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116610 LV bezel , opinions ??

mnkoshka

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Congrats on the gen insert! Try not to be biased in your review LOL jk. Looking forward to it.

Oh I won’t I’ll tell it like it is, thanks the last gen I bought was a fake and had to send it back for a refund so hopefully I haven’t been ripped off again lol
 

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Okay guys I’m still waiting on the VRF insert but here’s a quick comparison between ARF, eBay, cf and the gen. Cf is on the watch next in is ARF then eBay then gen. Imo the rep inserts are pretty close to each other engravings are pretty close to gen on all of them so the depths of engravings are identical, cf with the best finish and quality under the microscope.

The colour: the colour on all the reps again is too light!! The cf being the worst in this department. It captures a nice light apple colour along with the eBay insert which is close to gen but it’s a rare angle and only in more saturated lighting conditions. There’s just not enough green. But judge for yourselves from the photos. The ARF has more of a green colour but it’s just doesnt compare and stays static in its colour range throughout lighting conditions and angles.
Now the eBay insert is pretty much identical to a noob v6s which I have compared in the past. Here’s some photos to check out. I’ll try and do a better review when I have the VRF insert.

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I forgot to add imho the ARF insert does the job comparing to the cf and eBay colour wise. Maybe the VRF will change my mind once I receive it lol
 

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Thank you so much for the review! But also kinda sad that none of the inserts are close enough to gen.

The VRF one is the last hope!
 

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Thank you so much for the review! But also kinda sad that none of the inserts are close enough to gen.

The VRF one is the last hope!

No worries at all my pleasure. I’m trying to nip it in the bud as to what’s the closest. I’ve been looking for the answer for years, it drove me crazy researching haha
 

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Okay guys I’m still waiting on the VRF insert but here’s a quick comparison between ARF, eBay, cf and the gen. Cf is on the watch next in is ARF then eBay then gen. Imo the rep inserts are pretty close to each other engravings are pretty close to gen on all of them so the depths of engravings are identical, cf with the best finish and quality under the microscope.

The colour: the colour on all the reps again is too light!! The cf being the worst in this department. It captures a nice light apple colour along with the eBay insert which is close to gen but it’s a rare angle and only in more saturated lighting conditions. There’s just not enough green. But judge for yourselves from the photos. The ARF has more of a green colour but it’s just doesnt compare and stays static in its colour range throughout lighting conditions and angles.
Now the eBay insert is pretty much identical to a noob v6s which I have compared in the past. Here’s some photos to check out. I’ll try and do a better review when I have the VRF insert.

35505-D44-CE14-4-C59-8360-0-AF140-B72-F35.jpg

51-E1799-A-6-EFB-4-AF7-B98-E-F652-EBF86165.jpg

264-FBAFD-A75-C-48-F0-8078-3-E5-BBDD8-E022.jpg

C8-D664-A1-D93-D-4254-A9-D3-2-EF537388067.jpg

0-E41-DE2-C-6431-4-ABA-A66-B-A8-AA03-EA25-E4.jpg

84-E640-B4-6576-4423-A59-A-C6497-E8-BD864.jpg

8-A79414-A-BCDE-457-E-AAB0-6-C9-A75-E111-FD.jpg

15546-F39-B2-B7-493-F-92-E4-26667-CB54840.jpg

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wow! Excellent comparison
 

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wow after this amazing and enlightening experience viewing your comparison I am quitting the rep hulk game. Finally good to see it so I can stop hoping. But sad. I’ll be possibly quitting the SubC game too since CF insert engraving isn’t as NWBIG as I thought. Not only is the font way thinner than gen, but the plat color while very close in some lightings is off in too many others. Thanks again...for crushing our dreams lol jk
 

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wow after this amazing and enlightening experience viewing your comparison I am quitting the rep hulk game. Finally good to see it so I can stop hoping. But sad. I’ll be possibly quitting the SubC game too since CF insert engraving isn’t as NWBIG as I thought. Not only is the font way thinner than gen, but the plat color while very close in some lightings is off in too many others. Thanks again...for crushing our dreams lol jk

I am not giving up yet, waiting to add a submariner to my collection once a perfect rep comes out :)
 
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wow after this amazing and enlightening experience viewing your comparison I am quitting the rep hulk game. Finally good to see it so I can stop hoping. But sad. I’ll be possibly quitting the SubC game too since CF insert engraving isn’t as NWBIG as I thought. Not only is the font way thinner than gen, but the plat color while very close in some lightings is off in too many others. Thanks again...for crushing our dreams lol jk

Oh mate I’m sorry for crushing your dreams lol. Honestly these inserts all have their angles where they look great. The cf insert plating is a little to silver though you are right but it good looking insert in some light. Here’s a few of the VRF I received next to the gen and all of them together. From bottom gen, VRF , cf, ARF and eBay. I’ll take some more in sunlight to compare later
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Oh boy, even the VRF is so off. That's it, no hulk rep for me..

Haha oh I feel like I done a mischief by posting these photos. I really think these inserts have their qualities and like many have said before these Rolex cerachrome inserts really do behave differently to anything else obviously the black is the easiest to replicate. It’s funny I’ve mainly concentrated on the catching the differences in certain light but one you seperate These inserts with a little more distance they can be hard to tell apart in a lot of lighting conditions. With the exception of CF and it’s skinny text I’d be happy with most of these with a spongebob mod and a it’d be close enough to enjoy. Most people wouldn’t be able to pick it even sitting at the same table with a gen lol
 

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I have a gen insert coming in the next few days I’ll do a comparison between ARF, CF, VRF, EBAY And the gen all in different lighting conditions.

Where did you find the gen insert?
 

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It’s like all the reps are like acceptable copies or reps of each other but Gen is the odd one out.
 
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Come on. Did you have to quote the ENTIRE post and all of its 18 photos just to say that? Couldn't you have just tagged him?

This was probably a good quote because on web view, the quote was the first post on the next page so if we’re on this page, we don’t have to go back to the previous page to see it if we want to.
 
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Is this the Ebay insert?
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Is this the Ebay insert?
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I think that’s the one... does it have silver numbers? Can you post a front on pic so I can compare the triangle. There’s a couple on eBay
 

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I think that’s the one... does it have silver numbers? Can you post a front on pic so I can compare the triangle. There’s a couple on eBay
It's tough to tell. This particular listing is from a seller in AU I believe. I've seen this one listed for a while now and it's been in my cart for weeks but I figured it... it looks good in the pics bit I figured it was lighting as any hulk insert can be photographed to look good in only one lighting condition.

But it does look decent in the pic so I figured the one you're talking about is it but I do see other listings too but they're all single pic, poor lighting.
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