20/16 Alligator strap

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Does anyone know where I can get a 20/16 gator strap in a brown/red (chestnut) colour with white stitching and a buckle I can remove and replace with my blancpain buckle? The watch gallery quoted £330 for a genuine blancpain one, but (a) I don't trust them as they're stupid and (b) that seems steep to me!
Thanks in advance
Andy

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Thanks. It's 20/16, so that's where the difficulty lies! I'll try cousins and also someone told me about a place in Piccadilly where they do custom straps called jean Rousseau.

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tertius said:

Especially since it will have been done by a highly trained name-stamping-on craftsman using a handmade artisan name-stamping-on machine, used by generations of name-stamping-onners with skills passed down from father to son.

reminds me of the episode of 'Frasier' where Niles buys a pair of Italian shoes that are 'artisan handmade' and everytime a pair is made, the church bell is rung and there's dancing in the village square'. Or something like that.

Jean Rousseau are quoting about £195 for a custom strap, so I'll take mine along and see if they can do a close match...

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Ordered from Jean Rousseau, for £180 a delightful 'gator strap in red/brown gloss finish with white stitching. Ready in 3-4 weeks! Great shop and what a huge range they've got!

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I'll let you know when the puddings been eaten, but I was impressed that I chose the actual skin I wanted and then the part I wanted the strap made from! I chose the larger rectangular scales which then reduce to smaller ones as it is more interesting looking and it was £15 cheaper then getting the whole thing made from uniform large recrangular scales. V funny I thought!