Almost 10 years ago to the day I saw a watch advertised for sale on a UK based watch forum. It was made by a hobbyist to resemble a beaten up Panerai 3646 with fixed bars from the late 1930's, but was obviously not made [...]
At the end of last year I added 4 new leathers to my website, which took the number of leathers I had available at that time up to 92. Leathers do sell out and are replaced from time to time, but over the last 4 [...]
Mosto is one of 4 leathers that I launched on my website in November last year. It is a leather produced by an Italian tannery from top grain cow hides - the shoulders of the hides to be precise - and is then dyed before [...]
I get asked a lot when I will be making jean belts again, and so recently I sourced some heavyweight leather with a limited run in mind. Those of you who have been asking for a belt (and you know who you are!) they [...]
I've just released a new leather called Gunpowder to my web store, and I am very, very excited about it. To celebrate I have decided to offer an early bird discount on Gunpowder leather until the end of the weekend (see the bottom of this [...]
Looking for a quality handmade dog collar? Over the last 13 years of making watch straps I've been asked many times to make dog collars for my clients pets, but I've always declined. The reason is simply that the leathers I use for my watch [...]
I suppose it goes without saying that I will never launch a leather unless I am happy with it and I've worn a strap made from it for some time, but there are always personal favourites. I'm confident that all of the ten new leathers [...]
I've been busy over the last month since lockdown eased, getting out and about looking for new leathers to add to my website. I had a trip to a leather wholesaler I use planned for April, but for obvious reasons this proved to [...]
There are some watches that I own that I would struggle to live without, and the Precista PRS-2 "Dreadnought" is one of them. For those of you who are not familiar with this watch, it was designed and developed by a chap called Eddie Platts [...]
I've been using shell cordovan leather for many years now, and as any of you who have purchased one from me will know it makes a beautiful watch strap. Shortly after I launched this latest version of my website in 2016 I wrote a blog [...]
