Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot Alligator Watch Band

Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot

Balancing tradition with present day style and honoring their 150th anniversary, Zenith has released a new special edition timepiece on a brown leather watch strap as a part of their Academy collection. Limited to only 150 pieces in production to celebrate this significant date, and dubbed in honor of the founder of Zenith, the Georges Favre-Jacot is quite the stunner. 

Zenith Leather Watch Strap

Powered by “el primero” manual movement, the Academy Georges Favre-Jacot has a power reserve minimum of 50 hours, is COSC certified, and is water resistant up to 3 ATM. 

Measuring out to a 45mm diameter case, the Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot features hour and minutes blued hands, small seconds display, power reserve indicator, domed anti-reflection sapphire glass, and a revealed fusee and chain system. 

Zenith Alligator Watch Band

The Zenith Academy Georges Favre-Jacot is available in rose gold on a luxurious brown Alligator watch band. 

Feeling a need for change? Meander from the leather watch strap, and try a watch band from Rubber B’s new product line debuting at the end of the month. In the interim, qual that watch strap customization itch with something rubber, like Rubber B’s rubber watch straps. 

Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 Watch Strap

Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000

Assisting divers with top quality and reliability since 1967, the Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 derived its name “Sea-Dweller” from saturation divers that spend weeks in high pressure underwater habitats. 

Sea-Dweller Watch Strap

Measuring out to a 40mm steel case, the Rolex Sea-Dweller 4000 is waterproof to an extraordinary 1220 meters, or 4000 feet, has a screw down case back, escape valve, and screw down triplock waterproofness winding crown. 

Rolex Watch Band

Running on a perpetual mechanical self winding movement, the Rolex Sea-Dweller is equipped with instantaneous date, scratch impervious sapphire crystal glass, stop seconds for impeccable accurate timing, unidirectional rotatable 60 minute ceramic bezel, steel watch band, and center hour, minute, and seconds hands.  

Rolex Watch Strap

Alongside the clever glidelock extension system on the Sea-Dweller watch strap, now divers can wear their watches outside of their diving suits. 

Sea-Dweller Watch Band

Thanks to Rubber B’s special watch strap line made out of rubber, Rolex owners don't need to compromise the glidelock feature for customization. Rubber B's watch bands were precisely designed to fit the clasp. 



Check out our Red Rubber watch strap on the Submariner, featured on Jake's Rolex World Blog.  

Rubber B Watch Strap

Rolex Revisited: Rolex Explorer Watch

Rolex Explorer 39mm

Throughout its span in production the Rolex Explorer has been through an array of modifications. Originally manufactured as something else, the Rolex Explorer watch earned its name from being one of the first watches to reach the peak of Mount Everest. Since then, it has been acknowledged as the official watch for mountain climbers and extreme sports seeker for its endurance against severe temperatures, and impressive durability. 

Born in 1953, the Rolex Explorer watch is made out of remarkably strong 904L Steel, runs on an in house self winding perpetual mechanical movement, has a 39mm diameter case, monoblock middle case, screw down case back, stop seconds function, and winding crown with trip lock double waterproofness. Waterproof up to 100 meters, or 330 feet, the black dial features center hour, minute, and seconds hands illuminated by Chromalight, a distinctive luminescence that lasts double the length of time as common luminescent materials. Additionally, the dial features large 3-6-9 hour markers and bears the Officially Certified Swiss Chronometer seal. 

Rolex Explorer Watch Band

Thanks to the paramagnetic blue parachrom hairspring oscillator, this little warrior has high performance paraflex shock absorbers. 

Rolex Explorer Watch Strap

Available in 904L Stainless Steel, the watch strap for the Rolex Explorer watch band is an oyster strap.