I recently got my Hulk noob v8, and everyone on this board says that the bezel color is the obvious tell that it's a replica. The original video that smoke posted showed arf vs gen vs v9. I'm obviously not an expert, but when I look at that video, all three of those watches look nearly identical, including the bezel color. If you watch any videos with the gen Hulks on YouTube, it's clear that the bezel color changes with the lighting. I just don't see how anyone would be able to call you out on a rep unless they're staring side by side at a gen. And even then, it'd have to be in the exact same light. Don't know if the noob v9 corrected the bezel vs what I received with the v8, but based on the video, any of these watches would fool the average person. And isn't that what we're all after. If we weren't looking to fool people, then we'd just get a gen (if we could afford it). So I say this, if the average person wouldn't know the difference between your noob, arf and gen, then there's really no reason to spend all this money making expensive upgrades. No matter what you do, the average person won't know the difference between your rep and a gen. And no matter how many mods you make to your rep, it'll never be a gen. Why make a $2500 Franken when a $400 version will fake out 99.9999999% of people you interact with. I'd bet if you wore any of the three watches, you'd never get questioned on it... Ever. People would think you have a real rolex. Just one man's opinion. Here's my Noob v8...
I think you didn't get the franken/rep game right. It's not about fooling people, it's more like a passion to get it as close to gen as possible and to experience a gen feeling on the wrist. I can speak for myself, i hate it, when there are obvious tells on the watch. It makes me inspect these flaws over and over again, like automatically. An average person wouldn't know, what i'm concerned about, no questions asked. Therefore we all try to get the best watch possible.
Concerning the Hulk: If you ever had a gen hulk in your hand and a noob v8, like i did, you will notice the big differences regarding the bezel color, cgs,... The video isn't a good deal for comparison, as the lighting is pretty bad. Biggest tell is and will be for a long time, the bezel, way to dark (V8) or to dull (V9), in any lighting. A friend of mine, who actually owns a gen hulk, can tell me apart from distance with the v8. That's why it's already gone again.
Please don't get me wrong. I don't try to offend you in any way
Just for clarification.
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