Ice Blue Crocodile Strap for IWC Portofino
The IWC Portofino Chronograph 39 is a dress-leaning chronograph, and replacing its factory strap usually means paying IWC prices for one of a handful of colors. This owner wanted something the brand does not offer: ice blue crocodile. This build is an ice blue crocodile strap for the IWC Portofino, made to take the watch's original IWC buckle and fitted with quick-release spring bars so it goes on without tools. It puts a distinctive strap on the watch while keeping the hardware it came with.
Strap specifications
| Leather | Ice blue crocodile |
|---|---|
| Strap length | 65/105 mm |
| Buckle width | 16 mm |
| Buckle | Customer's own IWC buckle (ships without a buckle) |
| Spring bar | Quick release |
| Watch | IWC Portofino Chronograph 39 |
Why these choices
The strap is cut for the owner's own IWC buckle, so it ships without one and tapers to a 16 mm buckle end to match. That buckle width is the measurement at the tail of the strap, not the lug width, so the keeper and tongue line up with the original clasp the owner already trusts. Quick-release spring bars were chosen so the strap comes on and off without a tool, which suits a watch that gets rotated through a collection.
Ice blue crocodile is the reason for the order. It is a color you rarely see on a factory strap, and crocodile softens with wear and takes a hand-rubbed patina, so it deepens over time rather than looking flat. The pale blue leather lifts a steel-and-white Portofino without tipping into anything loud.
At 65/105 mm this is a shorter cut, made to order for a smaller wrist. You can order the same strap, in ice blue or another color, from the ice blue crocodile strap page, or browse the full custom strap range.
★★★★★
“Very well made. I'd go so far as to say better than the original Alligator strap provided by Longines and massively less expensive. The quick release is also very good.”
Lee G. · Verified purchase · Dark blue crocodile strap
FAQs
Can I get an ice blue crocodile strap for an IWC Portofino that keeps my IWC buckle?
Yes. Choose “use my own buckle” and give the buckle width — here 16 mm — and we build the strap to take your original IWC clasp.
Do quick-release spring bars fit the Portofino?
They do on the standard lugs. Quick-release bars let you change straps by hand; if you prefer the original fixed bars, we can build for those instead.
Want a color IWC doesn't make? Start on our crocodile strap page and tell us the watch and buckle.
See our custom IWC straps page for lug widths across the range, and the leathers we cut them in.