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Strap Freaks!!!

Woundup

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I recently acquired a new/never buckled Ferretti strap made with a wonderful piece of ammo leather - not sure what exact type but its unusually soft but still has a nice gunpowder whiff. The handmade GPF style flat buckle has a light bead-blasted finish which pairs really well with Ti Bettarini cases.

Francesco Ferretti is a legend in the vintage Panerai world and owned perhaps the greatest collection of Panerai military commissions and vintage watches ever amassed. He also owned one of the first (if not, the first) Panerai AD licenses for his Orologeria in Montecatini Terme and had a Strapmaker on staff. I believe Sr. Ferretti passed away and I can't find much about what happened to his store/museum.

You don't see these around very often - I only have 2 in my collection. Not sure if I should break it in...!





 
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Woundup said:
I recently acquired a new/never buckled Ferretti strap made with a wonderful piece of ammo leather - not sure what exact type but its unusually soft but still has a nice gunpowder whiff. The handmade GPF style flat buckle has a light bead-blasted finish which pairs really well with Ti Bettarini cases.

Francesco Ferretti is a legend in the vintage Panerai world and owned perhaps the greatest collection of Panerai military commissions and vintage watches ever amassed. He also owned one of the first (if not, the first) Panerai AD licenses for his Orologeria in Montecatini Terme and had a Strapmaker on staff. I believe Sr. Ferretti passed away and I can't find much about what happened to his store/museum.

You don't see these around very often - I only have 2 in my collection. Not sure if I should break it in...!





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Just beautiful and worth of a museum piece. I'd keep it unworn tbh
 
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Woundup said:
I recently acquired a new/never buckled Ferretti strap made with a wonderful piece of ammo leather - not sure what exact type but its unusually soft but still has a nice gunpowder whiff. The handmade GPF style flat buckle has a light bead-blasted finish which pairs really well with Ti Bettarini cases.

Francesco Ferretti is a legend in the vintage Panerai world and owned perhaps the greatest collection of Panerai military commissions and vintage watches ever amassed. He also owned one of the first (if not, the first) Panerai AD licenses for his Orologeria in Montecatini Terme and had a Strapmaker on staff. I believe Sr. Ferretti passed away and I can't find much about what happened to his store/museum.

You don't see these around very often - I only have 2 in my collection. Not sure if I should break it in...!

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Simply awesome!
TBH, I would treasure it unworn!
 
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Woundup said:
I recently acquired a new/never buckled Ferretti strap made with a wonderful piece of ammo leather - not sure what exact type but its unusually soft but still has a nice gunpowder whiff. The handmade GPF style flat buckle has a light bead-blasted finish which pairs really well with Ti Bettarini cases.

Francesco Ferretti is a legend in the vintage Panerai world and owned perhaps the greatest collection of Panerai military commissions and vintage watches ever amassed. He also owned one of the first (if not, the first) Panerai AD licenses for his Orologeria in Montecatini Terme and had a Strapmaker on staff. I believe Sr. Ferretti passed away and I can't find much about what happened to his store/museum.

You don't see these around very often - I only have 2 in my collection. Not sure if I should break it in...!





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Stunning strap! While I can appreciate wanting to keep it unworn just think how nice it is going to look worn and broken in. Will continue to get better with age.
 
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Lol, thats weird and cool in the Same way haha. I kinda Like it
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Thanks
Yes, something different!
A combination of my 719 (but would go with any Steel/Titanium 47mm Sub) The Leatherman Tread Tool Bracelet and a pair of adapters I managed to find with a bit of trial and error.
 
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Don’t think I’ve shared this story here:
This all happened on the paneristi FB group.


What an incredible group of people Paneristi are.

I knew that Paneristi were a special group of people but this was beyond I thought o could expect.

As some of you may know I have a HUGE soft spot for the numbered Bruno Allegrini diving straps made by Simona du Stefano.

Last week I was looking up pictures of these straps and came across a strap / buckle number I wasn’t familiar with.

This sounds strange maybe, but I do this quite often.

I was particularly struck by the gorgeous patina of this strap.

The picture were from Luiza.

I saw that the last years her uploaded pictures weren’t with the BA strap so I decided to ask if it’d be for sale and explaining my “problem”concerning BA straps.

Pretty quickly I got a message back from her husband telling me it’s his straps and that he didn’t wear the BA that often anymore and that he’d like to gift me the strap 😱🥹.

I didn’t know what to say.

I’ve tried asking to pay but he wouldn’t even let me pay for shipping.

All as a straplover to another straplover.

I couldn’t believe what just happened as I didn’t have any previous interaction with him nor was there any need for this incredible act of kindness.

So I’m now the proud new owner of buckle #403: a strap that’ll be on my wrist for the coming weeks.



What a group, what a guy!!
 
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Olavmol said:
I’ve tried asking to pay but he wouldn’t even let me pay for shipping.

All as a straplover to another straplover.

I couldn’t believe what just happened as I didn’t have any previous interaction with him nor was there any need for this incredible act of kindness.

So I’m now the proud new owner of buckle #403: a strap that’ll be on my wrist for the coming weeks.
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That was a truly generous gesture!

I wonder if the Paneristi would have been so generous if he knew the BA was going to be mounted to reps!? :unsure:;)
 
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