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Bezel looks great!

If you work for DHL, maybe. 🙂

Looks great Freddy! TRL is “thin red line” in honor of our dear departed friend Bob 🙂.

Then it must be a TRL on the case back 🙂.

Great post Freddy. Amazing quality and superb improvements by you as always. Can’t wait to see the genuine bracelet 😉.

Hi Freddy, Do any of the controls/wheels on the back slide? That dome shaped one in particular looks kind of like the [censored] on a Futurematic. Cheers.

LOL. Right up there with the excessive bubble wrap held together by three feet of clear tape requiring surgical precision to remove.

Ahh...HH case I assume? These look so good. You need to run the insert over with your truck at the 35 minute mark 🙂.

Looks the part!

Yes, happy birthday indeed. And thanks to whoever is actually running this mother of a ship these days!

Definitely a tight squeeze. Oddly the stem alignment is quite straight when setting the time, just had to push pretty good and risk popping the keyless when getting it in there. I am not a stickler for slow beat obviously. Maybe try putting the stem back before tightening the case clamps?

Ruby case & dial, Slay hands, genuine glass. Managed to cram a 2824 in there after removing all the date bits. This was intended to be a dry fit, but I rather like the NOS look. Cheers!

Sometimes reflections are a great thing!

Good comment down below the video... why am i watching this? i can't even afford the fakes

Desk diving RWG this evening!

Yes, lume looks great. Whole watch too!

Very interested. Will a 2824 fit or does it need to be 2892? Maybe the adapter is the same either way.

I like it! Dial color is great.

Panerai here too. When I was buying my first "real watch" I made a point to check out all the major brands. My visit to the Panerai site lasted about two seconds accompanied by a brief expletive 🤢. Now my 009, 036, 040, and 212 reps are among my favorites.

These look great!

I feel the same about reps, especially the ones I put together. Unfortunately, the days of mint $500 maxi and white Sea Dweller dials seem long gone. I have quite a few vintage gen pieces now that I really enjoy. I do find that the current hot watches are actually killing my interest in collecting. When a hot mess like the PP Nautilus is Instagram’s most desirable watch, something has gone seriously wrong.

Good user name!

Redbigjoe was a dedicated watchmaker for sure 😉. He is missed.

Beautiful as always!

The best TRLs are replicated 1:1 using an original. The factory can’t just buy the sticker though. They need the whole watch to really see how it’s on there.