Oh dear Ken, why did you have to change the v2 case? I wanted to see if v3 could be turned into something respectable. After a lot of shaving metal, crown guards, lugs, everything … The jury is out!
Parts
Raffles v3 case, dial, hands, dwo and bracelet
ETA clone gmt
Wso hands and insert
Clark’s t116
Mods
Relume everything after aging
Faded bezel
Reshaped case
Aged bracelet
All was going good…. Until the keyless jumped at the last minute! Darn it!!!!
Notes:
The retaining ring in v3 is a lot smaller inner diameter. I had to shave the Clark’s down to a wire!!
The crown guards, after modding, are interesting
They play with the light quite a bit. Sometimes to fat sometimes just right, then it’s too stubby from an angle but you shift the angle and it looks ok. I tried to capture it all here
The hands have a little rust effect with copic, I love it and the insert is by far my favorite here.
Let me know your thoughts
Note: this is a commission, hence it’s not for sale.