Well, like Corfam-look leather. Corfam has a certain plasticky sheen to it (because it's, y'know, plastic 😁 ) so there's a difference between a leather racing strap and a Corfam-style leather racing strap. Think the TAG official straps for the Glassbox watches
Since we're talking about straps now, I can reach out with a question as well?
As you may have seen, I've got a CV2111, currently on the TH rally strap + deployant. However, all these corfam, corfam-esque, reissue/vintage style straps have me hankering for another strap that's a little more casual than the TH one. @imagwai has elsewhere cosigned GLC straps, and I really like the look.
Wanted to see if anyone had any experience with either their Replica 4 M1 Corfam, their Racing Strap in Imola, or the Porche Racing Strap (which, correct me if I'm wrong, @Mspeedster has...on the dato, yes?) Or do you recommend another maker?
Anyways, rather than bother my girlfriend about it, who, bless her, has zero preference or desire to indulge my hemming and hawing, I decided to bother y'all. I already took @thingziliketoo 's advice on the BoR bracelet, so I guess you'll all be right on the strap question too. Thanks in advance!
I just got two new straps for my Dato 45. (Shout out to @Yago for pointing me to GLC straps.)
This first strap is pretty cool. It's a limited edition strap made from the seat upholstery of an actual vintage Porsche 356. It comes in two styles, a racing rally strap and the style I got, shown in my pic below. My strap is #48 out of 80. 😀
@Mspeedster, what is that a photo of on the right side of the pic? The actual upholstery of the seat that the strap came from?
Yes, exactly. Nice touch by GLC to include it so you know where your strap came from.
I’m still getting used to the asymmetry but this is one lovely deep black dial 🥰 I know part of the quirkiness of the Dato 45 is having that single register at 3 o’clock and a date window at 45 minutes 😉
I have to agree and appreciate what Hodinkee has done placing a black chapter ring instead of the original white. This makes the Dato’s dial even more expansive and blends very well to the over-all package 👍 What attracted me the most is that it still inherently possess the simple yet clean and clear design of the classic Carreras. The hour markers also pop out against the black dial in contrast to the Carrera Silver 160 where the hour markers blend with the stunning silver sunburst dial! All in all I’m quite amazed with the Dato 45 since it has a personality very different from the two glassbox Carreras that I have which are the Telemeter & the Ice King 😀 I also find the Dato 45 a better partner to complement the Silver 160 since it also has the 160 anniversary rotor seen at the crystal caseback 😎 Makes me think that this watch truly harkens back to its roots in the golden age of watches & motorsports in the 60s-70s.
Highlights for the three Carrera Glassbox
Telemeter (2-register, silver-to-gold champagne dial)
Silver 160 (3-register, metallic sunburst silver dial)
Dato 45 (1-register, reverse panda deep black dial)
PS. Dato refers to the “date placement” but it also uniquely means “title of a local leader” in our country, where it makes the Carrera Dato 45 a little bit more special to me 👍 I assume this is the first & only one so far in my country, the Philippines. (This will probably be my last watch until I reach 45 😁) Cheers!
Congratulations my friend...wear it in good health. Great addition to your awesome collection.
