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WatchStyle provides high-end leather watch straps from the European OEM manufacturers, including HIRSCH, Camille Fournet and RIOS1931. HIRSCH Artisanal watch straps meet the design requirements...

Anyone who possesses a valuable and unique watch will also want something special from the watch strap that is worn with it. HIRSCH Artisanal watch straps are masterpieces, each created...

In order to create its leather watch bands, HIRSCH uses top quality skins from different kinds of animals (mammals, reptiles, fish, birds). Depending on the type of animal, different leather parts can be used...

HIRSCH Artisanal leather watch straps essentially consist of 3 parts: The upper leather on the upper side of the watch strap, the lining leather on the underside of the watch strap and the inlay layer, an intermediate...

So far, owners of watches with integrated bracelet attachment were restricted to original watch straps. Leonardo, however, combines aesthetics and design with innovative technology...

The attachment area of the bracelet allows to be fitted on to a wide variety of watch case forms. In all there are 8 possibilities for positioning and adjustment to integrated attachments on watch cases...

Using the Instrumento, determine the correct position for the insert and for the spring bar. Place the Instrumento with the attachment (including the insert in the appropriate lug width) against the watch case...

Strict selection and controls with regards to materials and suppliers along with rigorous quality procedures during production are the basis of the reliability which has characterized HIRSCH for generations...

HIRSCH watch straps are generally Water-Resistant and dry more quickly than conventional bracelets, without any loss of physical and aesthetic quality, suppleness and appearance...

Scarcely anyone knows if their skin is allergic to leather. The majority of the population suffers from some form of allergy and it is children who suffer to an increasing extent from them...

[...] In effect, we produce out of two pieces of leather one piece which not only pleases the eye, but stands up to the highest technical quality expectations [...] English, WMV 68 MB

In 1945, Camille Fournet started the business that was to become an international company. He was born in 1915 and spent part of his youth in Romans, in France’s Drôme department, a region...

We naturally seek beauty because it is a sign of workmanship that awakens the senses and elicits an emotional response. Camille Fournet expresses pleasure through the beauty of materials...

A rich and varied collection in which exotic leathers predominate. Let yourself be guide by your emotions through the materials selected by Camille Fournet exotic, classic or sometimes unusual leathers...

Since the foundation of our company by watchmaker master craftsman Oswald Riemer in 1931, we are likely the only manufacturer in the world using the traditional Swiss full-bugg procedure...

In the production of a rembordé (or full-wrapped) strap, the upper leather is turned around the breathable, natural cotton fleece and glued. Then the folded upper leather is glued to the lining leather as deep as the fibre...

ARISTO Vollmer, the bracelet manufacturer of Pforzheim/Germany, provides material for prominent watch brands. The senior chief, graduate engineer Hans Vollmer...

At the beginning there is only metal. In up to 85 work steps, the raw material is transformed by a team of toolmakers, goldsmiths, production assistants...

Watch Strap Length (middle hole - thorn end) + Watch Case Width (spring bar - spring bar) = Wrist Circumference. Sizes below may differ from the chosen watch strap model...

Leather straps are sold in a variety of end widths designated in inches or millimeters. Leather is flexible enough to interchange inches for millimeters. For example, you can use...

The rigid links in these straps are typically interconnected with pins or screws. Sizing often begins with the clasp and the use of its adjustment holes. You can simply move the spring bar...

Here we focus on what may be the least forgiving bracelet in watch repair: mesh. But it's important to know how to repair mesh because its popularity is growing. It started...

The link bracelet is held together in several ways. In recent columns we've covered mesh varieties and how to fit links back onto cases. Here we cover how to use linkpin tools to...

Several areas on the buckles are most problematic: the center hinge pin and the solid pin that holds the buckle assembly to the six o'clock side of the bracelet. When the customer arrives...

The strap usually is attached with a push pin called a spring bar. Each end of the bar collapses inward under pressure and then extends when placed into the holes of the watch case lugs...

Expansion straps are made of a series of bottom and top rectangular, tube-shaped links holding two leaf springs and four U-shaped clips per link. On top is a decorative cap...

As the popularity of expansion straps continues to, well, expand, you've no doubt been asked at some point to custom-fit or repair one. We discussed repairing basic models of Speidel straps...

WatchStyle provides high-end sport watch straps from the European OEM manufacturers, including HIRSCH and EULIT. These replacement straps meet...

Remove the snap-on case back by inserting a thin-bladed knife into a notch located between the case back and the frame. Rotate the blade to lever the case back away from the frame...

When a quartz watch stops keeping time, the first assumption is the battery has to be replaced. That assumption is correct in most cases – very little else interferes with the accuracy...

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