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May 2, 2025

How to Choose the Perfect Leather Watch Strap for Your Watch

How to Choose the Right Leather Watch Strap for Your Watch

If you’re looking to upgrade your watch with a handmade leather strap, knowing how to choose the right one is key. The perfect strap doesn’t just enhance your timepiece — it reflects your personal style and ensures long-lasting comfort. In this guide, we’ll walk you through everything you need to know to select the best leather strap for your watch.

📏 1. Know Your Lug Width

The most important first step is measuring your watch’s lug width — the space between the two points where the strap attaches. Common widths include 18mm, 20mm, 22mm, and 24mm. Using the correct width ensures a perfect fit and keeps your watch looking balanced.

🧵 2. Choose the Right Leather Type

  • Full-Grain Leather: The highest quality — durable, ages beautifully, and develops a rich patina.
  • Top-Grain Leather: A refined and slightly thinner option, ideal for a sleeker look.
  • Vegetable-Tanned: Eco-friendly, rich in natural character, and handmade by skilled artisans.

Tip: Always ask about the leather source and tanning process if you’re buying bespoke straps.

🎨 3. Match Your Watch’s Style

Think about the design of your watch. Is it a classic dress watch? A rugged diver? A modern smartwatch?

  • Dress watches pair well with thin, stitched leather straps in black or brown.
  • Field or military watches go well with distressed or vintage-style straps.
  • Smartwatches like Apple or Galaxy Watch look elegant with custom leather adapters.

🪡 4. Consider Stitching and Hardware

Stitching style can transform the look of your strap — from refined and subtle to rugged and bold. You can also choose hardware colors (silver, gold, black, or bronze) to match your watch case. Some handmade straps even offer personalized engraving on the buckle or underside.

🌿 5. Why Custom, Handmade Straps Are Worth It

A handmade leather strap offers more than mass-produced alternatives:

  • Custom sizing for perfect comfort
  • Natural materials with no harmful chemicals
  • Timeless craftsmanship that supports artisans

Your strap is part of your daily wear — make it one-of-a-kind.

🛒 Ready to Choose Yours?

Browse our handmade leather strap collection and find the perfect fit for your timepiece. Whether you’re replacing a worn-out band or upgrading your look, we’re here to help you choose a strap that fits your wrist and your lifestyle.

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What size should I get for my strap?

One of the fears of buying straps online is that you might not know if the strap is of the correct length to suit your wrist. We hope that by the time you are done reading this page, you will know what size you should get. There are two methods that we will run through:

  1. Method 1 – Measure your current strap
  2. Method 2 – Not-So-Quick Math
Size Chart
 

Method 1 – Measure your current strap

This method is the quickest way to know what size to order, but it might not be very precise. What you will need is an existing two-piece strap on your watch. It does not have to be a leather strap.

  1. Measure the length of the long and short piece of the strap. (Example: 105mm on the long strap, and 80mm on the short strap)
  2. Choose the size with the following size chart – the closest to the total length of your existing straps. (The closest size in this example would be M (115mm + 70mm = 185mm)
  3. Note that this is still an approximation, and you should adjust accordingly if your current strap does not fit your wrist perfectly.

Method 2 – Measure your wrist size

If your cannot measure your current strap for some reasons, you would need to measure your wrist size and purchase the strap size according to the guidelines below. If you are between sizes (for e.g. wrist size of 16.7cm), we recommend to size up.

Step 1: Measure your wirst with the rope:

Step 2:Measure the rope length with the ruler:

And then following the size chart below to know your strap length:

Find Your Watch Strap Lug Width

If you’re looking to purchase a strap for your watch, you will need to know the lug width of your watch. Lug width refers to “A” in this schematic below.

There are two ways to find out the lug width of your watch.

  1. Firstly, you can Google “<watch brand and model> lug width” and see if there is an answer from the brand’s website, or some other websites.
  2. Alternatively, you can simply take a ruler and measure the lug width directly on your watch.

Lug widths are typically in whole numbers, and while the most common lug widths are between 18-22mm, they can go down to 8mm or up to 32mm even. Our ready stock straps are available in 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, 19mm, 20mm, 21mm, 22mm, 24mm and 26mm. If you need other lug widths, you can have it custom made.

You will then need to purchase a strap of the same lug width. For example, if your watch has a lug width of 20mm, you will need to purchase strap with a width of 20-16.

Note: Our Widths typically have two numbers, for example 20-16. The first number (20) refers to the lug width (“A” in the schematic above). The second number (16) refers to the buckle width (“B” in the schematic above). You just need to ensure that the first number matches the lug width of your watch.