titanium watches are lovely....until you need a new strap!

[Wadeski]

christ, £95 for a new Ti strap?! (inc VAT and shipping)...bit of an unexpected wallet-buster!

[okgo]

Just looked up the cost for a new Omega bracelet for my watch..well over £300... One store is selling it at £500!!!!

So assuming your watch is half decent, you got off lightly

[toohuge]

95, is that all?! That's a great price!

[Wadeski]

'tis a Seiko - steel ones are half that or less!

then again 500 nicker for an omega strap, thats crazy

[Tycho]

okgo said:

Just looked up the cost for a new Omega bracelet for my watch..well over £300... One store is selling it at £500!!!!

So assuming your watch is half decent, you got off lightly

Almost fell off my chair when I saw the cost!

Note to self, must take better care of watch and not play footie with it on....

[Tea of Teabaggin]

£800 for my Rolex.........I'm never wearing it again now.

[andy tims]

The Ti IWC Aquatimer BRACELETS (I'll say again, straps are made of leather, rubber, or fabric) are apparently £850

[ShadownINja]

If you ever needed a reason to use a Nato or a leather strap...

[Podie]

A quick Google suggests I might get change from £400 for a Ti bracelet for my Breitling Aerospace...

[sparkyhx]

Wadeski said:

christ, £95 for a new Ti strap?! (inc VAT and shipping)...bit of an unexpected wallet-buster!

Sorry, but £95, thats a billy bargain, you can pay double/triple that for a replacement manufacturers 'leather' strap.

[whoami]

sparkyhx said:

Wadeski said:

christ, £95 for a new Ti strap?! (inc VAT and shipping)...bit of an unexpected wallet-buster!

Sorry, but £95, thats a billy bargain, you can pay double/triple that for a replacement manufacturers 'leather' strap.

And the rest.

[okgo]

Perhaps I will take more care of my bracelt now then, its just chucked in a drawer at the minute, had I known it was worth 500 nicker, it would be under lock and key

[Dr_Rick]

sparkyhx said:

Wadeski said:

christ, £95 for a new Ti strap?! (inc VAT and shipping)...bit of an unexpected wallet-buster!

Sorry, but £95, thats a billy bargain, you can pay double/triple that for a replacement manufacturers 'leather' strap.

I'll second that. My IWC Pilots Chrono needs a replacement leather strap. Cursory enquiry at AD told me it would be £160 for a replacement. And if you want a deployant to go with that as opposed to the standard buckle, that'll be best part of £300 ... just for the deployant, strap is extra.

Dr Rick

[Animal]

£95 is a steal. A new bracelet for my Zenith is apparently £800, which explains why it's been stuffed inside a sock keeping my cufflinks company for the past 2 years!

[cyberface]

andy tims said:

The Ti IWC Aquatimer BRACELETS (I'll say again, straps are made of leather, rubber, or fabric) are apparently £850

Damnation... mine's starting to get scuffed / polished smooth from wear *already*

Must be time to buy a new watch then

[sparkyhx]

sparkyhx said:

Wadeski said:

christ, £95 for a new Ti strap?! (inc VAT and shipping)...bit of an unexpected wallet-buster!

Sorry, but £95, thats a billy bargain, you can pay double/triple that for a replacement manufacturers 'leather' strap.

Just remembered, one extra link for my Stainless GP was £120 and that was about 2 years ago

[RemaL]

LOL at the OP, I got worn through my Tag leather strap on 18 months and it was £190 for a replacement SS strap

[Murph7355]

How often is it that a metal strap gets destroyed to the point of no return?

I've scuffed my Omega strap a lot (through daily wear) but it can be polished out very easily (they did it as part of a service I had recently).

[andy tims]

cyberface said:

Damnation... mine's starting to get scuffed / polished smooth from wear *already*

Must be time to buy a new watch then

Titamium can be re-bead blasted - watch head + bracelet for circa £70.00, but I can see how you might want to tell the OH that a new watch was "necessary"

[Wadeski]

800 quid for a new strap?

just buy a nice Sinn and stick your old watch on a leather one