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ARF SD43 126600 v3 just released, whats new?

preppyr6

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Didnt see this mentioned elsewhere yet, so thought Id ask

https://puretime.io/sea-dweller-201...ition-904l-ss-case-and-bracelet-a2824-v3.html

What's changed? Doubt its worth the upgrade from the v2 on first glance, although bezel teeth look improved.

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Dial: color of the red "Sea Dweller" print. Some other fonts were upgraded as well.
 
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Wade03

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What is the major changed? bezel teeth and dial printing looks similar to the V2 IMO.
 
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d3s19n

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Could be wrong but seeing more genlike bezel teeth. On v3 more shallow rounded U shape cutouts (from top view) compared with V-ish U shape cutouts on v2.

Maybe the dial has a more accurate matte finish? Would be nice

Also the rehaut maybe better aligned on v3 (ROLEX lining up with the minute ticks consistently)


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YannickAndraschko

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No Major changes... but that is to be expected considert how close the V2 is

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TSWatch have better pictures and yes the bezel is good now and the same as my Noob V2. Crown guards are still not as good as gen or Noob though. Other than that I see very little difference.
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And my Noob bezel.
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And a gen.
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botsyboy

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One thing I’ve noticed though in the pics is the low crown position on the arf compared to gen and also Noob.


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Drewsak

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So is the Noob SD43 better than ARF V2 or V3? Thought I had been reading the ARF SD43 V2 was the best OOTB SD43?? Also...what is price difference between ARF V2 and V3?


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Lexx22

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Honestly with a gen xtal, DWO and case/bezel work the ARF V2 is on point. Any improvements on the V3 would be small I imagine. I wish they would get the index markers rounder like on the gen. Great looking watched overall.
 

sn95

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Excited for this even if there are only mild differences, sd43 is by far my favorite rep.
 
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TheRealm

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Posted in the other thread.

New member here... :wave-1:

I saw this on a few of the dealer websites yesterday. I inquired about it on Puretime and got a reply this morning.

"ARF v3 is better than noob v9 and the bezel font has been upgraded same as gen on v3 comparing to v2"


Take that for what it's worth. I've been leaning towards the ARF SD43 for a while now. Hope the DW font alignment and size was corrected. Otherwise, it seems that the consensus on all the forums was that its the better rep for this model.
 

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Not worth the money.
Here is mine slightly modded.
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d3s19n

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tribal slightly* lol with the most critical piece


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Not worth the money.
Here is mine slightly modded.
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What crystal did you end up with bro? I remember you were looking for one...

Looks perfect