Great find! Looks like it’s the same as the Philips LFH0085/15, made and sold in Europe, only the Philips version often has a logo inconveniently on the front.

Nice bit of minimalist 1970s design. The trick will be finding one where the aluminium panel isn’t dented and scratched!
Per my previous post, the aluminum seems to have been repainted with silver paint, so it shouldn't be as difficult to find one in good enough condition to clean up and repaint. I found one that looks pretty good (non-working) and was cheap enough for me to buy - hopefully the pics are accurate:

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The strap will have to go, of course. The main body is obviously discolored with age, so it probably either needs painting or possibly the plastic has yellowed with age and can be lightened. Paint would be the easiest way to get it looking like the prop.

The question is, do you try to match how the colors look onscreen (after color grading) or how they look in natural light? That's always a question with any replica props/costumes. Like I found out from another user here that the original Star Trek costumes are not as vibrant because the show jacked up the color (it was the time of trying to sell color TVs after all), so most costumes you see are over-saturated compared to the screen-worn costumes. I say it just comes down to preference - some people want it looking like it does on screen, others want it as accurate to the originals as possible.
 

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Yeah, I figured the middle section at least was repainted. It's too blue, even given the colour grading they use in the show. Interesting that they seem to have painted the metalwork!

Because the Phillips product was widely sold in Europe there are a bunch of these things for sale in the UK via auction sites right now, often quite cheaply!
 
I say it just comes down to preference - some people want it looking like it does on screen, others want it as accurate to the originals as possible.

I had this problem with the HAL 9000 faceplate blue colour. It’s one thing when the original object’s colour is known, but if we don’t know it then I think something like how it looks on screen makes a certain sense.

Of course in a couple years they’ll auction off the actual prop. :)
 
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Agonized over that a lot. After watching it on the show many times, I'm convinced it's brown, not coffee. The drawer scene is very dark.

I was also told by someone on the Severance Wiki Discord that they spoke to someone on the production team who also said it's brown.
 
Hrm. Shame they don't seem to offer the yellow second hand with a white dial face!

It's also interesting seeing a watch without any visible branding on it. (obviously this fits the narrative - just interesting that it's an actual commercial product)
 
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Per my previous post, the aluminum seems to have been repainted with silver paint, so it shouldn't be as difficult to find one in good enough condition to clean up and repaint. I found one that looks pretty good (non-working) and was cheap enough for me to buy - hopefully the pics are accurate:

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The strap will have to go, of course. The main body is obviously discolored with age, so it probably either needs painting or possibly the plastic has yellowed with age and can be lightened. Paint would be the easiest way to get it looking like the prop.

The question is, do you try to match how the colors look onscreen (after color grading) or how they look in natural light? That's always a question with any replica props/costumes. Like I found out from another user here that the original Star Trek costumes are not as vibrant because the show jacked up the color (it was the time of trying to sell color TVs after all), so most costumes you see are over-saturated compared to the screen-worn costumes. I say it just comes down to preference - some people want it looking like it does on screen, others want it as accurate to the originals as possible.

I found a few of these myself on EBay, I’m going to do an experiment where I silver paint one but not the other and see the difference. The first one I received the aluminum section is pretty mint so I’ll probably just apply the lumon logo on this one. I removed the norelco logo with some denatured alcohol, it came off very easily. Next step is painting the middle section gray.
 

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I started a build thread of the micro-cassette recorder over in the Replica Prop section. Working on it now:

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I started a build thread of the micro-cassette recorder over in the Replica Prop section. Working on it now:

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Don't let Mr Milkshake catch you with that!
 
This is my Lumon Ring, my own design...

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...from its two seconds of screen time in s01e09 (and some behind-the-scenes art):

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It's 3D printed in resin, sanded carefully, and airbrushed with Alclad II Chrome over black gloss.

And here is actor Marc Geller (who plays Kier Eagan on the show) modeling my ring after I was able to send him one; so kind of you, sir, thank you! All praise to Kier!

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I didn't see this posted in the thread, but Severance.wiki is a good resource and has a lot of good images of props (could be made by someone here, idk). There's pics of their badges:

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Individual badges for MDR members:

Art:

Objects:
 
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