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10 November 2018, 03:31 AM | #1 |
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ABP Straps from Paris...
I bought my first Panerai recently - a Radiomir PAM 754 and what does a new Paneristi do? Start looking at straps.
There are so many different companies that make straps for Panerai and prices are all over the board. I really wanted to keep it to OEM but got a tip to look at ABP Concepts in Paris and that they were a company that was making straps up to the quality of the OEM. I added this black on black 26/22mm standard length alligator strap and I'm very pleased with it's quality. It took about a month to get it made and shipped from France. Converted from Euro's, I paid roughly $300 shipped (about $100 less than the similar OEM).
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10 November 2018, 03:37 AM | #2 |
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Congratulations on both watch and strap. The strap looks great, and really does give the watch a dressier look. The OEM Panerai straps really are of exceptional quality IMO but they are expensive. This one looks every bit as good.
Cheers, Carl
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10 November 2018, 03:38 AM | #3 |
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Awesome!
I have a horn back from them that I got for my (now gone) Aerospace, now it lives on my Apple Watch lol. They make great stuff. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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Congrats and it looks great. I’m an strictly oem guy as well. But one of my first straps were abp and to date years later, it’s the only non-oem I’ve been truly pleased with or get any wrist time.
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10 November 2018, 08:19 AM | #6 |
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Congratulations Mike, looks great.👍🍻
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11 November 2018, 12:53 AM | #7 |
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Very nice!
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11 November 2018, 01:06 AM | #8 |
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Nice strap! I’d say ABP is on par or better than OEM.
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11 November 2018, 02:56 PM | #9 |
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That’s a really nice strap!
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