To be honest I wasn't expecting too much given the price. When I opened my Revain package, I was greeted with a regular leather strap (exactly what I wanted). The leather smelled nice, it was lighter than I wanted, but I knew full well that once the patina developed it would be perfect. The stitching was a great color to contrast with the brown leather and the stainless steel buckle was well made. The only thing I didn't really like was the big "W" engraved on the buckle, but that's not too bad. The quick release function works perfectly and is strong enough to handle even the one time I worked with it. A week later, the sun had already acquired a great patina and a great color. I'm very happy with it on my Seiko SRP777 Turtle.