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It's not quite easy getting a photo while not only wearing it, but also showing the front plus a bit of the backside of the watchband at the same time. It's a snap-on design, where I spent like a week shaping and sizing the leather to my wrist, including water shrink shaping and sizing, before considering it properly finished.
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The DS2000, Desk Scratcher 2000!
This is the 3000 model though.
Nah, I'm actually pretty careful with it, it's very rarely caused any scratches.
Hell, I do vehicle work, and don't ever want to scratch anyone's paint. The quick snap makes that a very easy solution, just unsnap it and put it away for a bit.
It looks awesome man. In highschool I did something like this that just looked okay... Like a national watch. I didn't have any money but my dad worked with leather. So I made myself a strap. I found my watch in a pile of broken things at a swap meet. Next thing you know I got a nice looking watch. Yours is way better than anything I could have tried to pretend to make.
Do you find it sized differently during the day?
I find I have to have my watch a bit tighter in the morning then by late morning my wrist is tight against the strap and I have to loosen it a notch.
This might be annoying on a strap that isn't as adjustable.
Good question 👍
For me, the size doesn't change significantly enough to make a difference, the margin of error is perfect for me.
The only real factor that might start bothering me every few days to a week or so might be a mild itch on my wrist, but that's easily cleaned with isopropyl rubbing alcohol.
I lined the inside of it with a section of bicycle inner tube..
Is that a custom job? Who made it?
Yep, very much a custom watch band, I made it myself back around November 2024. Yes, Casio made the watch itself (WS-1300H), but I made the watchband for myself.
Great work! I love custom one-offs!
Looks good