20mm black with red stitching leather NATO strap, NATOSCAN Arezzo line. Vegetable-tanned leather backed with a hypoallergenic hide, under 2mm thick. Stainless steel buckle and keepers. Handmade in Arezzo, exclusively for La Boîte à Montres. 20mm lug width — Tudor Ranger, Longines Spirit 40, Longines HydroConquest 41, Hamilton Khaki Murph 38, Tissot PRX Powermatic 80.
Black leather with no visible stitching is a neutral object. Add red stitching and it becomes a choice. The thread is laid by hand, regular to a tenth — that is where the difference between a workshop and a production line shows.
This is where the difficulty lies. A NATO strap has to pass under the case: beyond a certain thickness, it no longer does. Yet this strap layers two leathers — the top leather and a hypoallergenic lining — and stays under 2mm. It fits every watch.
Two expensive choices you do not see at first glance. Vegetable tanning gives leather that patinas — it darkens, it softens, it becomes yours. The hypoallergenic lining solves the problem of leather against skin, in summer, when the wrist sweats.
This strap exists nowhere but here. It is handmade in Arezzo, Tuscany, by a workshop we work with directly. No reseller offers it, no marketplace copies it — to copy it, you would first have to know how to make it.
One strap, passing under the case and looping back to the buckle. You open no spring bars, you reach for no tools. And the watch is held at two points instead of one — that is what makes this type of strap safe. Stainless buckle and keepers.
You will see nylon on screen: the demonstration is about the method, not the product. Remove the original bracelet, thread the strap under the case, done. The NATOSCAN fits the same way, material aside.
Better said plainly. Leather is not nylon: no sea, no pool, no washing machine. If you want a strap for diving or a summer by the water, take a nylon NATO strap — that is what it is for. The NATOSCAN is for the rest of the year.
Christopher Ward C60 Trident Pro 40, Certina DS Action Diver 38, Mido Ocean Star Tribute, Longines Legend Diver 39, CWC SBS Diver. Measure the gap between your lugs, not the case diameter.
The range has variations: see the black NATOSCAN and the dark green NATOSCAN. Everything is here: Arezzo leather straps 20mm.
To choose the right strap width, a few pointers are enough. It's all on video in our NATO strap installation guide.
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