When i first received my Noob Daytona, I was one of the unfortunate ones to have a DOA movement. Watch would not wind. Was pretty bummed about it but that gave me an excuse to show it to my Rolex watchmaker and have him dissect the issue. Overall the watch is pretty spot on aside from the dead movement and the 120 marker mis alignment issue most NF Daytonas have. Upon inspecting the watch, he had fixed all the issues with the winding and noticed that the crystal was sitting to high and decided to take a look at it. He stated that the unsightly gasket was the issue and decided he wanted to see if a gen gasket would fit and fix the height difference. For reference a gen daytona sits around 12.3mm (watchmaker states there are discrepancies in gen crystal thickness which cause discrepancies in measurements with the gen. One gen can measure 12.25 where another can measure 12.35. All depends on the crystal and also the placement of the gasket around the edge of the crystal. as long as its all within tolerance) The nf daytona measured around 12.75mm on the same digital caliper. So lets get this little project started. PS. Ending NF thickness went from 12.75 to around the 12.5 mark. Not exactly gen thickness but pretty spot on and unoticeable. Mainly wanted to fix the 120 misalignment issue and this was a nice reason to remove the bezel.
Bezel off
ROLEX AD Watchmaker inspecting crystal and lining up laser engraving.
Noob gasket left Gen gasket right
Nice difference in thickness for the Noob vs Gen
Watchmaker making sure everything is aligned and getting ready to use Rolex daytona bezel tool to compress everything together.
Right before he compresses. Everything seems to be aligned alot better. 120 marker is no longer drastically shifted to the right.
Before
Crystal sitting nicely. Gasket is no longer visible from the outside profile and also no longer visible when looking to the inner bezel. You used to see the white gasket which hid the black ceramic. Now its clean and gen looking.
Before Noob gasket was visible and seen when looking to the inner bezel.
Final results. Alot better in my opinion. That white gasket was unsightly and was visible around the crystal edge reflection.
If you zoom in you can see the white gasket visible and pushing the crystal slightly higher.
The ever so popular final wrist shot
Bezel off
ROLEX AD Watchmaker inspecting crystal and lining up laser engraving.
Noob gasket left Gen gasket right
Nice difference in thickness for the Noob vs Gen
Watchmaker making sure everything is aligned and getting ready to use Rolex daytona bezel tool to compress everything together.
Right before he compresses. Everything seems to be aligned alot better. 120 marker is no longer drastically shifted to the right.
Before
Crystal sitting nicely. Gasket is no longer visible from the outside profile and also no longer visible when looking to the inner bezel. You used to see the white gasket which hid the black ceramic. Now its clean and gen looking.
Before Noob gasket was visible and seen when looking to the inner bezel.
Final results. Alot better in my opinion. That white gasket was unsightly and was visible around the crystal edge reflection.
If you zoom in you can see the white gasket visible and pushing the crystal slightly higher.
The ever so popular final wrist shot
