Seasons greetings!
Seasons greetings to you all! I've just got home from the Post Office where the last few straps of 2016 have just been posted. As you can see the fire is lit and I have a fat Cuban cigar waiting for me (and a [...]
White dial watch – what colour strap works best?
I'm often asked to make suggestions for straps for specific watches, and it seems the dial colour that many people seem to struggle with most is white. I've recently made a new strap for my Panerai 114, and so I thought I'd take the opportunity [...]
Christmas orders – there’s still time!
Christmas is fast approaching now, but if you thought you'd left it too late to place an order with me and still receive the strap before the holidays, think again. Over the last 4 weeks I've ignored all recreational temptations and been working hard - [...]
November 2016 Gallery update
Every couple of months I have to set some time apart to do some "house keeping". It's not a job I particularly relish because I'd much rather be making straps, but it has to be done. One bonus though is that this is the time [...]
Deadlines for Christmas orders
Yes, I know, it's only the end of October and it seems far too early for a Christmas message, but as I currently have a 4-5 week lead time in my order book I'm already quoting an expected posting date of November 25th for orders [...]
Burgundy leather for autumn
This morning as I drank my morning coffee I started thinking about changing the strap on my Panerai 305. I have been wearing it on a Lemon strap for most of the summer, but now the weather is changing I wanted something different for the [...]
10 years of Toshi Straps
Next week it will be 10 years since I first picked up a round knife and cut my first leather watch strap. Since then I've made close to 15,000 watch straps and sent them to customers all over the world. My life has changed quite [...]
Aqua leather hand stitched watch strap
It's been a while since I've had the time to make a strap for myself, but this morning I decided I'd earned some "me time" and got to work. A couple of hours later and my new Aqua strap was finished and ready to be [...]
Omega Tuning Fork
I've posted before about my love of vintage dive watches, and today I thought I'd write a short post about one of my favourites, and possibly one of the most unusual dive watches in my collection. This is my Omega Seamaster 120 f300Hz which dates [...]
Gallery update August 2016
I can't believe it's been almost two months since I last updated the gallery pages on my website, but I've finally got round to uploading all the new photographs - and once again there has been some excellent shots sent in to me over the [...]