Once a year I take a trip around the UK to visit a few of the tanneries and leather wholesalers I use. It takes a few days out of my schedule, and I cover about 900 miles doing it, but it means I can meet [...]
I've finally managed to find the time to do some "housekeeping" on my website today, and one of the many jobs that was overdue was a gallery update. I've been sent so many photos over the past three months that it was tough to [...]
About a week ago I decided that my Panerai zero needed a new strap for the Spring, and a few days ago I finished this Crimson strap with denim stitching. Crimson has become one of my "go to" leathers over the last couple of years. [...]
At the beginning of the year I met up with a good friend and fellow watch collector for lunch, and during our conversation he commented on how international Toshi Straps has become over the 10 years I've been making watch straps. We've known each other [...]
Occasionally someone will contact me to ask if I can make a strap for a watch they own which has fixed bars i.e. the bars that hold the strap onto the watch can't be removed and so a standard strap can't be fitted. My [...]
When I first started making watch straps I always made them with a single 15mm wide loose (or "floating") keeper. This is what I prefer, and from the feedback I got this seemed to be what most people wanted. Over the years the wide [...]
Every couple of months I update the gallery with some new photographs that have been sent in to me by my customers. Thank you all for sending them in - I can't use all of them but seeing your photographs is without a doubt [...]
The Anonimo Militare is one of the first dive watches I ever bought, and still one of my favourites. Back in 2006 when I had just started experimenting with making leather watch straps, a friend bought round his cream dialled Militare to ask if I [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
