I had the ARF and sold it on to raise funds for another watch. However I have just placed an order for the 2018 release from ARF (beat-rate 28800). People will argue about the slight differences and you could be persuaded to purchase Noob rather than ARF but each to their own. Noob has not done a release since 2016 and I don't know if there is one in the pipeline. All that said I was extremely pleased with the ARF and the details on the watch so that is why I have again placed another order (this time to keep).