DD36 leather straps to fit small wrist (5.5 in)?

[anh0nym0us]

Hi all,

I'm back consulting the expertise of TRF. I tried searching the forums and found similar topics, but couldn't find the exact answers.

I am picking up a DD36 (18238) for my wife who has a small wrist size (5.5''). I'd like to pick up a nice leather strap for her as well to give her options + extend the life of the bracelet. I have some questions below. Would love it if anyone can help answer.

1) I'm considering a Hirsch strap after seeing it mentioned in several threads. Would the Medium size (110mm/70mm) + deployment clasp fit her?

2) Any other brands to look into? If I go custom, what would be an ideal size to request for her wrist? Bonus point if it can also fit my wrist (6.5) so I can take it for a spin sometimes , but obviously not necessary.

3) Any material / color recommendations in general ? The dial is champagne with myriad diamond (arabic numeral) so we're leaning golden brown

Thanks.

[opawlows]

My girlfriend picked up a nice custom cognac ostrich leg strap for her daily wearer TAG F1 from Aaron at Combat Straps. Her wrist is about 5.75" and she went with a 100/85mm strap which had the buckle nicely centred on her wrist.

A few pics of the strap:

[fskywalker]

Do you intent to buy one to use on a buckle or with a deployant? For deployant you need to first determine the deployant you will use to then select the appropiate band size. I use my DD 18239 with leather bands and a deployant:





here a couple own from Rolex :





They can be ordered on shorter sizes, but again this style above is tailored for deployant.

These buckle style ones are from Zenith (left) and Patek (right):



With buckle its easier and cheaper to find options on various leather materials, textures and colors.


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[TimeAZ]

delugs has nice straps and allows for custom orders including S or XS strap length

[jakjuventus]

Try Bulang and Sons. They have short version on some strap to choose.

https://bulangandsons.com/collection...0+length-short

[anh0nym0us]

Originally Posted by TimeAZ

delugs has nice straps and allows for custom orders including S or XS strap length

Thanks for the rec. They have some great options. Do you have an experience with their curved end straps? Are they compatible with the DD36?

[dannyp]

Originally Posted by fskywalker

With buckle its easier and cheaper to find options on various leather materials, textures and colors.


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If possible, I'd try and source a deployant from an older Cellini quartz 37mm. It fits standard leather straps and there's far less gold than the deployant used on the most recent DJ36 YG/WG (so probably cheaper).

Then the issue will be finding a strap with the right width at both ends (not sure what the inter-lug width was on that Cellini, but guessing less than the 20mm on the DD).

[anh0nym0us]

Sharing some updates below in case it's helpful for the next person.

We ended up ordering some Delugs straps in size Small (105/65). They fit both my wife's 5.5'' wrist (2nd to smallest hole) as well as my 6.5'' wrist - which is a huge bonus. The straight straps rubbed against the case slightly on the 6 o'clock side. The curved straps do not, but do leave a bigger gap.

Thanks everyone for the recs.

[Kliminator]

Originally Posted by anh0nym0us

Sharing some updates below in case it's helpful for the next person.

We ended up ordering some Delugs straps in size Small (105/65). They fit both my wife's 5.5'' wrist (2nd to smallest hole) as well as my 6.5'' wrist - which is a huge bonus. The straight straps rubbed against the case slightly on the 6 o'clock side. The curved straps do not, but do leave a bigger gap.

Thanks everyone for the recs.

Looks great. Congrats and appreciate the update! Cheers