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Fluco Mountain Bear Brown Nubuck Leather Watch Strap
- Price
- $59
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Located in Germany's Bavarian Forest, Fluco manufactures 100% in-house at its headquarters in the town of Furth im Wald. Owner Ulrich Fleischmann represents the third generation of his family to lead the company that his grandfather founded more than 70 years ago, producing handmade watch straps of the highest quality for men and women.
Fluco carefully vets every partner they collaborate with. They work only with tanneries that produce ecologically and ethically responsible leather, complying with the strictest regulations to ensure environmental safety and exercising verifiable control from the origin of the raw material to the end product. Fluco's buckles are made entirely in Germany, at a traditional company in Baden Württemberg that tasks itself with producing premium clasps for watch straps.
Nubuck leather is full-grain sanded on the front of the skin to achieve a velvety, water-repellent surface, supple feel and high breathability. Using fine cowhide leather from Italy, Fluco's Mountain Bear strap is handmade in Germany according to this method. Tone-on-tone stitching seams are double-sewn at the ends and buckle. The edges of each strap are painted, sanded and polished several times by hand. Lining leather from France is water repellent and hypoallergenic. A glass fiber reinforcement inside the strap prevents tearing and shrinking.
Material:
- Fine cowhide leather from Italy
- Hypoallergenic, water-repellent lining leather from France
- Fitted with a polished stainless steel German-made buckle
Sizing:
- Available in 18mm, 19mm, 20mm and 22mm
- Strap/buckle taper: 18mm/16mm, 19mm/16mm, 20mm/16mm, 22mm/18mm
- Piece length 118mm / 75mm excluding buckle
- Total length 7-5/8" (193mm) excluding buckle
- 2.3mm thick throughout
Includes:
- See Size options to confirm standard or quick-release spring bars
Many Fluco straps are integrated with handy quick-release spring bars. Prefer standard spring bars? Quick-release bars are easy to remove: simply slide the lever as far as you can to the left, then gently bend back the strap corner until the bar emerges from the slot.
Specifications | |
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Brand |
Fluco
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Width Width of the strap where it attaches to the watch; a.k.a. your size.
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18mm, 19mm, 20mm, and 22mm
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Lug/Buckle Taper Many straps taper in width toward the buckle. This is an important measurement if you plan to swap out the buckle or add a deployant clasp. Your buckle size matches the width at the BUCKLE end of the strap, not the lug end.
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18mm/16mm, 19mm/16mm, 20mm/16mm, 22mm/18mm
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Regular Piece Length Length of each piece, excluding buckle.
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118mm / 75mm
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Thickness in Millimeters |
2.3mm
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Color |
Brown
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Stitching Color |
Brown
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Pattern |
Suede/Nubuck
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Strap Material |
Calfskin
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Lining Material |
Leather
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Water Resistance Our unscientific-but-practical categorization: Waterproof: undamaged by prolonged submersion in water. Water-resistant: resists water absorption, but not for long periods. Splash-resistant: withstands light moisture from daily use (washing hands, etc.).
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Splash Resistant
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Spring Bar Type |
Standard and Quick Release
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Fits Apple Watch If Yes, select 22mm and use with our Apple watch adapter.
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Yes
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Rating |
(14)
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Quality is excellent at this price point, wish they stitched the keepers but I’ve never had an issue from Fluco. Love the color. Soft out of the packaging and no break in needed. While not a flaw per se, the spring bar ends are very thick, and make it difficult to attach to short lug watches. Still made it work on my White Shadow with curved springbars though and love it to bits.
I love the strap and it fits perfectly, but I ended up having to swap out the OEM buckle because the buckle didn’t fit correctly. The buckle pin is too short to safely secure it and I feel like the watch is at risk of falling off with the wrong move.
Overall 10/10 without this one issue.
The quality of this suede strap is excellent. I recommend it for dress watches with a diameter of less than 40mm and a thickness of less than 13mm. Since the leather isn't very thick, it might not provide the best comfort for field or sports watches. The gold buckle option fits well with my gold-plated watch.
The whiskey colored strap looks great but… since it’s nubuck it gets dirty and is very sensitive to oil. This can look good on the right watch, but not sure it works with the silver dial Omega Constellation .
The strap itself is very well made. I’d go darker if I’d get this again.
Protip: if you have 7.5” wrists this might be a bit small (it works but on the second hole). But you can upgrade to Fluco deployment clasp (sold here separately) which will give you some extra room.
I am happy with this watch band. It is comfortable, and the color really compliments the watch.
Bought this one to replace the stock-but-worn-out croc strap on my new-to-me Longines. The strap is flexible enough on the ends to accommodate curved springbars, which is what I had to use on this case. The color and texture of the leather is about perfect. My only gripe is that I wish the holes were punched a bit further down the tail; I'm usually on the last hole, but this is a pretty small-cased watch, to be fair. Otherwise, can't go wrong with these Fluco straps!
Perfect pairing with my Nomos. I'm a fan of Fluco straps and happy that Holbens carries them!
Just what I was looking for. A truly beautiful watchband. Accented my vintage 6694 perfectly. Highly recommended.
This is my fourth strap,and I really enjoy this one.
Great quality strap. Looks and feels great!