usually just means it came off an animal of some sort and isn't PVC :S
not really an indicator of quality sadly.
Hi all,
On some leather straps I see this 'Genuine Leather' text. Does it really mean anything like it is a good quality or real leather?
Thanks
usually just means it came off an animal of some sort and isn't PVC :S
not really an indicator of quality sadly.
Daft term that retailers use. It's either leather or it isn't.
Rather like 'real butter', 'real pieces of chocolate' seen on foods.
The trouble is that people are using “PU leather” and so on. Thus “genuine” to distinguish.
Then once you get into exotics, watch out for the word “pattern”, as in “alligator pattern genuine leather”, typically meaning that it’s calf leather, stamped into the pattern of the skin in question (cf. “genuine alligator”).
It’s amazing how many times these days you see leather mentioned in the headline text of advertisements, eBay auctions etc. and when you drill down into the body text you see PU leather or Faux leather, in other words plastic!
I was at the Patek Exhibition at the Saatchi gallery a couple of years ago and was astonished to see "Fake Alligator" (or was it "fake crocodile"?? - I don't remember) stamped on the back of some of the modern straps.
I understand that ethically they may see it as preferable to use calf leather with a stamped alligator pattern to simulate the exotic leather but i thought that their choice of how to market the fact was questionable.
I just didn't like the term "fake" stamped on a Patek.
That Patek thing is funny.
Being honest and telling you it’s fake alligator, raises a “cant believe Patek .......”
But you know us, if Patek said simulated, we’d still having a go for Patek for blurring the truth
I've seen some straps on cheapish watches (eg Rotary) that are marked 'Genuine Leather', and they were utter tat - complete rubbish. They seem to be basically cardboard, with a thin strip of what is allegedly leather on the outside. Not at what I would expect from a proper Leather strap from someone like TheStrapShop or other decent retailers. So, to answer to the OP, I've no idea what 'Genuine Leather' actually means, though it seems to mean very little, and is basically an advertising con....(like calling food 'farmhouse' which has no official meaning at all).
Interesting article here which may answer the question
http://uk.businessinsider.com/leathe...-guide-2014-12
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On my Mercedes I have `Artico leather`, which is basically vinyl!
You only realise this when it starts to split and you can see what’s behind it.
Cheap leather products can be made from the hides what we in the west think of as pets,
"real leather'' can cover up a multitude of sins.
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Here is an unusual one.
Distant (very) relative of the pig.
How long till someone starts to say “organic” leather ??
Or leather than contains traces of DNA...
And I mean within the strap rather than on the outside lol
Just my off-the-cuff thoughts.
And what does off the cuff even mean ???!!
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I've got one like that, but even more blingy, with a Gold case and larger crowns & pushers. I wouldn't dare post a picture here as it'd make most people would choke on their coffees! There again, after I bought it I saw the Breitling that Rotary had 'hommaged' and that wasn't subtle either. Threw the original strap away without even wearing it.