Thanks for creating a separate post for this.
My thoughts are this:
Case set looks good nice bevels and overall shape looks good. The case set and bezel assembly alone are worth the pick up!
Bezel assembly looks good. needs to be aged . Tripdog does spend alot of time reluming and aging the inserts for his builds to make them look authentic.
This TS insert assembly has potential with some aging He had done my insert and it looks awesome. IRL
Handset looks good the gmt hand is the proper shape but it doesn't look like the lume matches the dial as one would hope.
The dial. to me its the let down. in the video it looks cheap under bright light. and even though the printing looks good the "gilt" doesn't do it for me. I am biased as I have a gilt negative relief dial from
Bart Cordell
I would need to see it in person. Could use some aging but i think for most its acceptable at this price point. I would like to see it IRL.
I wish they went with just a standard GMT dial and not double stamped special edition. I have never seen a photo of a gen 6542 with the Serpico dial , and now we are gonna see a bunch of them lol
The bracelet looks like the WSO rivet well made but not accurate. again fair for the price point.
I think that this is a good value for what you see in the pics and is an excellent jumping off point. This watch with a bit of ageing and some slight tweaks would satisfy most I think. Overall for the price point its a definite grab,only thing that would stop me is being scammed out of my money as they are not TD and have never dealt with them
I would buy this.
age the case and bezel
swap the dial
and enjoy!
here is a pic of my build that cost a heck of a lot more in time and $$$ than this one being offered.
Cheers
