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Noob or ARF for deepsea blue?

Tucker

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Hi guys. Having a hardtime between the two? Which one is more accurate between the two?

I think I’m behind the game, but the problem with the early ARF was the gradient dial. It did have a much better insert. I believe ARF remedied the dial but I better practice what I preach and do some research. I’ll dig up some links to reviews and post them here.
 

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ARF case is completely wrong and it will never a close as possible to GEN...

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ARF case is completely wrong and it will never *be as close as possible to GEN...


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Go Noob..try to find a v6s ..if not dont sweat it and grab a new one..ARF case shape is way off and the dial color is way too light at the top..have fun!
 

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I agree with domsdaddy about the dial color. I love that watch and the ARF dial color better than the GEN. Unfortunately the ARF dial is much lighter at the top. The blue color is very pretty but also an instant tell.
 

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I just purchased a ARF V2 gradient dial for my ARF. DSSD and the gradient seems to be s little higher than the first version. The blue is also darker, the dial turns black in most lighting conditions
 

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I just purchased a ARF V2 gradient dial for my ARF. DSSD and the gradient seems to be s little higher than the first version. The blue is also darker, the dial turns black in most lighting conditions
Could you please post some pics . That would be awesome.

Although arf is currently working on the 2018 release which I believe is reference 126660, updates include slightly different case shape and new bracelet which is slightly wider than its predecessor.

Angus intimated most likely before Christmas we could potentially have it released



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I have the Noob V7 with a Spongebob insert.

The dial in the ARF is still too blue in both versions, and the case shape is wrong. I do think ARF has an advantage in the bezel insert. I could care less about the 316 vs 904L as they look identical when side by side IMO, and yes I own different watches with both types of SS.

Here's a comparison thread for the Noob V7 vs Gen.

https://forum.replica-watch.info/fo...s/272543-dssd-blue-gen-vs-rep-v7-side-by-side
 

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ARFs lug shape is way wrong
 
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ARF version looks too fat around the lugs. This makes a big watch even bigger.

The other deal breaker for me is the ARF is now only available with the SH3135 clone, so big bills if it breaks.

The Noob with 2836 is a really good one - get a spongebob bezel insert for it and you're golden.
 
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ARF version looks too fat around the lugs. This makes a big watch even bigger.

The other deal breaker for me is the ARF is now only available with the SH3135 clone, so big bills if it breaks.

The Noob with 2836 is a really good one - get a spongebob bezel insert for it and you're golden.

How bad is the current Noob insert? The past inserts were way too dark. I know Noob improved their inserts on the newest 116610 but they are still not as good as the ARF. Has Noob upgraded the DSSD inserts?
 

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How bad is the current Noob insert? The past inserts were way too dark. I know Noob improved their inserts on the newest 116610 but they are still not as good as the ARF. Has Noob upgraded the DSSD inserts?

Not sure - I haven't got this watch - she's too fat for me.
I know the Noob V9 sub insert still sucks though so I'd be surprised if this was good.
 

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Thanks for sharing.

Not sure if it’s the lighting or white balance, but seems very magenta/purple on the dial. The gradient looks better, but the writing in the dial seems too thin.

I have a gen 126660 and am very interested how the factories do with this model.