Good Evening All:
How do you store your watches with leather or nylon/leather lined straps that may not get wrist time for awhile?
I have seen watch cases/boxs that use "cuff" style holders and ones were the buckle side of strap is "folded" so watch lies flat.
Is one method better than another in extending the life/look of the strap? Or would you recommend a different storage way. I want to buy a box for my collection.
Thanks for any feedback...
Andy
I store most of my watches in a nice box with cushions where you put the watches around, like a wrist. Normal Dutch internal house conditions like average temperature and humidity don't allow for any noticeable wear and tear. I guess it doesn't matter very much in what position you store the watches as long as you don't do anything ridiculous, like bending the straps the other way round.
Kind regards,
Paul
Hi Andy,
Good post - a topic I think about constantly, and I am slightly embarrassed to be contributing now: I have a penchant for buying ever new and "better" watch boxes- not just for storage, but for "displaying" so I can marvel over them and/or convenient storage so I can put directly/easily into my winding cabinet if I choose to.
My favorite watch display/storage box (which is actually a discontinued form of remote control box), chiefly because I get to see them dial up smiling at me :) Drawback: if you put them onto a winder cushion, they can't fit into this particular one.
More 'updated' remote control type boxes, which are larger - though a bit too high for me to see the watches 
A neat recent acquisition, that slots like in a winder. Drawback: can't put too many watches:
More conventional storage box
too many !
As to whether keeping them wrapped around a cushion is healthy - my opinion is: its ok, but not a great situation if its done too long, so getting them out for wrist time is important to me.
I'd add that if you live in a very humid climate it might make sense to include a small moisture-absorber nearby, like those silica packs stored with electronics, some medications, etc.
In general I store my watches with deployant buckles on round cushions, but most with tange buckles lie flat.
I echo MF's advice re silica bag for humid conditions, I visited friends in Bermuda and was advised not to store my shoes in the wardrobe or to close the wardrobe as they had no aircon and both shoes belts handbags and clothes could develop mildew quickly. Trouble with watch boxes are they do put all your treasures in one place, easy for unauthorised withdrawal by some toe rag unless hidden or stored in a safe.
Shing, there are a lot of vacant slots to fill in all those boxes! Need to do some rapid trigger pulling there my friend! Best of luck!
Thanks everyone for the feedback.
Since my leather straps all have Tang buckles, storing them "Flat" like MF mentioned sounds the way to go. It was my first thought. Also I found that since the majority of them have a "Short/XS" strap, some of the cuff style models I looked at...the strap had to be on the last hole or didn't have enough strap to work.
Also, good thought on using a Silica pac to absorb moisture in higher humidity enviroments. I don't live in such an area, but will benefit when traveling.
Andy
My wife has just bought me a stocking filler for a Xmas pressie, a six watch box with cushions and it contains a silica bag. I tried it with a 371704 for my slim wrist and yes I can get a similar sized watch next to it. The £,€,$ damage was very light and unlike so many there was no glass top and it was not made of exotic materials. It is certainly not a substitute for a good safe but it is somewhere to store six and I have decided to keep the outer cardboard box as it could be mistaken for a shoe box by unauthorised visitors.
Shing You sure got a lot of storage space available to expand your collection 10 folds