Noob Daytona vs ARF Daytona

[guru]

Nur-Uhr Wieviel wiegt denn die gesamte Noob watch?

This is the english section....


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[kerstin08]

sorry, my question was how much weight does the Noob watch have with bracelet?

 

[timnic54]

sorry, my question was how much weight does the Noob watch have with bracelet?

My 116500 Noob weighs 138 GMS. About the same as a Gen.

 

[Nur-Uhr]

kerstin08 I do not have the exact weight in my mind but the comment from timnic54 sound good. I have something like nearly 140 or 150 in my mind.

But for information, I compared the ARF 116520 and the Noob 116500 and a GEN 116520 and they had nearly all the same weight.

 

[guru]

ARF v2 904 116520 black dial is 141grams, Noob 116520 316 is 138 gram....one link removed on both watches. Concider the different movement and consider bezel size, noob bezel is 2.7 mm and ARF 2.5 but the shape is not gen.


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[MrBeasy]

So I ordered a 116520 noob sa4130 and ARF 116500 at the same time. Originally was going to swap a bunch of ARF parts into the noob and likely still will. But after ordering one part I read would NOT fit was the ARF bracelet on the Noob case. However, that doesn't seem to be the case for me. My noob SEL fitment sucked, but the ARF bracelet fits pretty damn well. Is it perfect? No, but no rep bracelets ever are. Much better than noob bracelet on noob case was though.

Cool. I have tried to do this twice on my noob daytonas and they both looked bad - ended up mashing up the removable ARF links and clasp with the Noob end links. Yours look alright though, lucky.

 

[hibee999]

So I ordered a 116520 noob sa4130 and ARF 116500 at the same time. Originally was going to swap a bunch of ARF parts into the noob and likely still will. But after ordering one part I read would NOT fit was the ARF bracelet on the Noob case. However, that doesn't seem to be the case for me. My noob SEL fitment sucked, but the ARF bracelet fits pretty damn well. Is it perfect? No, but no rep bracelets ever are. Much better than noob bracelet on noob case was though.

Looks great !

I have the same parts incoming, if I get a result like that I’ll be delighted !


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[Wurstriwl]

Dont know.... Dial looks great but dont know the right name? Subdial? Insert? Looks really cheap..... Gen same?

 

[MrBeasy]

Hey guys just sharing some noob vs ARF ceramic bezel observations.

I've read the comparison posts in this thread and other threads so this might be a controversial opinion, but I think the Noob ceramic bezel is better than the ARF ceramic bezel - the only catch is that the ceramic bezel has to come from one of the older noob "frozen chronos" bezel.

My Franken had an ARF v1 ceramic bezel on it and I noticed that the printing seemed dull when viewed inside with artificial light (like how the Noob rep sub or gmt inserts are dull out of the box). So I went through my parts box and found an old noob insert from a frozen chrono model i bought last year nd noticed two things:

1) The noob insert is much brighter and numeral print appears thicker than ARF, particularly when viewed from angles. I'm not sure if gen is as bright white but I like the look better (can anyone comment if ARF or noob is closer to gen whiteness in hand? - I can't really tell from comparison photos due to lighting differences). I think some modders are now offering a platinum type mod for the daytona bezels to help address the dullness

2) these older noob frozen chrono ceramic bezel models don't appear to suffer from the smaller Triangle at 12 that appears to be on the new noobs.

See the photos below. The watch pictured has the old NOOB ceramic bezel newly mounted - the ARF bezel is loose. I know the colour difference is hard to see but it is definitely noticeable in hand and as you can see the triangles at 12 appear to be very similar sizes.

What do you think? Am I nuts for changing from an ARF to an old stock noob bezel?

Also does anyone happen to know if there is a difference between ARF v1 ceramic bezel and ARF v2 ceramic bezel? I couldn't find any info on this point in the various threads...

 

[guru]

What do you think? Am I nuts for changing from an ARF to an old stock noob bezel?

YES, I have done the same comparison with gen watches and still not sure which is the right color because of different light reflections on every watch I look at. This is why I have not send any bezels to a modder.Keep it as it is. BTW, you could sell me the one you decide not to keep.


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[Nur-Uhr]

Here also 3 quick made pictures for comparsion between the ARF and Noob dial for the 116500 White Dial version.
Noob = left / ARF = right OR (cause of pictures were rotated) Noob = Up / ARF = below

I am now not sure, if I should also order a BP dial for the 116500 WD for comparison.
In my opinion the ARF for the 116500 WD is really good.

But when you read the threads from lukko and look at his pictures for the BP dial (black one) = this look really amazing.

 

[Nur-Uhr]

And here my actual stock Noob 116500 = out of the box

 

[nomana]

And here my actual stock Noob 116500 = out of the box

Look pretty good

 

[botsyboy]

Here is my Noob just back from Domi. Full service plus gen dial and hands fitting.. also has gen used bezel and gen crystal.

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[lcsrep11]

botsyboy looks awesome!

 

[BlossomboofyBoofystewie2]

Now that's a great job!

 

[watcher009]

Wow

 

[markfisher]

Very nice work, but the SEL does not look good... also dial is 2 ticks

 

[lcsrep11]

Very nice work, but the SEL does not look good... also dial is 2 ticks

Dial is gen mate.

 

[markfisher]

Dial is gen mate.

I know is gen, but is the "2 ticks" version from older models of 116520 (with the old clasp). Newer models has "1 tick" dial