Description
About the Leather: This vintage inspired Panerai strap is 100% hand made and hand stitched, as with all of my straps. For this project, I set out to find the ideal semi-gloss vegetable tanned leather in tan tones that would age well with time. This leather has a nice semi-gloss surface and a medium-soft temper. It conforms to your wrist with time. The due to it’s vegetable tanning, this strap will show age with wear. The surface of the strap has a texture that is smooth to the touch. With time, it may darken from UV exposure or moisture, developing the character of the strap. I selected a beige thread for the stitching on this strap. As an update to the previous design, this strap now features an additional line of stitching at the buckle.
I designed this tan strap with one floating keeper and one fixed. If you have a larger wrist, you may find it convenient to remove the second keeper. The neutral tone of this tan vintage inspired Panerai 26mm strap make this strap a perfect match for basically any dial and indication color combination. Above you can see the strap pictured on the venerable PAM00372. It would also look great on a classic PAM127 or PAM217. This strap ships by default with a flat GPF style brushed stainless steel vintage style pin buckle that is sewn in place (pictured). Additionally, you may select from a variety of other buckle options using the “buckle style” drop down menu above.
**As with all straps on my site, this strap is available with a “no buckle” option that allows you to use your OEM buckle. If you wish to use your OEM buckle, please select “No Buckle” from the buckle drop down menu.
Measurements: This strap is 26/26, with a thickness of ~4mm.
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 and sew them 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.
Denny Yi –
Very cool, thank you again!