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What\u2019s the most customizable device you own? Plenty of us dress up our phones with a case intended to help it stand out, but we might argue that smartwatches place an even higher priority on customization. Alternate bands offer as much variety as cases on phones do, and are much more visible, always out on display. Add to that a nice custom watch face<\/a>, and you\u2019re well on your way to a one-of-a-kind combo. But even our best strap-and-face combo is feeling a little inadequate, as we check out what one Redditor pulled off.<\/p>\n Over on Reddit\u2019s Galaxy Watch sub, user Signal-Impression-97<\/a> shares images of a modified Galaxy Watch 4<\/a> that\u2019s been tucked into the case of a high-end mechanical watch.<\/p>\n According to the poster, they contacted a watchmaker to help them transform their vision into a reality. Although they don\u2019t specifically reveal the donor watch in the post, Google Lens tells us this appears to be a Panerai Luminor<\/a>, with that distinctive protected crown.<\/p>\n That crown is even functional, with Signal-Impression-97 confirming that it works for inputs. Apparently they went with this particular Galaxy Watch model due to size concerns, starting with a 40mm edition and dremeling down the body to begin with \u2014 not something we\u2019d recommend anyone casually attempting. Confusingly, they repeatedly refer to this as the \u201cClassic\u201d edition, even though that was only available in 42mm and 46mm sizes, and there doesn\u2019t seem to have been any attempt here to preserve the rotating bezel \u2014 that\u2019s presumably a misstatement where they meant to communicate that they chose the \u201cbasic\u201d model.<\/p>\n The big problem with which smartwatch to start with is reportedly size, and our poster claims that it\u2019s hard to find good mechanical watch donor bodies that are big enough to fit Samsung\u2019s larger Galaxy Watch entries. That sounds reasonable enough, and we imagine it was already quite tricky coming up with a combination that works as well as the pairing we see here.<\/p>\n Do you have a favorite traditional watch that you\u2019d love to see Frankensteined up with the guts of a modern smartwatch? Share your idea down in the comments.<\/p>\n![\"watch](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/watch-4-custom-case-wide-scaled.jpg\"\/ "\\"watch")
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