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HIRSCH

HIRSCH Artisanal - Features
Anyone who possesses a valuable and unique watch will also want something special from the watch strap that is worn with it. HIRSCH watch straps are masterpieces, each created...
HIRSCH Artisanal - Manufacturing
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 - Elements
HIRSCH 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...
HIRSCH Artisanal - Compatible Watches
WatchStyle provides leather watch straps from the European OEM manufacturers, including ABP, Camille Fournet and Hirsch. HIRSCH watch straps meet the design requirements...
HIRSCH Leonardo - Features
So far, owners of watches with integrated bracelet attachment were restricted to original watch straps. Leonardo, however, combines aesthetics and design with innovative technology...
HIRSCH Leonardo - Elements
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...
HIRSCH Leonardo - Assembly Guide
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...
HIRSCH SAL - Casio Reference
WatchStyle provides hi-tech watch straps from the European OEM manufacturers, including Hirsch, Eulit and Citizen. These replacement straps meet...
HIRSCH Quality System
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...
Topic of the Month - 100m Water-Resistant
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...
Topic of the Month - No Allergy
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...
CEO Robert Hirsch - Interview
Launch Windows Media Player
[...] 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

Camille Fournet

Background
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...
Values
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...
Craftsmanship
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...

Rios1931

German Craftsmanship
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...
Manufacturing Techniques
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

SES System
ARISTO Vollmer, the bracelet manufacturer of Pforzheim/Germany, provides material for prominent watch brands. The senior chief, graduate engineer Hans Vollmer...
The Right Way to the Wrist
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 Band Tutorials

Watch Strap Sizing
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...
Sizing the Leather Strap
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...
Sizing the Link Bracelet
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...
Sizing the Mesh Bracelet
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...
Linking the Bracelet
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...
The Foldover Clasp
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...
Attaching the Bracelet
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...
Repairing and Sizing Expansion Straps
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...
Repairing Expansion Straps
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...

Battery Tutorials

Open & Shut the Watch Case
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...
Replacing the Watch Battery
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...
VARTA Batteries - Reference Guide
This guide of other battery brands helps you find just the right battery for your needs.

NOTE: Our watch straps are made by Europe's most renowned manufacturers, including ABP, Camille Fournet and Hirsch. They are not the official watch straps of the watch brands mentioned on this website.

   
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