I recently picked up a HWF Pam177 and I am in love. My small wrists have scared me away from Panerai for the longest time, but after finding one I enjoy and wearing it regularly, I have realized my fears were unwarranted. I am looking to add some straps to the repertoire, and having a buckle on each just makes it one step easier to swap. The buckle I got with the watch and what I assume it comes with stock is a great thin titanium 22mm buckle. I prefer a tapered strap, so would like to stay with the 22mm size, but it seems this is nearly impossible to find outside of from Corrigia for $50+. Even a 24mm titanium buckle is difficult to source. Does anyone know where I could find decent titanium Pre-V buckles in 22mm (or 24mm if that's about it) that don't cost an arm and a leg? If it means asking a TD for the stock HWF buckle, does anyone have any recommendations? I have not purchased accessories separately before. Thanks for the help
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Source for Titanium Pre-V Buckles?
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PRE-V Screw-In Titanium Brushed
PRE-V-buckle made of Titanium Grade 4 ! Screw in brushed Finish Its have a curved shape which allows for a closer fit on your wrist without…
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Right, that's the singular option I found and honestly I'd rather not pay $50 for a buckle. I can swap my one from strap to strap if that's the only option out there.PRE-V Screw-In Titanium Brushed
PRE-V-buckle made of Titanium Grade 4 ! Screw in brushed Finish Its have a curved shape which allows for a closer fit on your wrist without…
While I get it, pay for quality and all that, you can find decent quality stainless and bronze Pre-V buckles for $10-15 all day long and you can find out of stock titanium buckles for $15-20. Titanium is a more expensive base material and more difficult to machine, but it's not 4x more. That's where I'm at with the Corrigia, it's not special enough for that price tag. I am just asking here to see if there are options outside of the typical Google search that I'm missing. This is a convenience based inquiry anyway, not one of necessity.
Everything is overpriced at Corrigia. As long as he finds people wanting to pay that price.....
BTW, you can get a 50% discount from Corrigia at the moment because of black friday, with a special code
Just buy a good quality SS brushed buckle and you're good to go. I really don't see the need to go with a Titanium one.
BTW, you can get a 50% discount from Corrigia at the moment because of black friday, with a special code
Just buy a good quality SS brushed buckle and you're good to go. I really don't see the need to go with a Titanium one.
Now there's something, I missed their black Friday deal, that brings us down to reasonable levels. Thanks for that
We're all sticklers for our own certain things here, and the color tone of stainless versus ti is something I struggle to ignore.
We're all sticklers for our own certain things here, and the color tone of stainless versus ti is something I struggle to ignore.