I wanted to give you a sneak preview of Sahara, another new leather that will be launched very soon. This is something that was only available in a very limited quantity, but as soon as I saw it I knew it would work so well [...]
"Nero" is a new leather that will be launched very soon. It is one of a number of new leathers that I found on my travels last week and that will be launched over the next couple of months. I am currently making a strap [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
