Pretty cool article on exotic straps and Swiss companies

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Exotic straps could turn around and bite you

Visit any high-end watch brand’s facilities and you will discover how the Swiss love to be environmentally friendly: Their buildings use renewable energy resources, they are constantly reducing the impact their production has on the environment, they support all kinds of ‘green’ charities, and they are even putting their press kits on bio-degradable USB keys to avoid wasting paper… but ask them about the origin of the alligator that ended up as one of their straps, and not only do they not always know, but their heads are often buried in the sand.

http://www.europastar.com/magazine/features/1004083427-exotic-straps-could-turn-around.html