Strap for watch

This is my watch that I have had for a long time. Do you remember 'Past Times', a shop specialising in gifts and retro style goods that closed in 2013 in the UK? This watch is from them. I loved wearing it but the original strap became very, and I mean very, tired so I stopped using it.

However, for quite a while I was playing with the idea of creating something myself. And it was not till last month when I was working on 'Mossy Bark' project that I spotted an opportunity...

...I took off the original strap (re-tired) and  placed the watch on top of the background I had made for the cuff (right) and an idea started to form...

Thinking how I would attach the watch bearing in mind that this watch needs to have access to the back to change the battery, the design started to get adjusted accordingly....

To cut the story short, I started working on a two-piece strap. Basically, replacing the original straps with my ones (below)...

Now, my next challenge is to get the watch assembled to the straps. I am aware that I can take off the bars that would hold the straps but to release it...

Well, I am not a watch maker or don't repair watches so to crack this one is the challenge. At least for now. Either way, I cannot wait to put things together and...

For more I will see you next time on my updates page...

K-)



Update: Saturday, 11 May 2019
Strap for watch

Last time I left you with a dilemma of how to attach my watch to my two-piece strap that I had crocheted as a response to a previous project ('Mossy Bark'). I called it a challenge. And I did try. Really, but...

I just couldn't set the two bars free so that I could subsequently attach the straps. In the end I forced a loose wire around three points of the bars and attached them to the straps. Therefore, I have found other way, not the way I wanted, but as long as it holds...

Originally, I wanted to use the extra space I had gained by the width of the straps and possibly join them creating square or rectangle as is so well observed in Art Deco style (the watch itself is inspired by Art Deco). In the end I liked the way the watch sits on the wrist so I just reserved to the edge curve of the straps and square negative space created around the watch to actually bring the style in.

To sum up, I finished with simplicity. I reached for small black beads (black because the original strap was black so to keep to the look) and threaded them into the watch and here we go. Here is the long overdue strap. All I am left with is to get a battery.

K-)