Strap for Royal Oak Tourbillon Chronograph Yellow Gold / Silver

No. The bracelet is integrated into the case: there are no standard lugs to attach an off-the-shelf strap. This is a deliberate design decision, not a limitation. In the atelier, I build every attachment directly on the watch, made to measure.

I work by appointment only, at <a href="/pages/casati-booking">Casati Milano</a>, Via XX Settembre 15, Milan. I bring the watch to the bench, take measurements from the actual case and build the attachment by hand, millimetre by millimetre. There is no template: every piece starts from scratch.

I recommend Mississippi Alligator. The natural scale texture works well with the octagonal geometry of the case, and the sporting-yet-elegant character of this Royal Oak deserves a leather that ages with personality. On yellow gold, I tend to favour warm tones — honey, cognac, tobacco — that accompany the metal rather than compete with it.

A properly constructed strap, made from quality leather with solid stitching, lasts between five and eight years of daily wear. Alligator and Tuscan leather age well: they develop a personal patina that tells the story of time worn. A few drops of neutral cream every few months and keeping it away from prolonged exposure to water is all it takes.

Gérald Genta drew the octagonal case with its eight hexagonal screws in a single night, on an urgent commission. He chose steel — a working material — for a luxury dress watch, at a time when no one was doing that. That tension between robustness and refinement has remained intact. When I work on a Royal Oak, I still feel that coherence in the way the case and bracelet merge into a single form.