8 ways to identify fake genuine leather watch bands with ease

Currently, most of the mechanical watches or quartz watches use leather straps, there are many types of fake leather watches with poor quality. Consumers are difficult to distinguish, this article will guide you some tips to check fake leather strap watches and how to identify the type of leather straps on the market.

1. 8 ways to check, compare real leather strap - fake watch

- Eye examination

Real leather products often have pores , which will become more noticeable when folded. With imitation leather, it will be smooth, without pores .

- The smell of leather strap

Smelling products made of animal skin often have the characteristic animal skin odor (foul odor) , while imitation leather products often have a characteristic chemical or plastic odor .

- Skin elasticity

Another way to check for genuine or fake leather is to press the product with your finger. With real leather, when pressed , it will be elastic, concave and form small wrinkles . When the hand is released, it will return to its original shape.

While imitation leather products will not be so elastic .

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- Feel and touch

For imitation leather, you will feel smooth, shiny, and cold to the touch. They will not be real leather, very soft and warm.

- Burn or heat the product over fire

This is the most obvious method of recognizing fake truths but the least practical, if not careful, it will damage the product. So you should only read through to know, avoid applying when in doubt about the operation.

It is known that when heated, real skin will shrink and return to head shape if we cool it down . Using fire, real skin will smell burnt (like the smell of burned hair) while fake leather will be clumped, have a burning smell of plastic even melted.

- Wet the product

Put a few drops of water on the product, real skin absorbs moisture well, so the water drops into the skin . With imitation leather will not absorb so water will slide off the surface of the skin.

- Scratching with nails

When scratching the nail on the leather strap, it leaves scratches on the real skin and the fake leather leaves no trace. We should try on the surface behind the watch strap to avoid scratches that cause loss of aesthetics.

- Check the border

The fake leather edge will have a plastic outer layer , the cut edge is perfect, and the real leather will have a fringed, fringed border (like the photo below).

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2. How to identify real leather straps on the market

- Cowhide

Cowhide has a high cost, the material is soft, smooth, elastic, and the pores are round, evenly distributed. Cowhide has the best wear resistance so it is preferred for use in all fashion items.

How to distinguish real cowhide watch strap :

+ Cowhide watch strap with good elasticity. When clicked and released, it will return to its original shape.

+ There will still be a characteristic animal skin odor on the watch strap.

+ Cowhide strap has skin softening moisture, you can see clearly on the back of the watch strap.

+ The face of the watch strap is made of cow leather when touching it will be rough, the pendant will see the diagonal lines in the wrong order.

- Crocodile skin

Crocodile skin is very durable leather, leaving no scratches when friction. Unlike other skin types, crocodile skin is often rough with a heterogeneous structure, diverse patterns do not overlap. This is a special feature that makes up the "golden value" of crocodile skin.

How to distinguish real alligator leather strap:

+ Put a few drops of water on the surface of the skin, the crocodile skin has good absorbency so the water will soak into the skin and spread around. With imitation leather, water will not seep and slide off the surface of the skin.

+ With real crocodile skin, when pressed, it will create indentations due to the characteristic elasticity of the skin, releasing the skin's hand will return to its original shape. And imitation leather does not have such elasticity.

- Ostrich leather

Ostrich leather is one of the most durable and supple skin types, five times that of cow leather. Ostrich skin contains natural ingredients that resist dryness, cracking and fracture. Also has high air permeability, non-static electricity, good insulation with a soft surface. Like crocodile skin, the pattern on ostrich skin is unique and not identical. Ostrich skin is classified into 2 types: Foot skin and skin.

How to distinguish real ostrich skin:

+ For the skin of the feet: With a characteristic layered scaly structure, made up of hard, shiny horny layers arranged parallel and snugly together into a straight line. In imitation leather, the scabs will not be as neat and shiny as real leather.

+ For your skin: The hair follicles are tilted at an angle of 42 degrees and neatly distributed. In the process of staining these nodules will be darker than the flat skin. For imitation leather, these nodules are not inclined and do not appear piercing through the skin and will have a completely different color than normal leather.

Thus, through the article, you can easily distinguish fake genuine leather and choose for yourself a leather strap watch that suits your taste!

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