Got my two-piece rubber ZULU strap from Alex Moss (yellowdogwatchstraps.com) with brass hardware and stitching. Fits perfectly with my brass Helson Shark Diver - well it was made to measure for it - thanks Alex for this excellent piece of work!
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Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
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Re: Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
Ralph,
Yet again a superbly matched watch and strap; it looks like it came with the Helson. You introduced me to Finwatchstraps, guess I'll have to take a look at yellowdog, too. I think the whole thing looks ace...
Des
Yet again a superbly matched watch and strap; it looks like it came with the Helson. You introduced me to Finwatchstraps, guess I'll have to take a look at yellowdog, too. I think the whole thing looks ace...
Des
Does melancholy count as two of your five daily servings?
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Re: Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
Des, you have to chat with Alex. He can actually do much more than is shown in his shop.
In fact the recommendation came from tikkathree here in the forum, for a brass-leather strap.
But Alex does not do leather straps any more so I went for rubber instead - which was a good choice for a diver watch anyway.
Although it is pretty thin material for the clunky Helson - Alex confirmed its strength and safety.
In fact the recommendation came from tikkathree here in the forum, for a brass-leather strap.
But Alex does not do leather straps any more so I went for rubber instead - which was a good choice for a diver watch anyway.
Although it is pretty thin material for the clunky Helson - Alex confirmed its strength and safety.
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Re: Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
One of the best watch-strap combos I’ve seen in ages! Nice one
watching you fail in your quest for a “one watch” has been great entertainment
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Re: Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
Agreed that looks great!
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^^^ + 1.
That looks fantastic!
Not too many options available on the website on the surface of it but lots of sub-options available when you dig deeper....
Thanks for posting this.
cheers
That looks fantastic!
Not too many options available on the website on the surface of it but lots of sub-options available when you dig deeper....
Thanks for posting this.
cheers
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Re: Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
Fantastic looking strap that, a perfect match. As a fan of rubber straps I’m gonna give them a go - I’ve been on the website and seen a rally style rubber - I’m hoping he can do me a 2 piece one with low profile hardware and some contrast stitching.
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Re: Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
Thanks for the mention. I'm sad that Alex has so streamlined his range of strap materials - he used to do some brilliant bicolour leather straps; the black leather here is in fact red lined.time_lizard wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 9:14 pm Des, you have to chat with Alex. He can actually do much more than is shown in his shop.
In fact the recommendation came from tikkathree here in the forum, for a brass-leather strap.
But Alex does not do leather straps any more so I went for rubber instead - which was a good choice for a diver watch anyway.
Although it is pretty thin material for the clunky Helson - Alex confirmed its strength and safety.
Different finishes of rubber, different colour stitching and different colour/finish hardware and of course two-piece as well as nato/zulus.
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Re: Yellow Dog Rubber Watchstrap
Beautiful straps! I was after the brown leather with brass shown left in your picture.tikkathree wrote: ↑Sat Jul 03, 2021 4:57 pm
Different finishes of rubber, different colour stitching and different colour/finish hardware and of course two-piece as well as nato/zulus.
But he does two-piece NATOs, which is excellent if you have a thick watch like mine or a bottom glass window to admire the machine room of your watch