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ALFA Panerai Style Brown Leather Watch Strap
ALFA is an Asian-based producer of quality watch straps for all sorts of watch types out there, including Panerai. This particular model is designed for smaller 40mm Panerai watches, because it has a 22mm lug width. This strap was graciously provided by Total Watch Repair. It also works on other watches of course, nearly everything […]
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B.1600 Straps Ready-to-Ship Panerai Straps Review
Picked up a Trio of B.1600’s new Ready-to-ship line of straps from France. Superb leather, and very good construction create a very comfortable strap that would suit any 25mm lug width Panerai. Three solid choices that won’t disappoint any buyer. Model: B.0001 Black Leather Strap Thickness: 3.5mm Length: 75/120 Keeper Type: Double Floating Stitch Color: […]
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Mr. TipTop Straps Review: Bomber, Masterpiece and Vegetable Tanned
Another triplet of straps from Mr. Tip Top leather, one of the oldest leather making shops around. This time I picked up a few slightly more interesting straps in terms of design. The Veggie Tanned leather is more of a value strap as the leather is less expensive, but the Masterpiece and Bomber straps are […]
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Mario Paci PAV 98 Panerai Strap Review
Just picked up a beauty off Time Connection Straps, a sweet Mario Paci PAV98 Kodiak Waterproof Leather strap. This one looks great and also feels great on the wrist. Model: MP PAV 98 Kodiak waterproof leather Buckle: MP New Natrual Pre-V buckle Lug Width: 24/22mm Thickness: 4.2mm Keeper Type: 1 Fixed, 1 Floating Stitch Color: […]
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Celdy Straps Ammo 01 and Tanned 01 Patina Review
Just picked up a couple other straps from Custom Strapmaker Celdy Straps in Indonesia. Some very nice pieces, and build on the two Celdy Straps that I reviewed a few months back. Model: Tanned 01 Patina Lug Width: 24/22mm Thickness: 3mm (Padded at 5mm) Keeper Type: 1 Fixed, 1 Floating Stitch Color: White Edge Finish: […]
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Mr. TipTop Danish Panerai Strap Reviews
Mr. TipTop is one of the oldest Panerai Strapmakers around, and has been doing it since 1954. They’re based in Denmark, and use beautiful Double Croupon leather imported from Pescala, Italy to make their straps. Very beautiful stuff. Link to the review is below. Model: TipTop Croupon Black Lug Width: 26mm Length: 146/88mm Thickness: 4.5mm […]
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Corrigia Fletch03 Vintage Style Panerai Watch Straps Review
Corrigia is a Panerai watch strap maker from Germany, who specializes in recreating accurate representations of vintage Panerai straps. Ceng, the owner, is a passionate vintage Panerai strap enthusiast who’s attention to detail and commitment to staying true to vintage construction methods and tools is unmatched. Hope you enjoy the review of this impeccably crafted […]
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Celdy Straps Dark Ruby and Blackwood Series Review
Celdy Straps is an Indonesian Strapmaker named Dy, who is an Architect by day. His work is priced very affordably and is finely hand-crafted by him, featuring expertly hand-colored and distressed finishes that compare with the best of them. Very impressed with Celdy Straps. Model: Dark Ruby Thickness: 4mm Keeper Type: 1 Fixed, 1 Floating […]
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Pulcher’s Luxury Panerai Strap Colony 3rd Review
A new Luxury Leather goods company from Indonesia has started making Panerai-style straps, and these are some pretty nice looking pieces. They have several lines, but the on I reviewed is the Colony 3rd, one of their Ammoed style straps, as they call them. Basically a very soft Calf leather strap that has been tooled, […]
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