Strap I want costs half as much as the watch.

[lason]

I'm planning on getting a PAM 112m from Trevor for $235 but the strap that comes with it has to go. Then I stumbled onto this strap which I think would make for a very handsome pairing, but it costs half as much as the watch. icard:

I really don't want to spend that much on a strap but so far I haven't found one quite like it that for me would be as perfect. Does anyone have this strap or has anyone bought an expensive strap for their rep?

 

[WatchnScotch]

What kind of strap are you looking at? You can take a look at the Strap For Sale section on the forum, good deals there

 

[lason]

d'oh. I thought I included the link. It's this one:

http://k-straps.com/Shrapnel-Series.php

 

[frigpig]

....... Does anyone have this strap.......

What strap?

Pretty much all my straps are $100 plus straps. It goes with the territory when you start collecting Panerai.

There are $300 plus straps out there. And yes, we are all doing it. There are great deals in the strap section from time to time.m

 

[COLDI]

Yup 100 seemed expensive when I started. Now I have straps from this paci that cost 300

 

[Rogerthat]

I usually spend $150 per strap by have spent more than that many times including a couple of over $200 straps within the past month or so

 

[COLDI]

Strap collecting is half the fun of owning pams

 

[chat7]

Your posted strap looks sooo nice.

And you can talk to timebandit
His strap is great and looks similar with that strap and price is goooood.

 

[lason]

I'm really a noob (not the factory) when it comes to rep watches so this is all new to me.

 

[Wacker23]

Its ok to buy a expensive strap. You can always put it on another watch that you buy in the future.

 

[Rogerthat]

This phenomenon is unique to Panerai I would say
Panerai becomes an expensive rep because many owners have $600 worth of straps for each $250 rep
You need 4 straps or so for each one

 

[lason]

I'm starting to learn that what seems like it could be a relatively affordable hobby can end up being very expensive once it comes to mods and everything else. I'd never even heard of Panerai or a lot of the other watch brands until I found this and some other rep watch forums and truthfully I didn't see the appeal of Panerai at all either. Now all I can think about is a 112 with this strap http://k-straps.com/Shrapnel-Series.php lol

 

[Rogerthat]

As an addict I could not agree with you more and advise you to leave while u still can, lol

 

[lason]

I think I'm already in too deep and I haven't even bought anything yet! lol

 

[believer123]

I got a few reasonable straps just searching eBay. All things considered. I think they look pretty nice.

 

[seriph]

put it this way - if the watch was its usual price PLUS the price of the new strap would you still buy it .... I will answer this question myself (because I am an idiot)



As a newbie rep hobbyist - no

As a seasoned rep hobbyist who loves wearing his watches and intends keeping them for life HELL YEAH! Whatever it takes to get it as right as I can to know I will enjoy owning it over the long haul

... but MAN I get where your'e coming from! A complex machine like a watch, compared to a couple of bits of leather and steel .... c'mon! (said in the voice of Gob Bleuth from Arrested Development)

 

[seriph]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SP_9zH9Q44o"]Gob: "Come on!" Compilation - Arrested Development (NO SP) - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Parabuteo]

has anyone bought an expensive strap for their rep?

I am in the same boat-bought my first rep, a PAM390 a few weeks ago and waiting on this to go with it :

Kain Heritage Gator- $130 strap to go on a $270 watch. Just goes with the territory!

Remember also- many many gen PAM owners play the aftermarket strap game too-so to my mind a great, high-dollar strap goes quite a way toward making your rep play the gen part even better!

 

[seriph]

ahem:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUDEMARS-PI...168?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c633635f8

 

[lason]

Remember also- many many gen PAM owners play the aftermarket strap game too-so to my mind a great, high-dollar strap goes quite a way toward making your rep play the gen part even better!

That's a good point. I was thinking that a $130 strap for a $5,200 gen watch is a no-brainer, but for a $235 rep it doesn't make much sense. BUT if it can pass for the gen for 7% of the price maybe it does make sense.