Spiff
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Black starp
You are correct, the black strap is probably the easiest option. One cannot be wrong with a black strap. But I tent to avoid black straps. To my taste, the combination is a little to "hard" with strong contrasts. I have the feeling that less "strong contrasts" put the watch forward.
While I was hunting mine, I collected many picture of this watch. Below is one from a French man "ARNO" that gave me the idea to try the "cognac" coloured croc.

Nice one Spiff
By: Starman : March 29th, 2009-03:09
I see you put on a brown strap just as I did. Mine came on a black alligator strap, but IMO this watch wears brown leather very well. Does your bezel scratches as much as mine does? I mean the small part of the bezel; it seems slightly higher, or at the s...
More brown strap
By: Spiff : March 29th, 2009-09:30
I also much perfer this watch on brown strap. Even medium brown is very much to my taste ;-) Regarding the sratches, as for all polished watches, this is very complicated to keep it mint. The little bezel around the sapphir is very exposed, you are right....
Yep, nice strap
By: Starman : March 29th, 2009-12:34
Great strap but I prefer the dark brown. Ever tried a blue strap to match the blued second hand Here's mine; my sincere apologies for wearing my watches on the "wrong" wrist. Being left handed this feels more natural to me. Also never a problem with crown...