ALPINE INTERNATIONALALPINE Genuine vintage leather watch strap with quick release spring bars - watch band colors Black, Bown, Tan - 18, 20, 22, 24 mm

Nice colour, good quality leather, and excellent value.

It's only £15 I believe, so good value BUT it appears to be chocolate brown and it's not, it's a burgundy brownSo that was disappointing, the leather is quality but it's thin.It is very comfortable but I like mine straps to have a thicknessTo them. The buckle is very nice, so I should up it to 4 star from 3, I will see how it goes. I think Amazon should also do a SIX month review. I do like TSTRAP brand.

Wanted a cheap leather strap to change the look of a field watch I have,seen some reviews and decided to take a punt. £16 not going to break the bank butI was pleasantly surprised by the quality and feel, tried for the 1st time today for a few hoursand instantly comfortable, no bedding in like some leather straps I've previously had.Very pleased with purchase

I have bought two of these now, both blue, one a 22mm for one of my Seiko 5s and the other a 20mm which looks and feels stunningly good on both my 2016 Omega Seamaster 300 pro and my 2021 Red Star mechanical chronograph.For the price, actually by any standard, these Alpine straps are exceptionally good. They're soft and comfortable from the first time of using, no lengthy waiting and suffering as can happen with some stiffer straps. The straps have a beautiful patinated feel, yet with the smell of equally beautiful, fresh leather. There's no doubting the quality of these, yes they're very inexpensive but are far superior to many much dearer watch straps, I wouldn't attach just any old strap to my Seamaster or to its more prosaic fellow members of the watch collection, this really does bring that extra something to any watch.Not a single downside to these, highly recommended.🙂👍👍👍👍👍

The strap is very soft & comfortable straight out of the box. It looks vintage, but not "distressed", which is the look I was after.Mine is the 18mm Dark Brown & is more of a "reddish brown" than the seller's photos, but is the same colour as the customer photos in the other reviews.The biggest selling point is the length, with the strap being longer than most 18mm leather straps I found. For some reason, 18mm straps are normally shorter than the 20 & 22mm straps of the same variety. This is crazy, as the lug to lug size of 18mm watch cases is also generally smaller than 20 & 22mm cases, so you end up with a strap that will only fasten using the 2nd, or 3rd hole from the end if the strap, which is not a particularly good look.The buckle that came fixed to the strap was good quality, but I swapped it out for a buckle with a satin finish to match my watch

The good news:Great value for £15.95. The leather is a little bit thinner than I thought it might be (far thinner than a couple of Hirsch Liberties I have), but that’s no bad thing. It wears well. The smell is reminiscent of leather belts at a Primark store: does the job; pretty good; but clearly not the most expensive (looks more expensive though). But for the money, it’s really great value and I would happily buy again.The bad news:The bad news is that the quick-release pins are in my view poor quality and have scratched all four lugs on a brand-new £940 Hamilton Murph 42 mm watch. Let me explain. If you imagine that a strap pin is like an elongated thin tin can (if you ignore the final little pips that go into the watch’s holes), then the ends very much look like that, complete with little raised ridges around the edge of those circular ends. So after only 40 minutes of wear on the watch, the look around those lug holes is like I’ve got some mini pair of compasses and traced slightly larger circles into the metal all the way around them. On the one hand, it’s not the part of a watch that you’re going to look at very often. On the other hand, having blown nearly a grand on the watch itself, a cheap component that scratches it is massively annoying. I dare say on most watches, after a while they get rather scraped in that area anyway and many people wouldn’t notice or care. But I can’t help being rather disappointed at best here.Nevertheless, the watch strap is great value if you change the pins! Just take my advice and do it before you scrape your expensive watch…

4* because the leather strap is thinner than the original strap; this makes it look disproportionate with the watch thickness.All the other characteristics are same as the original seiko strap: width and length, leather quality si good, also the buckle is good quality stainless steel.Having this said, I am still wearing the original strap as the thinner strap is annoying for me.

Lovely vintage colour

Sono rimasto molto deluso da questo cinturino. In primo luogo, la qualità lascia molto a desiderare: il materiale sembra più una pelle sintetica economica piuttosto che vera pelle. Inoltre, la tonalità del colore non corrisponde affatto alle foto sul sito. Anche la texture del cinturino non è quella dichiarata e emana un odore sgradevole, simile a quello dei prodotti economici da mercato. Considerando tutti questi difetti, penso che questo cinturino non valga assolutamente i soldi spesi. Non lo consiglio assolutamente!

La correa queda perfecta, es muy fácil de poner y por ahora parece de bastante calidad,”. Ya veremos con el uso 😅