Noob Daytona vs ARF Daytona

[jb3]

Original Noob 116500 SA4130 (v2) on the left - ARF Dial and Bezel on the right. It's pretty damn close to the naked eye seeing them side by side without zoomed to hell. Either way the goods are off to to get the mods done and have them back in a few weeks.

 

[KJ2020]

Original Noob 116500 SA4130 (v2) on the left - ARF Dial and Bezel on the right. It's pretty damn close to the naked eye seeing them side by side without zoomed to hell. Either way the goods are off to to get the mods done and have them back in a few weeks.

Agree, on the white dial ceramic they are pretty close. ARF is better though especially the bezel.

From pics and from what others say the ARF white dial has a slight off white hue to it. Do you see that IRL? It's quite apparent in a pic I posted above (not my watch).

 

[jb3]

Agree, on the white dial ceramic they are pretty close. ARF is better though especially the bezel.

From pics and from what others say the ARF white dial has a slight off white hue to it. Do you see that IRL? It's quite apparent in a pic I posted above (not my watch).

The bezel was actually more of a noticeable change/improvement in the ARF than the dial. I was actually thinking I would be less impressed with the bezel swap but pleasantly surprised =)

 

[jcher]

The bezel was actually more of a noticeable change/improvement in the ARF than the dial. I was actually thinking I would be less impressed with the bezel swap but pleasantly surprised =)

The bezel indeed looks real good ! Was it difficult to source ?

 

[Digital.]

Agree, on the white dial ceramic they are pretty close. ARF is better though especially the bezel.

From pics and from what others say the ARF white dial has a slight off white hue to it. Do you see that IRL? It's quite apparent in a pic I posted above (not my watch).

I ordered an ARF to mod my Noob and when it arrived the first thing I noticed was the dial is a totally different colour. The Art dial is quite creamy. I much prefer the colour of the Noob dial, which is frustrating. I received another Noob and Arf from a friend also for mods and it's the same. To me it stands out way more than the subs/bezel...

 

[Micasol]

I ordered an ARF to mod my Noob and when it arrived the first thing I noticed was the dial is a totally different colour. The Art dial is quite creamy. I much prefer the colour of the Noob dial, which is frustrating. I received another Noob and Arf from a friend also for mods and it's the same. To me it stands out way more than the subs/bezel...

Apply a wax traitement on it, and will be white has gen is, what my watchmaker did on it, and result is stunning, no more creamy white but pure shiny white


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[Digital.]

Apply a wax traitement on it, and will be white has gen is, what my watchmaker did on it, and result is stunning, no more creamy white but pure shiny white


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Please tell me more about this wax treatment sir

 

[Digital.]

Micasol can you post some pics of your arf dial?

 

[Micasol]

Micasol can you post some pics of your arf dial?

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[jb3]

The bezel indeed looks real good ! Was it difficult to source ?

Was very easy to source - Puretime was able to get both the bezel and the dial within a few days. I am sure other TD's can do the same if you have a TD preference just reach out to them.

 

[jcher]

Apply a wax traitement on it, and will be white has gen is, what my watchmaker did on it, and result is stunning, no more creamy white but pure shiny white


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Indeed, I was also offered a wax treatment on the ARF dial to get to the gen color Great result on yours Micasol

 

[digdown2001]

I think ARF has the white dial Color about right, bright white would be too much, considering the Color of a gen white dial is actually ivory......

 

[rappermen]

ok what would you say is currently the best Daytona out of the box?

 

[Digital.]

I think ARF has the white dial Color about right, bright white would be too much, considering the Color of a gen white dial is actually ivory......

Do you have gen and Arf?

 

[Micasol]

Nope gen 116500 is not ivory it’s shiny white, noob stock color is same as gen, arf with wax traitement same, but agreed that Arf stock haven’t the good white, here’s my gen 116500

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[Tschacko]

Apply a wax traitement on it, and will be white has gen is, what my watchmaker did on it, and result is stunning, no more creamy white but pure shiny white


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Wow, that sounds interesting. Never heard of waxing the dial before. Do you have any comparison pictures? I saw some pictures of shotgun where he had a gen next to an ARF. The dial looked quite spot on.

 

[jcher]

Nope gen 116500 is not ivory it’s shiny white, noob stock color is same as gen, arf with wax traitement same, but agreed that Arf stock haven’t the good white, here’s my gen 116500

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Have you taken side by side pictures, if yes could you share ?

 

[Tschacko]

I am thinking wether to change the dial because I got a new noob dial with thin subdials. The so-called V2 everyone is talking about. Only the O in Rolex is crap. What do you think?

 

[Digital.]

I am thinking wether to change the dial because I got a new noob dial with thin subdials. The so-called V2 everyone is talking about. Only the O in Rolex is crap. What do you think?

They don’t look thin

 

[ssouthall6]

They don’t look thin

I think they based the dial on the 2018 model where the subdials are a shade thicker. Even so noob is still too thick.

Having seen a 2019 panda in the flesh, they've gone back to slimmer subdials again!


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