Panerai Luminor 47mm Leather Strap 26/26 Old Copper

Description

About the Leather: I created this medium brown Panerai strap 100% by hand and hand stitched it, as with all of my straps. This is a legendary strap.  This is the strap that should have shipped with every 47mm Panerai from the factory.  This strap features the ever elusive combination of perfect finish, perfect texture, perfect temper and perfect thickness.  The upper is old copper in color with a smooth feel.  The inner is a slightly lighter mocha color that is provides just enough contrast.  I selected a beige thread for the stitching.  The design of this strap features one floating keeper and one fixed.  The strap ships by default with an aged vintage style pin buckle.  The buckle is aged with an electro-chemical process that leaves the surface smooth while providing an antique aesthetic that goes perfectly with this strap.

This strap is of a soft temper.  It will conform to your wrist, and wear comfortably all day long. You may see this medium brown Panerai strap paired nicely with a PAM00372 above.

Measurements:  This strap is 26/26, with a thickness of ~5mm.

What We Include:  Watch strap (top, bottom), one aged vintage style pin buckle, one wooden gift box as pictured.

To view more 26mm straps that I consider legendary, click here.

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Additional Information:  For each Panerai model, I have a different design philosophy regarding straps. For the 47mm Luminor series case, as well as the Radiomir 1940 and the Submersible, my concept revolves around thickness and symmetry. When I create unique straps for the 47mm series cases, I take into account the overall thickness and temper of the leather that I am working with; more so than with Radiomir or even 44mm Luminor cases.

The 47mm Panerai case ships with a 26mm width strap. There is no escaping the mass of such a case and strap combination. My designs for this case take into account several features of the 47mm cases including the arches, curves, angles, and degrees of slope of not just the case, but the buckle as well. Instead of step-in away from or trying to minimize the bulk of the case, my goal is to embrace it. To reflect this, I work with thick leathers and make the straps for this model a minimum of 5.0mm thick on average.

Additionally, I like the make the strap keepers nice and wide. I box stitch most 47mm Panerai straps for extra strength. On rare occasions, I may employ open ended stitching. 47mm Panerai custom straps tend to be 5.0mm thick or greater. I usually utilize vintage style stainless pin buckles that are sewn in place. These pin buckles work especially well for straps that are thicker. Vintage style Panerai pin buckles also allow for more narrow holes for the buckle. Whats more, for these 26mm wide straps I mostly employ thicker thread with a larger margin in the stitching. I adjust spacing between stitches to be slightly wider than on my 44mm or Radiomir straps.

The entire process is performed by hand without templates or machines of any sort. I use the absolute basic tools, the same tools that I used as a boot maker for nearly two decades. As a result of the hand made nature of these straps, no two are identical.