Leather or Croco straps

Micara · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:33 am

I just got my first Breitling Chronomat 01 LE and I am playing around with the idea to possibly get a leather strap or croco strap in black for the watch. What do you guys think and where is the best place to get one?

Iantheklutz · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:49 am

A Breitling Authorized Dealer! The leather quality from Breitling is top notch. The stiching, even color, and durability are are superb.

mfserge · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 6:50 am

Croc all the way. Breitling croc straps are beautiful. I think they add a dressy side but still sporty. I bet your watch would look awesome with a brown croc as well. I saw a photo on here of a brushed blackbird with a black dial on a dark brown breitling croc and it looked beautiful! I have a 4month old breitling croc and deploy that I want to sell but it's 24mm and won't fit your watch.

Micara · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:02 am

It has the brushed steel pilot bracelet on now. Do you think the leather is a good option?

wvynck · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 7:46 am

I also have a steel one at my B-1 and thinking of buying a leather strap.
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What would be great for my B-1 and how much should that cost me :shock:

Sasho · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:13 am

I currently have both for my SuperOcean, the Pro bracelet and black leather strap with deployant. For my Navitimer I ordered it with a croco on deployant so I am looking forward to see how the croco compares to the leather. I am guessing like previous posts that croco is a bit more classy and unique.

O2AFAC67 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:16 am

The black croco is fantastic quality and is absolute class on your B01 and B-1 IMHO...

Best,
Ron

wvynck · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:18 am

Great pictures with the black strap .. my dial is bleu .. should i buy a black strap?

Any id about the costs?

Roffensian · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:23 am

wvynck wrote:

Any id about the costs?

http://www.breitlingsource.com/pricelis ... ection=ASC

O2AFAC67 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:28 am

wvynck wrote:

Great pictures with the black strap .. my dial is bleu .. should i buy a black strap?

Any id about the costs?

Well, the blue dials go very well with either black or brown strap. If you have a chance to visit an authorized dealer he will likely "fit" them for you onto your watch for your assessment. In the U.S. the list price for croco is $480USD now, up from around $300 USD a few years ago. Breitling calf leather straps have increased from around 100 USD a number of years ago to $160 USD now. Those prices are with the tang/buckle although the prices is the same for the deployant clasp style as well but without the clasp itself. I can't recall the price right now but IIRC the deployant clasp adds another few hundred to the price. Hope this helps,
Best,
Ron

wvynck · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 8:28 am

Thanks

Micara · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:03 am

Thanks, Ron great pictures.

Alan M · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 9:54 am

Diamond pics dron as ever.

As opposed to mine:

BB+ on ABP ostrich;

BB on aged Brown Croc as requested;

And the boring old BB+ pic on custom bracelet/UTC (that dron kindly helped with info/irritation on (T));

B1 on Leather;

Promise as soon as I have a decent camera again I will take more (average) pics.

raymond147 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:28 am

never had a croc but the leather is really top class!

sharkman · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 10:32 am

Just to clarify - all the straps you are referring to are "leather" straps. There are croco leather and calf leather.

While I have both, the croco straps are well worth the money. They are just incredible and the difference is more apparant when handling calf and croco.

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