Calfskin Replacement Leather Watch Bands with Deployment Buckle for Men's Wtach Band and Women's Watch Starp 18mm-24mm

 Pretty impressed actually. Looks great on my Longines. Tools work great and it looks and feels like genuine leather. It's a nice padded strap and the clasp works great. I'll use some shoe wax to shine it up a bit

I had my reservations prior to buying this for my Tissot Le Locle, but I figured at this price, what's the worse that could happen? Especially given the fact that a genuine Tissot replacement strap goes for upwards of $75.00. Well, I have to say, the quality of this replacement strap is quite good. The leather is quite stiff, so I'm hoping it will become softer and more malleable as time goes on, and the jury is still out on how it will hold up to some light exposure to water (i.e. from washing hands, etc.), but the clasp mechanism seems well-built and durable, and overall this is a damn good product.

I keep wearing out leather and even silicone bands for my Citizen atomic watch. This band is a leather band with a buckle that imitates the type usual with a steel-links band. A suitable hole in the band goes over a metal peg in the buckle assembly — and stays there (that’s how the circumference of the band is set): much less stress on the leather than with a normal leather band being buckled or unbuckled every time one puts on or takes off the watch. The buckle is a little more complicated than than of the usual steel-links watchband, and is tricky to use the first few times — already getting used to it after three or four uses. Without the usual stress on the leather, I’m hoping this band will last far longer than leather ones usually do for me. We’ll see: early days yet. Quality looks as good as I’ve seen for similar leather bands.Two sets of the two spring pins needed to secure the band to the watch, an adequate little tool for handling them, a tidy little case that seems to be fairly nice particleboard but is perhaps a bit of overkill (somewhere to put the old band, with the tool and the extra pins, I guess).

Put this on my watch and it's a nice enough band, looks great, feels nice. The butterfly clasp does tend to stick out an poke into my wrist a bit. The leather needs to be broken in to be more comfortable and shaped to my wrist, but otherwise a good product.EDIT June 2019. Ok, after wearing this watch band for over a month, the band still looks very new, but also still very stiff, and not yet broken in. Deployment buckle digs into my wrist, so it's not comfortable for me. Hopefully you might have better luck with this band. Just ordered a plain buckle band to replace this one, as it will be more comfortable.

First let's talk about the pros: the box it comes in is a very nice touch.The included tool is excellent.The butterfly clasp is very stylish.Cons: the band itself. Please let me explain. The padding that they put inside only goes through a portion of the watch band. That's what makes it non flexible. I would prefer if it was all fine leather and no padding inside. Furthermore it is too short I have a 7-inch wrist which is not huge and because of the padding if I don't want to dig into my skin I have to put it in the third from the end hole. This doesn't leave much tale 2 fold under the two loops that are supposed to secure the end of the watch band. The band should be almost a full inch or at least half inch longer. The quality of the leather is not amazing. But overall for now it is a decent strap although not as nice as the one I had on before it the buckle I would say is more premium.

I'm a watch person and changing up the bands on watches I already own is a hobby of mine. I really enjoy it. This is the first time I have purchased from this company and I can say I am very pleased with the quality of the leather and the clasp itself. It is a very high quality item at a reasonable price. Comes with extra pins and a tool all in a nice box. I will be purchasing from them again in the future.

The brown band looks good, but the band length is short. If you have large wrists, do not purchase these. I'm using this on a large-case watch (42mm) and am on the 4th hole from the end. Any larger of a wrist or smaller of a watch and the band will not be able to use the loops. The packaging also appeared to have been opened. Nothing was missing, except perhaps the instructions. If you do not know how to use a deployment clasp, note that the metal loop to attach the 'lower' or unconnected strap is hinged; it will snap open/closed to set it in the desired hole.

Very nice looking watch band - high quality. However, the locking buckle presses uncomfortably on my wrist underneath leaving deep marks in the skin that itch, even though I fit it pretty loose on my wrist (tried various positions of the buckle on the band - no luck). I can't wear a watch with this band for more than 2-3 hours without taking it off and massaging and scratching indentation marks on my wrist for 10-15 minutes. I plan to smooth the buckle edges and corners with a small file and retry wearing it.