Panerai Luminor 47mm Leather Strap “Fold-Space SuperBlack”

Description

 About the Leather:  The theme for this strap was to combine all shades of black, and not other colors.This thick matte black Panerai strap is 100% handmade and hand stitched, as with all of my straps.  The leather itself has a matte finish that becomes most apparent in sun light.  You can see a lighter grayish black sheen when you view it at certain angles.  The color is uniformly black throughout and I have opted for black thread to continue the color theme.  Furthermore, I finished the stitching in a box pattern.  The edges feature a slight crease and the sides of the strap are burnished.

This matte black Panerai strap ships with a bead blasted DLC coated trapezoidal buckle.  Above, you can view this matte black Panerai strap paired with the awesome Panerai Luminor PAM00372 in all it’s glory.  Obviously, this strap would be paired even more appropriately with a black or carbon case.  The strap has a medium-firm temper and thus can withstand harsher elements.  Additionally, this strap features a single extra large floating keeper.  The strap pictured above measures 125/80 for reference.

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

What We Include:  Watch strap (top, bottom), brushed 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 bucklessewn 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.