Can this strap be salvaged?

[ahw676]

Okay, I will admit that this is in no way a rep, primarily because it's not something that anyone would WANT to copy. But I have a question about making it usable for humans. I was looking for an unconventional watch for my stepson. I think that I got it, but even I have to admit that this strap is ridiculous. I must have been mad at him at the time. I'm pretty sure that I can trim down either side of the strap without compromising the part that the dial is attached to, but how does one finish the raw edges of the leather?

 

[manydivers]

The lug width of the watch does not match the strap at all, it looks about 4mm larger than the strap.
Your best leaving the strap as is. You need a new strap that fits the watches lug width properly.

/mds.

 

[ahw676]

Thanks for the idea. Actually that bit of leather you're seeing between the lugs is not the strap itself, but a strip of material that's holding the watch to the body of the strap. It's a fairly complicated-looking mess. Maybe it was designed by someone who had been drinking.

 

[horologie_unitas]

i would guess you are a submissive slave ?


lol.....please no offense, it just popped into my mind....because i see guys in Frisco with those things on....

 

[ahw676]

No offense at all--I bought it for my stepson, thinking that it might something rebellious and cool, but yes, I do think that it's a shame that someone split up the set and sold the whip, leather mask, and ball gag separately.