Panerai Luminor 47mm Leather Strap 26/26 “Astroliner Grey” XL

Description

About the Leather:  I crafted this XL matte grey 26mm Panerai strap 100% by hand and hand-stitched it as per usual.  I have selected a smoke grey oil tanned leather for this project. The leather is very smooth with a matte finish and consistent color through out. The temper of this leather is soft, so it will conform to your wrist easily. I selected a graphite brown thread which contrasts nicely with the overall color of the strap.  By request, I can make this strap with any color stitching you choose.

One fixed and one floating ensure the strap end hugs your wrist.  Included with the strap, you will receive a vintage style pin buckle sewn in place.  If you are looking for something that matches matte and tobacco colored Panerai dials especially well, this is the strap for you. You will also find that this color compliments titanium case watches especially well.  This matte grey 26mm Panerai strap is pictured above on the Panerai Luminor Marina PAM00372.  I created this thick brown Panerai strap 100% by hand, as with all of my straps.  **The strap in the photos above measures 80/140 for reference.  The GPF style flat buckle in the photos is subject to availability.  If not available, you will be notified and a similar pre-V style buckle will be used.

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

What We Include:  Watch strap (top, bottom), one vintage style pin buckle, one wooden box with papers.

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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.

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