Regarding The Cognac Alligator Full Cut for Cartier Tank Must (2012-2024]
The good: Leather is beautiful. Packaging was good. Shipping was quick.
Not so good: Leather edge is darker than pictured. It looks black. It disrupts the color balance having a dark color edge contrasted against the lightness of the Cognac.
The bad: I ordered the steel buckle, as pictured, but received a gold buckle instead. This is confusing because only steel is pictured and there is not an option to choose between steel or gold. The other issue is that the strap fits more like 17mm instead of 16mm, so It is not easy to install. The website video shows an easy installation but that was not my experience. The edging was damaged trying to install to the watch body. I was not emailed an order confirmation so I can’t reference it in case I made the order error. I only received a tracking email without the order details. Upon further review of the website, I believe I was sent the incorrect size 17.5mm instead of 16mm. That or the item does not fit as advertised. But as mentioned, there was no paperwork with the shipment, nor email confirmation to reference order details. Before ordering I cross referenced the comparability.
I don’t have time to mail back a return at my expense and then having to deal with a return policy that says the product must be in “original condition”. It isn’t because it was scratched at my attempt to instal.
End results, I compressed the leather with pliers to force the fit. In the meantime, I installed the original buckle (defeats the purpose or ordering a complete set) and ordered a silver buckle from Amazon and will have to be patient and cautious each time I swap leather straps.
