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Noob Daytona 4130 arrived

KJ2020

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We have done it but it makes no sense. The ARF crystal is nice but you only see the difference when you have both next to each other.
Noob is 90%, ARF 95....
Another point is,you can take the bezel incl the crystal off as one piece and you can put it back on in one piece, just press the crystal in. Why? To avoid the chance to brake the ceramic bezel when pressing back in.


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I have the bezel and not the crystal or gasket. That is why I am asking.
 

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I've a question for all of you guys and you my friend:

The Noob gasket it's 2.5mm and the watch measure 12,6.

With gen gasket the watch actually it's 12,3. So i think that gen gasket was 2,2? is this possible? (i miss to measure my gen gasket before fit on the Noob)

Anyway, actually my Noob has gen gasket, Noob stock crystal and ARF bezel.

it's pretty cool, but i think the height of the crystal, on profile view, would be more higher than mine actually.

So Noob bezel was 2.7 and ARF it's 2.5 (as genuine).

What will happen if i shaved the bezel for example 0.5? i will se the gasket then on the profile of the crystal?


Gen is 2.2 mm, just shave the noob down to 2.2 mm. Noob bezel is 2.7 mm, shave to 2.5 mm. then you get 12.3 mm. The result looks like this without seeing the gasket

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The gen gasket for the 116520 I have here waiting from my serviced Franken to return measures 2.3mm and also the ARF steel bezel is thicker and not quite as flat as the gen bezel. I think the set up is different on the ceramic 116500 as the crystal has a different part number and the gen bezel is a little thicker.


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The gen gasket for the 116520 I have here waiting from my serviced Franken to return measures 2.3mm and also the ARF steel bezel is thicker and not quite as flat as the gen bezel. I think the set up is different on the ceramic 116500 as the crystal has a different part number and the gen bezel is a little thicker.


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Gen is 2.2 mm, just shave the noob down to 2.2 mm. Noob bezel is 2.7 mm, shave to 2.5 mm. then you get 12.3 mm. The result looks like this without seeing the gasket

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This is mine with gen gasket, noob crystal, and stock ARF. i can see the glass upper the bezel, but i think that gen glass it’s more upper of the bezel than mine

I can shave the ARF bezel 0.5 for example, and than it will be 2.0 but i’m afraid that then the gasket will be visible.



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I would like to share my experience, I have a gen 116520 with an ice blue gen kit install on it, I have decide to buy a noob 116506, first of all, the clone movement is amazing, very nice finish, keeping good time, +2,6 seconds per day, it a very huge work done by the rep industry, really far away of what it be.
On the quality of the case, really good, same case construction as the gen, even on the pushers and tube, amazing, the band is not so bad, well finish, but the SEL is not the good one on the 116506, they just feet the 116500 band on this model, anyway the band is fine and confortable, extension link working, finish quality good.
I decide first to grease all the gaskets, back case, crown, tube, for wateresistant, here I made scuba diving, I have test it at 30 mètres during a little more than a half oh our, no problem, so you could swim with it and even go diving.
What I will do, is next week swap my gen ice blue kit on my noob, I have install on it an open case back, really pleasant to look at this movement, and now pics, my gen and the noob









The dial on the noob is really amazing, even the subdials, the color is like the gen one, just the dlc markers of the bezel who are not on the same quality of the gen, thickness of the glass is perfect, same as my gen, purshers same as the gen too. Overall it is impressive, at this price you have a fantastic watche, and for a low investment you could have a super Franken. We are far away of the poor 7750 Daytona
 

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Whats going on with that SEL ? Does gen also suffers from bad SEL (sometimes) ?

Micasol awesome watch, can’t wait to get mine too :)
 

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I would like to share my experience, I have a gen 116520 with an ice blue gen kit install on it, I have decide to buy a noob 116506, first of all, the clone movement is amazing, very nice finish, keeping good time, +2,6 seconds per day, it a very huge work done by the rep industry, really far away of what it be.
On the quality of the case, really good, same case construction as the gen, even on the pushers and tube, amazing, the band is not so bad, well finish, but the SEL is not the good one on the 116506, they just feet the 116500 band on this model, anyway the band is fine and confortable, extension link working, finish quality good.
I decide first to grease all the gaskets, back case, crown, tube, for wateresistant, here I made scuba diving, I have test it at 30 mètres during a little more than a half oh our, no problem, so you could swim with it and even go diving.
What I will do, is next week swap my gen ice blue kit on my noob, I have install on it an open case back, really pleasant to look at this movement, and now pics, my gen and the noob









The dial on the noob is really amazing, even the subdials, the color is like the gen one, just the dlc markers of the bezel who are not on the same quality of the gen, thickness of the glass is perfect, same as my gen, purshers same as the gen too. Overall it is impressive, at this price you have a fantastic watche, and for a low investment you could have a super Franken. We are far away of the poor 7750 Daytona
May I ask why your winding rotor is plain without the red Daytona text?
This is how my Noob SA4130 looks like...
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And rocking it today on a Rubber B

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This is mine with gen gasket, noob crystal, and stock ARF. i can see the glass upper the bezel, but i think that gen glass it’s more upper of the bezel than mine

I can shave the ARF bezel 0.5 for example, and than it will be 2.0 but i’m afraid that then the gasket will

Are you sure you have a gen gasket for Daytona? You pic looks stock noob. Do not shave th e bezel to 2.0. It needs to be 2.5.
Something is wrong there.



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Micasol

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May I ask why your winding rotor is plain without the red Daytona text?
This is how my Noob SA4130 looks like...
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And rocking it today on a Rubber B

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Don’t know why, was like this
 

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I would like to share my experience, I have a gen 116520 with an ice blue gen kit





So are you saying these pics show a gen ice blue dial? Asking because the gen subdials have individual sunbursts and I'm not seeing that here.
 

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Thé first one it is gen ice blue dial, others are the noob one, and not significant differences with the others who are the noob stock one
 

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Thé first one it is gen ice blue dial, others are the noob one, and not significant differences with the others who are the noob stock one

Thanks for the clarification!
 

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Are you sure you have a gen gasket for Daytona? You pic looks stock noob. Do not shave th e bezel to 2.0. It needs to be 2.5.
Something is wrong there.



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Yep my friend, my stock watch was 12,6mm with stock noob gasket. Actually it is 12,3 with gen gasket (that's more trasparent and has glossy profile compared to the noob gasket)

Noob gasket it's 2.5mm and gen it's 2.2 , so that's correct -0.3mm that i've obtain in the final measure of the watch thickness.

ARF has correct thickness as per gen (2.5) but has higher profile compared to the gen and Noob due vetrical high profile unfortunally. Noob appears more flat even it is higher compared with ARF (ARF 2,5 and Noob it's 2.7). But the font it's better on ARF so i think i keep it stock without shave.

Just ordered the new BP black dial and got QC. Can't wait to see it shaved and inside my watch, but it will take soooo long time...
 
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Thanks for posting here the right gasket high.

Would be the Daytona to big for a lady hand? The ice blue one looks so really good to me...
 

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Thanks for posting here the right gasket high.

Would be the Daytona to big for a lady hand? The ice blue one looks so really good to me...

hello. so nice to see another girl on here. it's not big at all. i have 14.5cm wrist and it's not too big on my wrist. it's beautiful.
 

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I have already a Oyster Perpetual 39mm and this size is also ok. Which model do you have?