$80.00
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If you're looking for a watch strap that's soft and comfortable to wear from Day 1 to the end of days, and with a wide range of colours to match your outfit or personality, the Epsom Slim watch strap is perfect for you. At only 2mm thick, this strap is extremely pliable and wraps around your wrist easily. Epsom Slim strap is perfect for both the office and bar - the one strap for all your needs.
If you want a strap that has a beautiful texture, good scratch and water resistance, and remains looking pristine even after many wear, Epsom is the right choice. Epsom from Tanneries Du Puy in France is well-known for its quality, wide range of colours and perfect rigidity. It is the same leather that is used in many Hermes products.
Straps in the Slim collection have a total of 3 layers of various material that goes into each strap, with each layer serving a specific purpose. From top to bottom, they are: (1) exterior leather, (2) synthetic strengthener, (3) lining leather.
All layers are firstly glued and pressed together, before they are stitched. Finally, the edges are finished with edge paint, which adds an additional layer along the exposed edges of leather and protects it from wear and tear, and water damage, over time. This also prevents the different layers from separating - an additional layer of prevention on top of the stitching.
Lug Width: Find out the lug width of your watch mode. You can do this by searching the following "(watch model) lug width" in Google. Once you know the lug width (for e.g. 20mm), select the 20-16 variant for the lug width. 20 refers to the lug width, while 16 refers to the buckle width. Our straps come with a taper because it looks classier than straight straps.
Size: Not sure what size (length) to get for the straps? There are two methods to determine this.
Method 1: If you have an existing strap on your watch, measure the long and short straps, sum up the lengths, and choose the variant (Small or Medium) that is the closest to the total length of your existing straps. For example, if your existing straps measure 105mm on the long strap and 80mm on the short strap, the total length is 185mm. The closest variant would be Medium (115mm/70mm = 185mm). Note that this is still an approximation, and you should adjust accordingly if your current strap does not fit your wrist perfectly.Method 2: If your existing watch does not have a normal strap (you have a bracelet on), you would need to measure your wrist size and purchase the strap size according to the guidelines below. If you are between sizes (for e.g. wrist size of 17.5cm), we recommend to size up.
Second purchase and am happy!
I'm a big strap person and I have about 40 plus straps from a variety of different strap makers.
Pros:
- I've only worn the straps twice, each. For now, they're holding up. I'll need to see over the long term use, how the adhesive on the side of the straps will hold up after years of use in the hot tropical weather of Singapore. (the adhesive on some of my other straps give up usually after 2-3 years)
- Quality, they're of good construction.
- Colour, delug's collection is very good. Loving their Epsom colour espeically for the gold and grey (shown in the two photos). Will try out more colours in the future
- Comfort, these are thin straps so naturally they don't need breaking in.
Cons:
- The fixed keeper is too close to the buckle. Typically, the fixed keeper is sewn 5-8mm away from the buckle. This is where I grab the strap to removed it from the keeper. When the two are too close to each other, there isn't much to grab on to, and makes the removing of strap a bit more difficult that it is on other straps that I have.
Overall:
- When the bigger brands are selling straps at $150 and above and someone like this comes along and sells you similar quality straps for half the price. The value proposition is very very good.
Very comfortable on the wrist and very solid construction. Stitching is very detailed and no flaws detected.
Tried other brands as well and this is probably the best so far!
Stitches are very neat and even. No padding makes the strap extremely comfortable to wear. Highly recommended.
Good quality and well constructed! Pairs perfectly with my good old Sarb033 :)
