Panerai Luminor 47mm Leather Strap 26/26 “Illustrious” Classic Tan

Description

About the Leather:  This illustrious, indefatigable, thick classic style tan Panerai strap is basically the only strap you need for your 47mm PAM, forever.  For this project I selected a vegetable tanned leather with a consistent English tan finish.  This leather provides a pleasant medium-soft temper for maximum comfort.  In addition to the basics, I have padded the center sections of the strap out ever so slightly to create a subtle bit of bulge.  As a result, you can see a slight bit of contrast in thickness between the stitching and the center portion.  This contrast shows up especially well with this color of strap.  As a result of this extra center bolster, the strap has more of a medium temper.  I selected a beige thread for the stitching.

This classic style tan Panerai strap ships with a vintage style brushed stainless pin buckle which is sewn in place.  Additionally, the strap design features one floating keeper and one fixed.  Above, you can view this strap paired with the implacable PAM00372.   I designed this strap to feature open ended stitching as opposed to box stitching.  You are looking at one of the most legendary Panerai straps ever produced.  This handcrafted piece of art may very well last the lifetime of your watch.

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

What We Include:  Watch strap (top, bottom), one vintage style pin 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.