I never really understood the appeal of these tropic sport straps. Furthermore I was surprised that they aren't particularly cheap. In fact, when I received my very first tropic strap, which came on a Heuer I bought, I sold it straight away (to Peter, I think).
It was only when bought another watch that also came with one, that I tried it on, and I instantly changed my mind. Now, I'm a big fan of them, and have a few. They seem to go very well indeed with the 11630's.

On paper, you may well muse that a rubber strap on a Monaco is thoroughly wrong, but that pic proves otherwise. It looks great.

But a word of caution, not that I need to warn you lot, but for those reading this who aren't familiar with these superb vintage tropic straps; make sure you buy an original one. I picked up a couple of 18mm's on eBay a few weeks ago. They were very cheap, so I had a worry that they may well be copies, but I thought that they couldn't be too bad and that it can't be difficult to make decent copies. How wrong I was. They were awful, mis-shaped, too thin, and so uneven that they were more like 16mm at the lugs.
S
Luckily they were only £8 or so for the pair. I chalked it up as experience. Sometimes you need to see the truly awful to fully appreciate the high quality of the originals.

Anyway, apologises for waffling on, I can make amends with a shot of one of my favourite Heuer's on a original Swiss tropic...

Cheers
Stewart

: Dear Friend
: I have a great passion for original rubber straps from 60's and
: 70's..
: Very soon i will add a rubber strap to all my vintage chronographs.
: Ready now 4 watches,today i want to share my Monaco.
: Have a nice day!
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