefer black on gold but I want a brown strap for when I am wearing brown shoes or accessories.

 

These arrived today. All are OEM from PP. Left to right:

Matt gabardine
Matt black
Matt dark brown

These are the color names Patek gives them. Each is alligator.

 

Great thank you. That was just what I needed.