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NOOB Pepsi GMT 126710 BLRO mini review

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I agree with the screen rendering of the colors, the debate goes nowhere until you see it IRL.

The major upgrade here IMO is the smooth color transition on the insert, for once it's not some sort of straight line between the colors.

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Post #52 is Noob’s pic with the gen.
 
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Beautiful. I've never been a big Pepsi fan but this looks great. Been looking for a DSSD and Batman but may have to add one of these to my collection too.
 
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With some flash:

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newbie here : about the insert (best gmt insert on the market) and engravings no questions, flaws spotted so far ? Crown guards, then?
 
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clayj said:
newbie here : about the insert (best gmt insert on the market) and engravings no questions, flaws spotted so far ? Crown guards, then?
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I don't agree with the best insert statement. It may be the highest quality insert, but colours are off. Blue doesn't have any shade of purple when it should, and red doesn't have any shade of pink when it should. There is not a single gen picture that you'll find out there that is even remotely close to this insert. The only exception is the single one presented in this thread as a side by side, and it's coming from guess who? Noob itself. I really don't understand you guys.
 
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Tobel said:
I don't agree with the best insert statement. It may be the highest quality insert, but colours are off. Blue doesn't have any shade of purple when it should, and red doesn't have any shade of pink when it should. There is not a single gen picture that you'll find out there that is even remotely close to this insert. The only exception is the single one presented in this thread as a side by side, and it's coming from guess who? Noob itself. I really don't understand you guys.
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The new "MK3" gen insert shown on this thread looks very much like the Noob IMO

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=698687

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Think the color is very close. Have been overlooking this one and focused more on the batman but this has just come under my radar. If not for the CHS and 7 bill price tag. I ordered the batman yesterday, was deciding between GMF and Noob (TD keep pushing noob one as the best in the market). But in the end I went with GMF as TD said Noob will only be making CHS from now on (so get use to the extravagant price tag fellas).
 
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I would say 1. Make based 2. Blue is close enough 3. The red seems to dirty/brownish but less obvious than the baboon ass inserts color from prior and an absolute improvement but 4. Still priced too much based upon the hot demand for it
 
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KJ2020 said:
The new "MK3" gen insert shown on this thread looks very much like the Noob IMO

https://www.rolexforums.com/showthread.php?t=698687

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Even in your example you can see exactly what I'm saying: there is no shade of purple in the blue, it's just dark blue, and there's no shade of pink in the red, it's just dark red. However you can clearly see these shades in the gen. And these are taken in rather low light conditions. The difference would be more obvious under full light.
 
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Actually, the color difference is less obvious under strong lighting, as both rep and gen colors appear brighter. Under low lighting however, the difference is more apparent.

It's really the best insert we have at the moment, but it's still off. The blue may still be passable, but that red isn't IMO. Too much brown mixed with the red. A shame, really.
 
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I think Rolex may not be finished tweaking the insert colors on this model. With so many variations out there in gen, even gen owners aren't sure which version they have or why. I think this Noob would pass pretty easily amidst the 3 in this pic "as one of the boys"

I honestly don't see any pink in the MK3, a little more cherry maybe. And I don't see purple in it either, a little more royal blue maybe which tends to purple. But we're talking a pretty minuscule difference here, this is nothing like the difference between a rep Hulk insert and a gen.


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KJ2020 said:
I think Rolex may not be finished tweaking the insert colors on this model. With so many variations out there in gen, even gen owners aren't sure which version they have or why. I think this Noob would pass pretty easily amidst the 3 in this pic "as one of the boys"

I honestly don't see any pink in the MK3, a little more cherry maybe. And I don't see purple in it either, a little more royal blue maybe which tends to purple. But we're talking a pretty minuscule difference here, this is nothing like the difference between a rep Hulk insert and a gen.
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I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder my friend ;)
 
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Tobel said:
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder my friend ;)
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So true. I think I actually prefer the blue and red from the MK2, but the markers look better on the MK3. They are definitely going pretty dark with the colors, rich and saturated. Old school Pepsi colors were much prettier IMO.

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Princewilliam said:
Hey dude, you should calm down, have some herbal tea or something. Every post you make has at least 4 exclamation marks

The insert is different!!!!!

The numbers are white!!!!!

The subdials are shiny!!!!


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maybe I should add more !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Since you find it so hard to see the obvious things, and make the Factorys tease you. If they wanted to make identical watches they would do it without problems. It doesn't take anything to make the same colors in 2019 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
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