I wouldn’t swim in it. I would have thought it was water resistant rather than waterproof.
I doubt salt water or chlorine would be good for it.
One of my watches has this strap. Is it ok to swim with it or will the leather perish ?
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I wouldn’t swim in it. I would have thought it was water resistant rather than waterproof.
I doubt salt water or chlorine would be good for it.
It wears quite well on an alligator without any issues,oh until it's killed to make a watch strap!,after which it becomes useless in water!!.
The Hirsch Paul Alligator strap is marketed as 100% waterproof (i.e. not merely water resistant).
I always thought Paul was an usual name for an alligator, but what do I know?
Alligator hide is fairly waterproof from what I learned. But I wouldn't swim with alligator or any strap, because of stitching, padding and backing is not waterproof.
From what I gather, these are all designed with waterproof materials in the Hirsch Paul and all the other straps within Hirsch’s Performance range. I’ve not yet tried one, but this thread on TZ gave some glowing reviews:
The leather straps on my harbour boots (inshore diving) have to be nigh on 20 years old, still going strong with thousands of hours of submersion, guess it's the way they are treated with oils.
I find Croc barely survives normal wear and tear. It's beautiful but not the strongest and loses its lustre pretty fast
This explains why I haven’t heard from my mate, Gator Paul, for ages.
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