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hey guys i am thinking of using this for a treatment and cleaning of the strap, its from my audi leather seats, its a kind of milk to hidrate the leather i think its apropriate
what do you say? smells great too

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Breitling Chrono Avenger Black Dial whit Pro II Ti, Diver Pro I
Breitling BlackBird Big Date brushed whit SS Bracelet, brown croco
Breitling BlackBird Blacksteel 528/2000 Whit Dp2 Deployment
Omega Planet Ocean Chrono 9300 Co-axial Ceramic on SS bracelet

Should work fine. Any leather treatment product of decent quality is ok.

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Do you think it's going to cause a skin reaction?

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This is a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design,hand-crafted in Switzerland.
In Philadelphia it's worth Fifty bucks.

no i just want to clean and conserve the leather not to ruin it anymore

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Breitling Chrono Avenger Black Dial whit Pro II Ti, Diver Pro I
Breitling BlackBird Big Date brushed whit SS Bracelet, brown croco
Breitling BlackBird Blacksteel 528/2000 Whit Dp2 Deployment
Omega Planet Ocean Chrono 9300 Co-axial Ceramic on SS bracelet

I just cleaned a strap using Lexol. It is a neutral PH leather cleaner with no fragrance.

I just took a wash cloth and got it wet. Then I got the cloth nice and soapy with the Lexol. I set the strap in the soapy wash cloth and very gently gave it a bath. Don't rub it agressivly. When it was all done I rinsed the strap off and blotted it dry. Let it sit for a day and dry. It should be looking and smelling good. Your strap is in about the same condition as mine was before I cleaned it, mine looks like new so yours should too.

The thing with the Lexol is that it's very gentle and will just get the body oils off the strap.

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This is a Rochefoucauld, the thinnest water-resistant watch in the world. Singularly unique, sculptured in design,hand-crafted in Switzerland.
In Philadelphia it's worth Fifty bucks.

I've used Autoglym leather care products on my own straps in the past and it works just fine. I must be honest though I only treated the outside surface as the inner surface was my own sweat! In terms of cleaning the inner surface I'd certainly be tempted to use a car leather seat cleaner after maybe a light wash with soap and water. Just don't get it too wet (i.e. don't immerse it if you can help it), and let it air dry naturally (i.e. not over a heat source) before using the leather care products.

(Disclaimer - Autoglym has worked OK for me, but I'm not guaranteeing it will for everyone. Use on your own straps entirely at your own risk!)

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Driver8

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I ride horses and so have saddles and things to care for and I always use dubbin for saddle leather. I've also found that works well with straps.

Bit of a funny topic this one... treating leather straps to prevent further detoriation. Sounds a bit strange to me. If you wear that watch every day the leather is going to age and darken and finally fall apart. If that is so unbearable don't use a leather strap. Buying it second hand... well to each his own I suppose

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Same argument goes for a car - keep using it and it will fall apart.

I still service my cars though!

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BREITLING EMERGENCY + UTC CORAL DIALS
BREITLING AEROSPACE TITANIUM PROF (SOLD)
ROLEX SUBMARINER BI-COLOR BLUE DIAL
LOUIS VUITTON TAMBOUR DIVERS
PANERAI LUMINOR

To each their own.

I used to use dubbin on my rugby boots and I always found it to be sticky, non-drying and generally pretty grim. Reminded me of thick crude oil! It worked very well at water-proofing my rugby boots but I wouldn't have it round my wrist. I assume there's some lighter version for non-boot applications?

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Driver8

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Yeah - it's not that heavy. I'll check the brand when I get home.