Thread: Watchband Stink...

I have a similar problem with the leather boxer shorts I we...

/never mind

I would throw this one away (that's what I used to do) but it's a big ol' piece of leather. A very cool looking piece indeed.

I think a pre-treatment of mink oil would have helped if I was on the ball from get-go. I think I've tried just about everything over the years with other bands and had no success. I'll try some of the stuff you guys listed and see where it goes. At this point it's in the early stages, and I wanted to catch it before it gets really bad.

Any other ideas, home remedy's, please post them (it may take a few...). It sounds like this happens to a lot of us leather waring, time keepin, strop slapping, blade wielding, blank-blanks.

Originally Posted by murph

Why not just buy a new strap and change the buckle over? Surely it can either be removed with a springbar tool, screwdriver or poked out through the lugs?

No it is a unique fitting quite unlike I have ever seen before. I took it to a few jewellers, and they were all familiar with the brand and all said that the best thing is to send it to the manufacturers.

The nice thing is that there is the option to put a metal band on it, which I may do one day. I like my leather band though.

Si

Leather must be treated like a living organism and yours is a rotting dead one- bury it. Sucks about the band options though did you try another jeweler?

I got screwed by the jewelers replacing my Omega band. I got a new leather band but they took the gold Omega clasp off and now it looks like a knock off.

Amazing how some high end products have such limited vision for supporting their product.

As a watch collector I'll tell you the perfect solution to your problem. Buy a new band. They are not designed to last. If you get a year of constant wear thats it. You can buy some with a rubber backing which will help or some like the Di Modell's that are preforated on the back. If you want permanence buy a bracelet.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

As a watch collector I'll tell you the perfect solution to your problem. Buy a new band.

If you want permanence buy a bracelet.

Cold wind blows in...

Unfortunately I never inherited anything from Mr. Rockefeller and thus I'm unable to be the big spender that I wish I was in my day dreams. Thank you for the advice.


I ended up doing something along the lines of LX_Emergency's idea of the Ozone. I got some Marvicide (no Ozone, I figured if I might throw it out anyway, why spend the extra cash?) that I put it in for about 20 minutes. It seemed to kill about 80% of the smell. I then put a stiff lather on it and rubbed it in good, then rinsed it off. That got me up to about 90% of the smell gone (now I got a nice smell of Tabac added to the mix ). After it dries I think I'll hit it with some pure mink oil. That should waterproof it a bit to resist me sweat glands and hopefully kill another 5 or so % with any luck.

-Brian

If you can find someone with an Ecoquest air purifier hold it in front of the thing for an hour or two and that should kill the last of the germs. Those things work very well against smells and killing germs. They are on the pricey side though so don't buy one for just this purpose (around $800).

There might be other (similar) devices on the market as well that might work in the same way. They use Ozone to cleam (amongst other things) the smoke smell out of secondhand cars and such.

I dont' use bracelets very often because they scratch the watch lugs but in some cases watches look a lot better with them.
How about dangling it in or around your laser printer or making yourself a hv toy like a tesla coil or jacobs ladder (not that they should be treated as toys but you know what I mean.)

Originally Posted by murph

I dont' use bracelets very often because they scratch the watch lugs but in some cases watches look a lot better with them.
How about dangling it in or around your laser printer or making yourself a hv toy like a tesla coil or jacobs ladder (not that they should be treated as toys but you know what I mean.)

The ones with the two big bulbs and the space to get your wrist between? Those would (!) make excellent electrical experimental project material!
This has given me an incredible idea, one that may save the planet as we know it. I must not waste any more funds on senseless straight razor accoutrements. I now know what my mission in life is...
Gentlemen I have to bid you farewell. Until we meet again...

-Brian

huh? what's he talking about?