8/23/11
Gabarro Rally Straps
DRIVEN’s speed-obsessed style chronicler Fernando Morales of The Gentleman’s Topcoat turns us on to some ultra-cool racing-inspired watch straps:
A NATO strap doesn’t always cut it, and sometimes that brushed steel bracelet is just too sporty for the occasion.
For all other scenarios there is the humble classic – the leather strap, a mark of understated elegance.
Enter Gabarro Straps from Spain, pictured here on a classic Rolex Submariner.
A watch strap that suggests you have a vintage Porsche cooling off behind the scenes
Nick Gabarro is a well respected character in the watch community who readily provides fine leather bands in a variety of styles.
His Rally models are reminiscent of the ’70s style straps popularized by the Tag Heuer Monaco, a Steve McQueen favorite.
The achieved look is one of formality that might still suggest you have a black vintage Porsche cooling off behind the scenes.
Less is more, and that is exactly what the black-on-black combination conveys here.
If you don’t have a vintage Porsche to accompany the look, a bottle of wine of desirable vintage will do just fine….
[via The Gentleman's Topcoat]
Images by Fernando Morales / TGT; click to enlarge:
- Posted August 23, 2011
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