The 20mm rally watch strap Maranello matt calf is made from matt-tanned calf with a vintage patina, Tuscan vegetable tanning. Flat 3.5 mm structure with no padding. Contrasting beige stitching. Polished stainless buckle 18 mm included and removable.
The matt tanning of this hide is chosen for one reason: it puts no pigment barrier between the leather and either light or contact. The colour therefore moves from the first weeks, faster than a treated smooth leather. This is the model for an older watch that should not wear an obviously new strap.
On a nineteen-seventies chronograph, a leather that is too smooth gives the replacement away. Matt calf blends in. Our workshop shots show it on an Omega Speedmaster: the strap accompanies the case rather than trying to rejuvenate it.
Constant 3.5 mm thickness, no build-up at the lugs. Three rows of through-perforations, contrasting beige stitching, clean side cut, vegetable-tanned leather lining.
The whole range of 20mm leather watch straps is here. The same design comes in smooth black leather. To refit spring bars without bending them, the watchmaker tools page has what the workshop uses.
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