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Finally sorted a budget real croc strap for my Santos xl100

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Theviking

I ordered this Santos xl100 from Mary (brilliant as ever) but everyone knows the imitation croc straps aren't great. Not wanting to shell out ~$$$ for a new gen strap or a tired second hand one I managed to persuade the good people at ZicZac leather to make me a croc strap for it (they don't usually list Santos straps) and they did it for $59 delivered.

Pleased with the quality, the resin on the strap edges was a little thick to fit the lugs so I used scotchbrite to file a bit off it off to fit.

Thinking about ordering a brown or tan one

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Del

Wow, that looks very nice indeed! The fit looks excellent. :thumbsup2: 

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GenTLe

Nice one, did you send your rep strap to them to use the inserts?

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PlanetZoom

That looks good.  

Replacing the strap on reps is well worth it. 

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Theviking
3 hours ago, GenTLe said:

Nice one, did you send your rep strap to them to use the inserts?

Nope, they said they'd made one once before. It was simple, took a while, but their custom jobs always do.

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GenTLe
Just now, Theviking said:

Nope, they said they'd made one once before. It was simple, took a while, but their custom jobs always do.

Great, good to know. I hope they got less messy with the order management from last time I've used them :)

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Theviking
1 hour ago, GenTLe said:

Great, good to know. I hope they got less messy with the order management from last time I've used them :)

Nope still a mess, they really need better QC as they have a 50% hit rate, but they are always happy to remake it to the original spec.

 

4 hours ago, GenTLe said:

 

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Fl0w77

Would love to see it, but imgur links are dead.

Looking for a strap for my santos 100 xl, ill check out mary

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Theviking

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Here they are again

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Luxuracer
10 minutes ago, Theviking said:

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Here they are again

Nice strap .... the fit is perfect.

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Gcnlm995

20b13582d8c8c3953ce01113e0c462cf.png I just convinced my friend to order this in advance of receipt of his watch, so that the lead time for a decent strap isn’t prohibitive. I think it’s fantastic. Has Zic-Zac upped its straps / target market to be more competitive with Vic et al?


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Theviking

I think so, I did tell them there is a big market for a cheaper real croc Santos strap.

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michel7752

Zic-Zac did a Santos 100 (medium) strap for me one year ago. It was perfect. They do not need the plastic end-pieces of your rep strap any more. They said that now they had sourced them. You can buy with confidence.

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Anotherreigncheck

Great fit

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