Product description
PILOT STRAPS – ARTISAN CRAFTED
Handcrafted watch strap for aviator and pilot watches – functional, robust and historically accurate.
PILOT AVIATOR WATCHES
🪡 100% Handmade ✂️ Hand-cut 🧵 Hand-sewn ⛓ No spring bars 🔒 Integrated stainless steel clasp 📦 Small batches

PILOT leather strap – for aviator and pilot watches

The PILOT straps were specially developed for classic aviator and pilot watches . Pilot watches are robust, highly legible timepieces originally designed for use in extreme flying conditions – with large dials, luminous hands, oversized crowns for operation with gloves, and additional functions such as chronographs or GMT displays for navigation.

Our strap design addresses precisely these requirements: clear, functional, uncompromising . The cut, proportions, and material thickness are deliberately tailored to pilot's watches and underscore their utilitarian character. The execution is in an authentic vintage style , inspired by historical pilot's watches from the 1930s to the 1950s.

The strap is supplied without spring bars or tubes so that the watch's original spring bars can be used. The lug area is designed to provide ample space for standard spring bars.

A stainless steel clasp is fitted as standard on the clasp side. It is attached with spring bars and can be replaced at any time with a different clasp or the original clasp of the watch.

Size · Dimensions · Configuration

  • Thickness: approximately 3.2 mm throughout
  • Number of holes: 6 round holes

Method of manufacture

  • Holes punched to fit the included clasp
  • Perfect fit for a secure hold
  • Each stitch hole was individually pierced by hand using an antique awl (1950s).
  • Double hand-stitched with waxed thread
  • Two keepers: one sewn in, one loose

materials

  • Soft, high-quality calfskin leather from a German tannery
  • Tear-resistant waxed yarn made in Germany
  • Beeswax leather balm (resin and acid free)

Clasps & Bridges

  • Includes stainless steel clasp (fitted as standard)
  • Clasp attached with a spring bar → easily replaceable
  • Strap without spring bars & without tubes → Use of the original spring bars
  • Bridge mount with sufficient space for standard spring bars

🕰 Tradition & Pilot Heritage

  • 🪓
    Made using historical sewing techniques from the 1950s – exclusively with antique tools
  • Vintage finish achieved through hand sanding and polishing – without chemicals, without artificial effects
  • 🌊
    Final treatment with salt water & leather grease
  • ✈️
    Designed for genuine aviator and pilot watches with a tool-like character