20mm Alligator-Embossed Watch Strap Honey Hand-Patinated AREZZO PATINO

An embossed leather, patinated scale by scale

The Patino is a cowhide embossed with an alligator pattern, not an exotic skin. What separates it from an ordinary embossed leather is the work that follows: each scale is patinated by hand, which hollows the joints and brings out the relief. An industrial emboss stays flat; this one does not.

Photographed on a Rolex 5513

Our workshop shots present it on a Rolex 5513. The honey picks up the tone old indices take as they age, and the patina of the leather answers that of the dial. It is a match few new straps achieve.

The choice of semi-matt

On an embossed leather, a glossy finish gives the imitation away at once. Semi-matt does the opposite: it lets shadow work in the scale joints and gives depth. Clean side cut, 4 mm tapering padding, hypoallergenic leather lining.

Our other 20mm proposals

See every 20mm leather watch strap. For genuine CITES-certified alligator, the honey Darkgator alligator strap 20mm. In genuine square-scaled crocodile, the honey Square crocodile 20mm.