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Pre-V All Black Goodness


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Specs:

- Case - EL (at least I bought it as such. Very strange since the regular 6497 would not fit. It had to go thru some severe case remodeling - done by The Zigmeister)

- Crystal - Sapphire thick gen like - no AR

- CG - LH

- Crown - T48 PVD

- Dial and Hands - FGD

- Mvmt - Swiss 6497-1

- Caseback - Jackob

- Strap - OEM Pre-V with OEM buckle

- PVD done by The Zigmeister

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It's T's photography that keeps jaws on the floor and encourages members to create their own masterpieces! Great craftsmanship by FGD and fantastic work by The Zigmeister as always!

My hat goes off to all of you! :drinks:

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The story behind these straps is as followed:

Dirk was able to obtain panerai rejected buckles (the engraving is slightly off) and he made replica pre-v straps with all the correct buckles, stitch, ect. His straps didn't have a fixed keeper. Panerai approached dirk and asked him to stop production of the straps because they were planning on using the logo again in their branding. Dirk agreed and all the buckles he had left were stripped and engraved 5218.

A second maker who also got some of the buckles continued to make straps, but his had a fixed keeper. They were never made by dirk, but somehow got named the dirk version 2 strap.

At least that's how I heard it.

Either way, it's still an amazing strap and still demand a high price.

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