Panerai Leather Strap Luminor 26/26 Atlantic Blue (Sewn)

Description

About the Leather:  For this substantial blue 47mm Panerai strap, I selected a thick and durable vegetable tanned leather in a dark navy blue tone with slightly lighter blue inner.  This is a thick strap, ideal for Panerai 47mm models.  The characteristics of this leather allow it to age with character, while the durable nature of vegetable tanned leather ensures that the strap will probably outlast your watch.  This strap is of a medium to firm rigidity.  The design features creased edges, but the strap can also be made with plain upon request.

The stitching is a shade of blue that is slightly lighter than the strap itself, but provides a nice and yet subtle contrast.  The blue on blue combination allows the strap to match with essentially any dial and index color on your 47mm Panerai, from the PAM127 to the PAM372.  The strap design features one floating keeper and one fixed.  This blue 47mm Panerai strap includes a vintage style sewn in stainless steel pin buckle.  Pictured above, you may see this awesome handmade strap on the Panerai Luminor PAM00372.

Measurements:  This strap is 26/26, with a thickness of ~5.5mm.

What we Include:  Watch strap (top, bottom), sewn buckle, one wooden gift box.

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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.