Vegetable tanned watch strap lining and sweat?

[doingmahresearch]

Hi, I'm working with a factory to make watch straps for my watch (I need a lot). Originally, I wanted to use vegetable tanned full-grain leather for the strap lining (to match the upper), but they recommended instead to use a water/sweat resistant lining, which they said they usually use for their "high-end" straps. In Chinese, this lining is called 真京底. I have no clue it's name in English.

So my question is how do vegetable-tanned leathers fare with sweat/water? Should I go with the water/sweat resistant lining or good old veg-tan?

Thank you!

[cradom]

In case anyone was wondering,  真京底 translates at Google to "Really Jing off the end". I got nothing...

 

[doingmahresearch]

Yeah, I tried Google Translate, and looked a few Chinese sites, got nothing. It's just supposed to be a sweat and water resistant calf-skin liner I guess.

[YinTx]

I used some Hermann Oak vegetable tanned leather on a watch strap - treated it with lots of wax.. resolene... it still turned really dark brown from the oils in the skin and a few forgetful dunks in the dishwater....  Not sure what I should be using instead, so looking forward to hearing the answer on this one...

YinTx

[tomsmith85717]

Between the oils in your skin, the thinness of the leather, and the fact your wrist doesn't change in size and shape all that much... I dont think it will really matter.

[Mark842]

I've made bands for myself that I lines with veg tan. Yes, they discolored over time on the inside but as it was the inside I really didn't care.

If the company manufacturing for you has experience making a similar product I would use their experience at least for a sample. I'm assuming they will be sending a sample of the product to make sure its what you want before doing a whole run.

[TheCyberwolfe]

I used plain veg to line this one, and the second pic is one year later. Not sure what caused the splotch. I don't show folks the inside, so I'm not really concerned.