A good strap can completely change the look and feel of a watch — even a crappy watch. Everybody knows this. (And if you didn’t, you do now.) Further, a good leather strap can really elevate a tired ...

Kunitaka Kojima of Tokyo has been creating straps by hand for almost 10 years. By Vivian Morelli TOKYO — Nineteen years ago, when he began working at a factory that made watch straps, Kunitaka Kojima ...

Watch straps have not more or less been a field ripe with significant innovations and original designs – indeed, it’s a difficult field in which to innovate. Sure, many small-time makers have put ...

A watch strap is an easy thing to take for granted, until it breaks on you. Only then do you realize that a well-made strap, while not as technically complex as the watch movement themselves, is a ...

Jon Quinn, a former software engineer and self-confessed watch obsessive, recalls the trouble that was once involved in replacing the strap on a luxury watch. “I remember years ago taking a Breitling ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Brad Moon covers audio gear, Apple products and consumer tech. The Horween Leather Company has been producing some of the world’s ...

“Made for Google” is the company’s accessory certification program. Uptick for wearables has been on the slow side, but Bellroy is making a leather Pixel Watch band. Bellroy will offer a Pixel Watch ...