Brown Crocodile Strap for Breitling Navitimer
The Breitling Navitimer is a busy watch by design, with a slide-rule bezel and a packed chronograph dial, so the strap underneath it should settle the picture down rather than add to it. This order, shipped to a customer in England, is a brown crocodile strap for the Navitimer reference A17326. He told us he planned to run it on a Breitling 20 mm deployment clasp, which set the dimensions for the build; everything else followed from getting that fit right.
Strap specifications
| Watch | Breitling Navitimer A17326 |
| Leather | Brown crocodile |
| Strap length | 75/115 mm |
| Buckle width | 20 mm |
| Buckle | Classic, stainless steel |
| Spring bars | Regular |
Why these choices
The deployment-clasp plan is the key detail. A folding Breitling clasp needs a strap whose buckle end matches the clasp width, so we cut the tail to 20 mm to seat his 20 mm Breitling deployant cleanly. The strap shipped with a classic stainless buckle as ordered, ready to move onto the folding clasp when he fits it. We measure buckle width and lug width separately, so the 20 mm figure describes the buckle end and is not a claim about the watch's lugs.
Brown crocodile is the traditional dress pairing for a steel Navitimer, and it does specific work here: it warms the cool steel case and gives the eye somewhere calm to land below all the dial printing. Crocodile and alligator come from the same hide family, and the skin softens and takes a hand-rubbed patina as it is worn, so the strap grows into the watch. We cut this one to 75/115 mm for a standard wrist with regular spring bars.
If you want the same skin in another shade, it runs across our crocodile strap range, and the wider custom collection covers other leathers if another watch in your rotation calls for something different.
★★★★★
“…the quality is exceptional (I must say even better than original breitling strap). Leather pouch the straps came in is quality and excellent customer experience.”
Usama M. · Brown crocodile watch strap
FAQ
Will a brown crocodile strap fit a Breitling Navitimer?
Yes. We build to the Navitimer's lug width and to your wrist, so a brown crocodile strap for a Breitling Navitimer fits properly rather than being forced from a stock size. Tell us the reference and we confirm the dimensions before cutting.
Can the strap work with a Breitling deployment clasp?
It can. Give us the clasp width and we cut the buckle end to match, so the strap seats on a folding Breitling deployant instead of a pin buckle.
This strap was made to order and built on the bench in a few days; allow two to three weeks for delivery. You can start your own on the brown crocodile strap page.