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A Closer Look: The Hatherley Badalassi Carlo Wax Leather Watch Strap At WatchGecko, we believe a great watch strap should do more than simply hold a watch in place. It should enhance the character of...

A watch strap is often treated as something temporary. Swapped, rotated, replaced without much thought. And yet, when a strap is right, it quietly disappears into daily wear, becoming inseparable from the watch itself. In...

Most watch straps are judged at a glance. Colour, texture, stitching — all the visible details. But the qualities that matter most are often the least obvious, only revealing themselves over time and wear.

Leather is often described as if it ages in a single, predictable way. We talk about patina as though it’s guaranteed, as though every strap will darken, soften and improve at the same pace.

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, collectors and connoisseurs, lume lovers and dial devotees! Isotope Watches, those daring darlings of design, those sovereigns of Swiss-ish cheek, have done it again! They’ve taken two of their most...

Our wonderful guest authors have worked incredibly hard this year to bring you the amazing content on the WatchGecko Magazine this year. And so, to celebrate their love of watches I wanted to hear from...

When choosing your perfect leather watch strap, it’s important to know the best type of leather for watch straps, the one that will suit your needs best. Overall, there is no single best type of leather for...

On November 1 st 2025, the Clifton Club played host to the second annual Bristol Watch Show. After the success of the inaugural show in 2024, Fears organised a second gathering of English watch brands...

Sizing a metal watch bracelet is one of those things every collector should know how to do, but lots avoid doing it themselves (that includes myself)In this article, I’ll walk you through how to adjust different...

Many of you have been asking about whether we’ll be doing a Black November event this year. Well, I’m not sure where this year has gone, but it’s that time once again! We can’t say...

Earlier this year, the brilliant new NOMOS Worldtimer caught the attention of watch journalists across the globe. A brand-new watch with an innovative method of telling the time across multiple time zones. Launched in a wide...