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"Just because it's a Phong doesn't make it a franken- more like just a replica..." The goat has a good point. A Frankenstein project needs a genuine case or movement. It takes genuine guts or skin to qualify as a 'stein imho. Dials... Some of the 'affordable' genuine dials are so bad that I would much rather go with a reproduction on a replica or Frankenstein watch. I have read long diatribes on rlx forums against dials accused of being Fake! and next, the same posters are falling in love with a ratty original dial that looks like moldy swiss cheese on a Ritz cracker (genuine swiss cheese). The day after that they are swooning over a 'service dial' that is not much if any better than the average $150 reproduction. Bu-bu-but it's Genuine! Genuine!...in a 45+ year old watch with half the guts swapped out including some generic parts thrown in and a $40 HK bezel assembly. Not to mention case corrosion so bad that they have to take it off to whizz. Next they discuss in minute detail microscopic differences in font, letter spacing etc that no one in their right mind would notice or care about. It's insanity. In my humble insane opinion...

I'm really happy with this one (like all of my Yodog builds!) • Vietnam case • Vietnam dial • Slay's Fat Font Kissing 40 insert (correct serifs on the base of the "2"s) • Gen 127 plexi • Gen 702 crown • Swiss ETA 2824 movement

Great shot of a Master

Looks pretty good to me, nice job