Just to add to s3g0y's mouth watering recent pics. My Noob CrPO arrived from Ryan today (excellent as always - 7 days from order to arrival). I'm going to spare everyone a boring review and keep to some concise observations.
-I have a Noob PO LM LE and I've owned the BP CrPO. Overall this is superior to the BP version and at least as good build quality as the LM.
Noob top, BP underneath...
-The case and crystal are superb - better AR coating than the BP version - it disappears at most angles, 6-7 crown turns to lock, functional HE valve, perfect SEL.
-The dial is very nice, but suffers with minor QC issues - my 3 and 9 markers are ever-so-slightly off but hardly noticeable. The DW font is beautiful - white silver and raised as gen and mine centres very well ;-) -The bezel rotates nicely with no play and lines up perfectly at 12. The insert is very nicely replicated and the pearl is absolutely amazing - as gen IMO.
-The bracelet is good - on par with the BP and superior to the stock LM. The links and screws look will engineered and the overall feel oozes quality.
-Okay so the display back/ETA clone movement is an obvious tell to those in the know, but it really doesn't bother me. I'm hardly going to be passing this watch around for close scrutiny and the movement is actually quite pleasing to the eye. The decoration is a reasonable disguise and I'd much rather the Noob boys concentrated on the business end which they appear to have done admirably.
-I tried the gen on a couple of weeks ago and from memory this rep is very, very close. If anything the case is slightly too slim (has anyone taken the time to measure it yet?) which is fine with me as the gen sits too tall on the wrist IMO (compared to my gen 2500).
-Only minor gripe so far is a slightly underwhelming lume. Maybe it's just me, but it seems duller than the PO LM LE even allowing for the mix of green and blue lume. It's not bad, but if this is the same as the gen then I'd be a little disappointed £3K down. My gen 2500C is much brighter.
As an added bonus the CrPO is currently running at +2s / day and the date snaps over at 11:59:20. Wow. My Noob PO LM LE is currently away having a new engine fitted - a Sellita SW200-1. I'll be a very happy boy if it can keep up with the Seagul in the CrPO.
So is the Noob CrPO better than the PO LM LE? I'd say they are both superb - the stock bracelet on the CrPO is definitely better than the LM, but the display back is a blatant tell. I've cheated by using a gen bracelet on the LM anyway. Am I mad having both of them in my collection? Probably. Do I care? Nah.
Cheers for reading ;-)
-I have a Noob PO LM LE and I've owned the BP CrPO. Overall this is superior to the BP version and at least as good build quality as the LM.
Noob top, BP underneath...
-The case and crystal are superb - better AR coating than the BP version - it disappears at most angles, 6-7 crown turns to lock, functional HE valve, perfect SEL.
-The dial is very nice, but suffers with minor QC issues - my 3 and 9 markers are ever-so-slightly off but hardly noticeable. The DW font is beautiful - white silver and raised as gen and mine centres very well ;-) -The bezel rotates nicely with no play and lines up perfectly at 12. The insert is very nicely replicated and the pearl is absolutely amazing - as gen IMO.
-The bracelet is good - on par with the BP and superior to the stock LM. The links and screws look will engineered and the overall feel oozes quality.
-Okay so the display back/ETA clone movement is an obvious tell to those in the know, but it really doesn't bother me. I'm hardly going to be passing this watch around for close scrutiny and the movement is actually quite pleasing to the eye. The decoration is a reasonable disguise and I'd much rather the Noob boys concentrated on the business end which they appear to have done admirably.
-I tried the gen on a couple of weeks ago and from memory this rep is very, very close. If anything the case is slightly too slim (has anyone taken the time to measure it yet?) which is fine with me as the gen sits too tall on the wrist IMO (compared to my gen 2500).
-Only minor gripe so far is a slightly underwhelming lume. Maybe it's just me, but it seems duller than the PO LM LE even allowing for the mix of green and blue lume. It's not bad, but if this is the same as the gen then I'd be a little disappointed £3K down. My gen 2500C is much brighter.
As an added bonus the CrPO is currently running at +2s / day and the date snaps over at 11:59:20. Wow. My Noob PO LM LE is currently away having a new engine fitted - a Sellita SW200-1. I'll be a very happy boy if it can keep up with the Seagul in the CrPO.
So is the Noob CrPO better than the PO LM LE? I'd say they are both superb - the stock bracelet on the CrPO is definitely better than the LM, but the display back is a blatant tell. I've cheated by using a gen bracelet on the LM anyway. Am I mad having both of them in my collection? Probably. Do I care? Nah.
Cheers for reading ;-)
