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BR126 Officers Watch on Black Leather Nato – Hi strap lovers, here is a strap that I recently completed for my friend and good customer Gabe from Southern California. When Gabe first contacted me about building a Nato strap for his incoming BR126 silver dial Officer’s watch<\/a>, I was a bit skeptical. A Nato strap combined with this extremely elegant watch from Bell & Ross seemed a bit <\/span>incongruent. But when he described his vision for a black “dress” Nato strap in more detail, a picture formed in my mind that confirmed to me that this combination could not only work, but be an inspired choice. undenounced to Gabe, I had <\/span>independently decided give his black leather “dress” Nato strap a little twist: a Smote Grey Eel skin lining. Any of you readers of this blog is be aware that we here at Dangerous9straps have really been taken with Eel skin for use as a lining for several reasons: 1) It’s a beautiful, exotic skin, which adds a true touch of class and luxury 2) It’s wonderfully soft against the skin. 3) Eel skin is <\/span>incredibly strong and thin. For all these reasons, Eel skin is just about the perfect lining material for most watch straps. Having never used Eel as a lining for a standard leather strap, let alone a Nato strap, I wasn’t sure that the combination would work. However, since Gabe’s design concept was for a ‘Dressy’ Nato to be combined with arguably the most elegant watch offered by Bell & Ross, I decided that if Eel skin was to work with any Nato, it would work here. I chose to use one or my most elegant colors – an almost silver toned Smoke Grey, which I though would be a great contrast to the Black leather and also a great match for the elegant silver dial of Gabe’s BR126. Here are the results, which I think are both dramatic and understatedly elegant at the same time.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks Gabe for posting these lovely photos and for allowing their use on my blog! Yours is ‘Watch of the Week<\/b>‘!!<\/div>\n
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