You want to purchase a leather watch band but you don’t know how to tell if it really is leather? We have become very good at producing a material that looks and acts very much like leather but isn’t.
Is It Real?
This is fantastic cost wise, however for someone that wants real leather, it makes it harder for them to know they are getting the real thing. One way to determine if the material is leather is to stretch it slightly and look for pours, if the leather is real, you will see minute holes, we have not been able to duplicate this as of yet so if there are holes you have real leather.
Take Care Of It
Once you have your leather, you will want to take care of it. The first thing you will want to do after you purchase it is to condition it with a high quality leather lotion. Then condition it three or four times a year from then on out. If your leather gets dirty, and reacts with the chemicals of your skin, it may get a funny smell to it. In order to get rid of the smell and protect the durability of the band you will want to clean it with a cleaner made specifically for leather, then after cleaning it you will want to condition it with a leather conditioner. You don’t ever want to do one without the other as you will leave the leather open to drying out and degradation.