Quick question Re: strap/case fitment

[RobbDizzle]

I've seen it referenced a few times on here that the 26mm Radiomir/Fiddy straps can be made to fit the 44mm cases...I'm assuming this involves trimming of the strap at the lugs. Am I right? Is there any preferred/protip way of doing it, or do I just start abrading away at the leather with some sandpaper? anyone have pics of this done?

 

[chromed.]

y not just buy straps tt fit e 44mm cases.? &keep e 26mm straps for ur fiddys/ rads.? or if u've sold ur 26mm watches.. sell e strap as well.? i'm sure there'll be ppl who r looking for such straps

just my 2 cents.

 

[COLDI]

Just sell the 26mm strap and buy a 24mm. No reason to ruin a good strap brother

 

[ugoderosa]

I would be interested in the process as well. I have an extra strap that is not worth the trouble of selling, and I want to put it on a watch case with lugs that are 2mm narrower than the strap. I was thinking of taking an exacto knife to it and cut notches, but if others have better solutions, I would like to hear them.

 

[RobbDizzle]

To clarify: I don't have a 26mm strap (yet). I was just thinking that the wider strap would look good on the 44mm case so I wanted to do some initial digging about it to see if it was feasible, since I'd seen a few posts about it being done n

 

[ugoderosa]

Robb: My reasoning is the same. I want to have a wider strap attached to my watch.

 

[RobbDizzle]

Agreed...I prefer a wider strap (within reason, of course ) and I think that the extra 2mm would make a nice visual and tactile difference.

I think it comes down to clipping/cutting/sanding the strap ends around the lug areas...and also picking a strap that (if it has stitching) has it in further towards the center of the strap so you don't have to sand/cut through it. I also think that sanding gradually would work better than cutting, because it enables you to go little by little instead of possibly overestimating it.

 

[frigpig]

He'll yah....do it. It'll look great.

Lots of brands, B&R foe example do that with their watches. Post some pics when your done aswell.

 

[hooligan]

Why not get one of the custom strap makers to build you one, instead of trying to modify a strap meant to fit 26mm lugs.