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Vintage 'English Leather' "Windsor" Clip-On straps?

thewristelier
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Anyone familiar with this brand or style of strap? The photo above is from a recent one sold on the Bay.

It's the first of this brand and style with metal ends on a leather strap that I've come across. Do they make these in larger men's sizes (for the era) ~14/16mm? Do open-ended clips like this exist that can be attached to a regular leather strap for use on wire-lug watches?

Would love to see photos of anyone owns something similar and suggestions on where to potentially source some!
 
SkunkPrince
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oh.... I've had variious "connect to wire lug" options over the years. Most of them are too small for me as they are a century old. For example, I have a vintage Surefit bracelet that I'll never be able to use because it's 5-1/8" long, and good luck finding the 6-1/8" version.

You'll pretty much have to watch eBay and hope you get lucky... and it will take a while. Ask me how I know. 馃榾

If there is anything I have laying around you can use, PM me the details and I'll see what I might have.
 
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You'll pretty much have to watch eBay and hope you get lucky... and it will take a while. Ask me how I know. 馃榾

I wonder how many of us watch collecting has driven completely mad.. *refresh.. wait 10 minutes.. refresh.. wait 10 minutes.. re..* 馃槜
 
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i've saved some of these ends over the years, haven't organized them so this is the only set i was able to put my hands on, they're yellow 15.8mm.


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timesofplenty timesofplenty
i've saved some of these ends over the years, haven't organized them so this is the only set i was able to put my hands on, they're yellow 15.8mm.


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Lovely! Really a practical innovation especially with the spring bar variant like yours as opposed to needing an open-ended strap. Have you seen or acquired any yourself in stainless steel?
 
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Lovely! Really a practical innovation especially with the spring bar variant like yours as opposed to needing an open-ended strap. Have you seen or acquired any yourself in stainless steel?

i think there are some here that are silver, not sure if they're stainless...will try do some digging to find 'em.
 
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