Congrats, beautiful and fits perfect;y nice.

Though I find it ridiculous that these days waiting time for a strap is 4-5 month...Not that availability in other places is better.

Its a strap, not a full service.

The whole practice of being a buyer has changed, not for the good side, and in the long term (I hope I'm wrong) my feeling is that it will reduce the enjoyment from this hobby, that in turn will hurt the manufacturers in their pockets..

New strap has arrived…

By: orahu : June 6th, 2022-22:53

In January, I stopped by the Patek Phillippe Boutique at the Wynn and ordered a blue alligator strap for my Gondolo. It arrived today! I am looking forward to stopping by a PP AD in the DC area later this week and having the strap put on! ...

That is bleutiful…great choice👌🏼

By: ArmisT : June 6th, 2022-23:21

Thanks. I had intended something a bit more bold — but, the sales associate convinced me to go with something more traditional or conservative. I think she was right.

By: orahu : June 7th, 2022-01:01

I am curious what the bold one was going to be…

By: ArmisT : June 7th, 2022-02:36

but you definitely made the correct choice about this one. It is an entrancing blue.

Though I find it ridiculous that these days waiting time for a strap is 4-5 month...Not that availability in other places is better. Its a strap, not a full service. The whole practice of being a buyer has changed, not for the good side, and in the long t...

Should work well in terms of

By: GLau : June 7th, 2022-05:07

contrast with the case ! See you photos soon !

That will be a very nice combo.

By: amanico : June 7th, 2022-05:39

This is a nice reference

By: VinnieD : June 7th, 2022-07:06

I did play around with its cousin, the one with the smaller case which I found a little bland. Yours has a hint of "Tank Américaine" and has lots of its own character

Beautiful choice! A QUESTION ABOUT CHANGING OUT STRAPS FOR THE FORUM:

By: BuffaloWatch : June 7th, 2022-11:42

I wanted to post this discussion separately but for the forum: for those of you who swap out straps yourself, what tools do you use? I'm talking about models that have spring bars. PP won't sell the tools as they say the work should only be done by AD's, ...