Quarterback is a leather that I bought recently and has just been launched on my store page. For those of you who follow American Football the pebbled texture of the leather may seem familiar. The leather is produced by the famous Chicago based tannery, Horween. [...]
After a couple of weeks of hard work (and some last minute technical glitches) I've finally launched the first of the new leathers this morning. There will be some more released over the next couple of weeks, but available immediately are eight new leathers that [...]
While I was at one of the wholesalers I visited on my road trip last week I picked up some English bridle leather. This leather is far too heavy to make watch straps from (it's twice as thick as anything I use for watch straps) [...]
It may appear from the calm exterior of my website that everything is normal here, and I'm quietly going about my usual routine - but don't be fooled. Ever since I got home from my road trip last week I've been burning the midnight oil, [...]
When I look for new leathers to use for my watch straps there are several factors I consider. The most important is that it is veg tanned (occasionally I'll take a chrome tanned leather that has had a vegetable re-tan, but veg tanned leathers are [...]
I thought it was about time I updated the gallery, so this morning I've spent a little time going through the photographs that my customers have sent me over the last few weeks after they have received their straps. Below are some of the images [...]
There seems to be a degree of mystery surrounding Shell Cordovan leather in many people's minds. I often get asked what makes it so special, what makes it ideal as a watch strap, and why it's so expensive, so I thought it would be [...]
A question I'm often asked is what is my favourite watch. It's a question I really can't answer because there are so many to choose from, but I suppose everyone has their favourite watch type and for me it's always been dive watches. More specifically [...]
Since I've started selling replacement tubes and screws for Panerai Luminor watches, the question of whether or not to fit strap tubes has come up quite often, so I thought I'd take 5 minutes to explain what they are, what they are used for, and [...]
10 years ago, Anonimo released a dive watch to commemorate the rediscovery and salvage of the wreck of the Polluce - a steamer ship that sank in 1841 in the Tyrrhenian Sea (just off the coast of Tuscany). The watch was called the "Polluce" after [...]
