Panerai Luminor 47mm Leather Strap 26/26 “Seven Seas” Distressed

Description

About the Leather:  This beaten, abused and distressed blue Panerai strap is the perfect companion for adventures at sea or on land.  For this project I selected a distressed suede leather with a rough finish.  There are visible fat lines and scratches visible on the surface.  The sides are significantly lighter in color which produces a brilliant contrast with the top side.  This leather provides a relatively soft temper for maximum comfort.  To complement the deep blue tone of the leather, I selected a thin light blue thread for the stitching.

This unique blue Panerai strap ships with an aged vintage style brushed stainless pin buckle which is sewn in place.  The aging process does not produce rust, but a finish similar to rust patina.  Additionally, the strap design features one floating keeper and one fixed.  Above, you can view this strap paired with the implacable PAM00372.  Due to the extremely limited supply of this particular leather, I will only be producing a few of these.

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.

To view more blue 26mm straps, 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, and there is no escaping the presence 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. Whatsmore, 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.