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Step 2Making a template
Take a piece of paper and lay your watch on it, parallel to and touching the edge. Lay your ruler against the side of the face and draw a line parallel with the edge.
Mark the length of the watchstrap, minus any overlap where it fastens. (For the strap to fit well, the watch will need to be slightly loose on your wrist when fastened.) Measure your wrist to make sure the strap will go around it with a small overlap.
My wrist is 15cm around, and my strap is 16.5cm (which sounds like a big overlap, but the cloth has thickness, so it actually overlaps by less than 10mm when made up). This is just an example, as your wrist and watch will be different sizes.
Place a round object against where you marked the ends and draw around it to round off the ends of the strip. I used a pound coin, since it's about the right width, but you don't need to be super-accurate about this.
This shape will be the basic template for your watchstrap.
Mark the length of the watchstrap, minus any overlap where it fastens. (For the strap to fit well, the watch will need to be slightly loose on your wrist when fastened.) Measure your wrist to make sure the strap will go around it with a small overlap.
My wrist is 15cm around, and my strap is 16.5cm (which sounds like a big overlap, but the cloth has thickness, so it actually overlaps by less than 10mm when made up). This is just an example, as your wrist and watch will be different sizes.
Place a round object against where you marked the ends and draw around it to round off the ends of the strip. I used a pound coin, since it's about the right width, but you don't need to be super-accurate about this.
This shape will be the basic template for your watchstrap.
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