Patek Philippe

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I'm glad you like it. The splash of color, pebbly texture, and the stitching definitely dress it down compared to the typical strap you see paired with this reference (as you well know). While I like beautiful croc straps, I also like to dress my formal w...  

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The dial will really contrast nicely with the yellow strap. I like that you're taking a playful approach to such a dressy watch.

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Please post photos when you get the new strap.

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Very Hodinkee

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My wife thinks some of my tastes in watches and straps border on hideous (in particular the blue salmon strap for my FPJ CS), so I'm used to critical reviews.

It looked better in my mind than on my wrist. I'd rate it a B- combination. The 19 mm width makes it difficult to use on any of my other watches.

The nice vintage look of the baton markers and leaf hands with a waterproof screwed case back, the best of two worlds for me between the first series snap case back and the more modern hands and markers of later series. And on top of that in R version it ...  

That is going to be my next strap, Mike. The green looks *fabulous* with rose gold. Where did you get it?

You should try…

Now you have a unique version of 3970 second series !

It's growing on me.

I still pinch myself when I put this little gem on.