Storage glasses box into a Panerai watch box conversion

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As I mentioned yesterday in the “what are you working on now?“ thread, I received the below Fielmann (a German eyewear company) presentation and/or storage glasses box (which isn’t for sale) incl. the glasses and wanted to convert it into a Panerai watch box.

Logo has been nearly removed. Only final finishing touches are needed.

A large PAM dial has been added. Dial bonding to be finalized.

Crown guard has been added but not finally fixed since I’m thinking about adding the crown…Image

Yes, the magnets shall be removed, too. Image

What do you think?
Any suggestions?

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Well done- no major work needed!
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Man that is cool! I need to build one of those! You know, you could drill a hole where the crown goes, add a spring and make the crown pull the release button for the lid.

Man that’s a cool box!
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Hypnogagia wrote:Man that is cool! I need to build one of those! You know, you could drill a hole where the crown goes, add a spring and make the crown pull the release button for the lid.

Man that’s a cool box!
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Good idea but this and all further upgrades have to wait for the next two weeks since I am on vacation. Image
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Enjoy the vacation!
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Hypnogagia wrote:Enjoy the vacation!
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Update: further adjustments to the Homemade Panerai box:
As I mentioned above I wanted to add the crown to the box…
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Now as you can see the crow guard isn’t even
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Manpower and after two „very very long“ cappuccini …. ImageImage
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… the job was done ImageImage
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Next coming upgrade… I‘m going to remove the dial and add a Panerai plate (ordered from @zsirstudio).
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Nice job :thumbup:
and very nice outdoor workshop :cool:

To flatten the crown guard,
I'm lazy, so I first try to bent it till the bottom sits flat. :angel:

With this wood color, a brass plate could be nice too.

And if you are to remove the magnet, you could also use a strap and buckle to close the box...

Just my 2cts.
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Regarding the magnet, yes will be the next step.
Regarding the strap + buckle, it did it on my previous Panerai box project.
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dj57 wrote: May 10th, 2024, 2:17 pm
Hypnogagia wrote:Man that is cool! I need to build one of those! You know, you could drill a hole where the crown goes, add a spring and make the crown pull the release button for the lid.

Man that’s a cool box!
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Good idea but this and all further upgrades have to wait for the next two weeks since I am on vacation. Image
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Looks like a great location fir a few wrist shots!!
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