Horological Meandering

The law applies to crocodiles, alligators, lizards, hippos (never seen hippo leather straps) as well as fur products. I cannot imagine how that can affect handbags, leather strap watches, especially many high end brands uses crocodile straps. It will be i... 

Yesterday, I visited three Orange County boutiques of favorite brands and asked about this. All three confirmed they will no longer sell alligator straps in California as of January 1st. Two didn't yet know how corporate would handle it, but one of these ... 

It will be interesting to see eventually, if new Alligator strap companies will start hoarding and price increases. It’s still early for now.

. . . who's at least considering moving out of state. :-(

. . . as alligator and croc straps form a good portion of his business. It's a sad state of affairs, truly it is . . .

. . . made from pineapple leaves. Vegan fabric is the result, and already in use for handbags and such. Odds are good that at least one manufacturer will offer pineapple straps. The goods, though, will be odd. ;-)

Avocado skin? Banana peel?

...into a delicious dessert. ...  

. . . or, as we're fond of saying here, "Misery loves company." ...  

And it's these farms that produce raw material skins for the straps, bags, etc. If it wasn't for them "normal" conservation efforts wouldn't have saved these species from extinction. I live in CA (since 1980) and a lot of things that made this a great Sta... 

Let's be nice humans and not change the way Mother Nature designs for the animals. Anyway, jokes aside....I think the "Grapes and Wines" are moving up already due to weather. Oregon is also sales tax free

Just like that congressman [small C] who said that hearsay is stronger than direct evidence 🤦🏻‍♂️

with Alligators and Crocs roaming, ruling and eating humans, lol...

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Is this exemption possible ;-))

I will admit to having a black embossed strap on a vintage watch and will admit it looks pretty good, it would take a trained eye to spot it.

... and they are really good. Difference with genuine alligator is very small. Marcus

Most lizard leather is coming from farms now and most farmers are small business owners. If you frame the meat as the product and the skin as a waste product, the argument is something like, “We already farm alligators for meat, so why force us to throw o... 

Make the producers ethical; raise the price and tax it so that people who want alligator (and other exotic straps) pay appropriately; invest money in protecting species and habitats and see where that gets us. To me, this is the same argument for meat. Ma... 

Especially since a tax and reinvestment plan should incentivize the same change in behavior as an outright ban, without the outright restriction in freedom. I’m not well versed in the history of controlling and restricting exotic animal materials. Most hi... 

...along with the black rubber strap for my blue-dialed VC Overseas when I bought it a few months ago for this very reason (forgot about it until your post -- need to call tomorrow to make sure they have it). Kind regards, Dan

Worst case they should be able to ship to Vegas (if they have a store) and send you for a nice holiday stay there to pick it up

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I watched a few documentarys about alligator skin production and never wanted to buy any leather again. So i went to a few ADs to ask for a very elegant, yet vegan alternative for my calatrava but nobody had one. So my hope is that things are going to cha... 

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