leather strap for Breitling Navitimer

[boxster9]

I'm looking to buy a leather strap with a deployment clasp for my Navitimer. I do not want to buy the original Breitling strap and clasp. I am sure it's brilliant but cannot justify the price.

Can you help me by suggesting a reasonably priced alternative?

Where can I get a good deployment from?

Any ideas which colour would best suit a black faced nvitimer?

Any suggestions you could make to help me out would be appreciated.

[PhantomPH]

At the risk of sounding like a tt - how can you not justify the price of a replacement strap, when you have obviously justified and PAID the price of the watch itself?

Peronally, I would never put anything other than a Breitling strap on a Breitling watch. I guess in the same way as I will always ensure my watches are sent back to the manufacturer for servicing at the correct times.

To me it's a little like buying a Ferrari and then changing the bonnet and doors for ones made by Halfords...

[dawson2k5]

Not really, as many strap manufacturers produce to OEM standards.
Breitling straps are overpriced and better quality ones can be had for a quarter of the price, try timefactors.com
they do straps and deployment clasps and are apparently superb quality.
Thanks,
Andrew

[tertius]

Especially since there is nfw Breitling actually make their own straps - they will buy them in and have Breitling stamped on the inside ...

RIOS and Di-Modell make excellent straps.

[boxster9]

PhantomPH said:

At the risk of sounding like a tt - how can you not justify the price of a replacement strap, when you have obviously justified and PAID the price of the watch itself?

Peronally, I would never put anything other than a Breitling strap on a Breitling watch. I guess in the same way as I will always ensure my watches are sent back to the manufacturer for servicing at the correct times.

To me it's a little like buying a Ferrari and then changing the bonnet and doors for ones made by Halfords...

I don't see much point in paying £200+ for a Breitling strap, if you can get a similar or better quality one from another supplier.

Thanks fo all the info, I have come across 'Hirsh Liberty' straps, which are apparently made to the same spec as the Breitling ones but at a much lower cost.

[Rgee]

There's plenty to choose from here......http://www.watchworx.co.uk/