Reply With QuoteVery well made straps. Hand made. Expensive. Basically.
I have acquired a brand new watch strap. It is black leather of some kind and looks extremely well made. It is deployant (deployment?) stylee. At the tip of the male end there is a tiny logo that looks like a croc or alligator with ABP underneath. I looked it up on google and they are French made to order apparently but I can't see how much they cost. I'm crap at posting pics and don't use a host. If anyone can show me how to post pics without having to sign up for something I would be happy to do it.
Anyone any knowledge of them?
Last edited by Harry Smith; 27th June 2017 at 20:51.
Very well made straps. Hand made. Expensive. Basically.
I don't know them but they look like Camille Fournet which are c.£130 - £350 roughly depending on configuration.
You could try this ABP configurator and follow the selections to make one like yours until you get the price.
http://www.abp-paris.com/abpw/watch_straps_index.php
If you have a smartphone you can use the Tapatalk app to post pictures easily.
Crap at using Google too, apparently. Here's the website with prices of off the shelf straps in plain view.
https://fr.abpconcept.paris/
Ho, that's just what I was looking for mac, thanks.Originally Posted by SimonK
350 euros.
Got it in a package. You would all retch with jealousy if I revealed what was in the package.
Not a 5601-9000 !?
Maybe if you were a leeeetle more specific I might know wth you are talking about?
How much more specific than an eight digit model number can you get?!
I dunno. Maybe we should communicate in binary? hexadecimal? CEOTTK stylee?
Well, just googled it and it's a jap thingy, er no.
It's not a Jap thingy, it's a Seiko Lord Matic, with unusual applied black numerals. One passed through my hands last year, buying it on behalf of a friend, and I was very jealous of it. Your only other options for making me retch with jealousy are an H1 or a Series 2 - is it either of those?
Ho, you haven't seen my mrs
I've never really got into Seikos although I know they're good watches. I sold a square looking one on the bay last year for cheap, it had a blue dial with 5 on it.
Ive had one before not an expensive one particularly, they come up on ebay occasionally too
I've fitted it to my Explorer 2 blackface. Although I've never been a fan of leather or fabric it is comfy and actually looks better than the oyster. I shall wear it on holiday.
I had one commissioned for a datejust I had. It was a lovely strap. There is a considerable price difference between their machine stitched and hand stitched straps from memory.
I bought this strap in a package so I've got no idea what it originally cost. I followed the guide provided by the kind gentlemans above and it came out 350 euros. How would you tell if it was machine or hand-stitched I wonder?
If the thread on the rear is a different colour to the thread in the front then it is certainly machine stitched. If it's the same then it could be either.
But the better way to tell is to look at the stitching. Machine stitching is straight and hand saddle stitch has slanted stitches.
Hand saddle:
Machine:
Slanted and slightly uneven in places.If the thread on the rear is a different colour to the thread in the front then it is certainly machine stitched. If it's the same then it could be either.
But the better way to tell is to look at the stitching. Machine stitching is straight and hand saddle stitch has slanted stitches.
Hand saddle:
Machine:
On the reverse or the front face??
Both I think.
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