Leather Watch Band
Leather Watch Band
If you were buying a watch, would you buy a steel band watch or leather band watch?
This is pretty much a poll but whats your preference? I'll choose the best answer right away if you give me just a tad more feedback on why. thanks a lot!
Being a girl, I would prefer steel or metallic band over leather, just because it looks more expensive and classy, and is easier to match with more outfits. Same thing for a guy- a metal band will always get my pick.
Leather Watch Band Care
Besides steel band, leather band is watch band’s another main branch. It not only seems like elegant and fashional, but also can make you feel warm and comfortable in the cold winter when you wearing it. But still, there is a big problem for many watch fans —the maintenance of leather band is so difficult. Well, as the following part of my last post Watch Care Procedures -Steel Band Care, today I will go on telling you some tips for how to maintain leather band to help prolong your leather bands’ service life, after all, costs hundreds of dollars, leather band never comes cheap.
1.Wow…What is this smell?
Fine making, elegant style, leather band has been always popular with lots of watch fans. As to appearance’s pretty, in addition to watch itself must looks good, matching a proper band would be adding flowers to brocade, makes you appear to be more temperamental. But nothing exists without disadvantages, the peculiar smell leather band gives out is the biggest problem for watch owners. When leather band begin giving out strange smell, use a toothbrush soak  in soapsuds, brush the dirty part quickly, then use a piece of wet cloth clean it up. In order to avoid soapsuds permeating into leather, the whole brushing process proferably kept in 20 seconds. In addition, you also can coat a little leather oil on leather band after brushing, because leather oil has protective effect on leather, can make the whole maintenance more completed.
2.Oops…Leather band is getting harder than stone.
After wore a long time, in addition to giving out peculiar smell, leather band will get another common symptoms —hardening. Often used in damp environment will accelerates leather band’s hardening rate. Sweat can also erode the leather, makes band out of shape, hardening or even broken, causing band lost or dropped accidently. So besides the daily maintenance, it’s necessary to avoid twisting leather band when it’s getting hardening, and also, change the band in proper time is essential, too. Spend little money in exchange for beautiful and pleasant appearance, and also can help you avoid those unnecessary losses, kill two birds with one stone, why not?
Our Exhortations:
1. Leather band’s most attractive feature is its soft and comfortable texture, well, the problem along with it —not easy to maintain is also very serious. My suggestion is, only in winter it’s suitable to wear the leather band all day long, in summer or after exercise, people easy to sweating, in this condition, if there is no need, you’d better not to wear leather band. If you really like leather band and want to wear it anyway, do remember wear it after wipe your sweat, because only do this can extend the service life of your leather band.
2. Leather band can be made from lots of material, such as crocodile, lizard skin, ostrich, shark skin and calfskin, etc., regardless of what kind of materials it’s made from, long time wearing will makes it give out peculiar smell, keep the band in dry condition and clean it regularly is the one and only way. If leather band getting wet, you should wipe the water away and day it immediately, if gets dust or dirt on it, use a piece of cloth clean it as soon as possible(if cloth is wet, after cleaning, you should dry band also). Moreover, there is one thing more you should pay attention to, that is, after long time contact with sunshine, leather band will deteriorate, so, watch out.
3. Do not wear a leather band watch all the time, the ideal condition is getting two watches change regularly. Leather needs breath, ventilated environment can prolong its service life. Prepare more than one leather band not only can reduce the risk of man-made destroy, but also can give enough time to leather band to have rest. Furthermore, leather band watch’s wearing itself is a process of continuous pull and push, so if you do not use it every day, it will naturally accompany with you for longer time.
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