Straps are starting to become more readily available here in Australia.

Haven't bothered with a Leather Look yet.
Happy with the rubber at this stage.

 

I need to go into my local boutique and see if the black leather/rubber with red stitch will fit my Carrera Calibre 36 Racing. If so, that plus the black, titanium deployant would be a lovely match and a fairly cost effective strap/deployant compared with the OEM strap alone.

 

I think you might be in luck.
Definitely a good buy for $200 with clasp.

I want to get started on the Leather look straps but at $300 each they are a bit expensive.

Let us know how the fit goes please

 

I will, although it may not be any time soon.

 

Yes, that's really what I meant.

The price is AU$300 and the deployant is AU$160. The OEM strap (leather) is at least AU$460 so the Connected strap and deployant represent pretty good value, IMO. The value being relative, of course!

 

Even though I have no interest in the Connected, I do enjoy Albert's encyclopedic knowledge of every possible facet of the range.

 

TH needs to get actual leather bands options. FWIW, a rep in customer service said there are no current plans for leather. If that's true, it's really shitty.

 

The rubber straps are actually really good quality. No one would ever know it's not leather that's how good they look. The leather straps for the 45 were silly since it was a super thin piece of leather glued to a rubber strap anyway. And sweat would seep through the threads and ruin the leather.

 

Obviously everybody has different tastes, but those rubber straps are not comparable to the look of the leather straps and are not my cup of tea. I'm hoping for a more traditional look to wear with suits.

 

Damn those look nice. I'm particularly jealous of the brown leather. Such a great look.

 

Yeah I'm just bitter cuz I worn my brown leather on an extremely humid day where I was outside all day here in the east coast and sweat went though the stitching and permanently ruined the strap. Now I wear rubber on rainy or humid days.

 

Have you seen one in person? They look very detailed and good value for the money. I'm sure leather will come and probably be 400 to 500 hundred dollars. I think TAG will release new straps per season. Also I believe these straps will fit the gen 4 since they are so basic, unlike previous gens. If not I'll never buy another tag product again.

 

I haven't but I don't like the fake texture to them nor do I like the colors for a leather look-alike. There is no comparable product to the brown leather, black leather or gray leather straps available for the CM45.

 

So happy with the new strap

 

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