Whiskey bracelet stitched Shell cordovan leather watch strap 21mm fits on Breguet type XX 3800 Aeronavale, Transatlantique 3820

What is "Cordovan" ?

What does it means ?

Chrono-Shop try to explain to you.

The cordovan is a special color created for leather straps, belt, shoes long ago by tanners in the Cordoba region of Spain or the name of cordovan dwellers of this country.Besides this country is currently one of the jewels of Spain producing the highest range of large and small leather goods leather tanning plant, the center of interest that in a village called Ubrique every major jewelry world there their factory packaging.

Without going into the details of vegetable tanned leather horse (tanneries never delivers their tanning secrets), we can say that only the sight of the foal or horse is used (upper outer hind legs of the animal to an area of ​​approximately 1.5 to 2 square feet) with the remainder being used for furniture for planes & car seats .

The fitting of a pair of shoes, or built a watches strap is very delicate, because it is leather like all good leather is very fragile assembly, and supports only very few high temperatures, machines get all the shoes are still very high in temperature.

Very little of this tan leather tanneries, the reference in the material being "Horween" in Chicago, leather horse used by Americans before Horween don 'make tanning was tanned in France by tanneries "SUEUR", they have been included are by Horween time with their processes and some of their staff.

The first horse leather used for production came from England in the early 80's SUEUR for a brand that some of you know.

That leather is exceptional quality ! unique, it is one of the only leather fits al' to all others, being al flower leather inside and outside al the flesh, to or longevity of a pair of shoe leather horse.

Today only a few brands venture up shoes in this type of leather (5 or 6 may be in the world) Americans and Spanishs mens are very fond and connoisseurs of good taste.

May be that one day you will realize elements of elegance leather horse, this is all study, the belts, watches strap, wallets are very difficult to achieve given the skin surface, but other ideas are in this leather gestation.

Very difficult to find in a quality acceptable, given the scarcity of animals, it is no longer war with horses.

DESCRIPTION ITEM :

Whiskey color.

21mm end pieces and 18mm near buckle.

buckle is stainless steel.

White seams on contours.

Leather is soft and perfect for wear every days !

With age, the leather will have a beautifull patina with different shades.

Fits on 21mm watches as Breguet TYPE XX watches serials.

GUARANTEED 1OO% GENUINE CORDOVAN STRAP