Noob finally releases true clone GMTs

[Toddy250]

Noob 116710LN arrived

SEL not recesssed

I noticed the green GMT hand color match to text is off. It looks like VRF and ARF have a better color match. Thoughts?

[Tobel]

It's quite disappointing indeed. Cyclops is not well aligned, Rehaut engraving as well, flush SELs...

[ATHOS]

I noticed the green GMT hand color match to text is off. It looks like VRF and ARF have a better color match. Thoughts?

Correct:
really different green colours on dial and hand
(VRF on intime seems bettter, but I can’t compare this with gen or in real life)

@tobel
flush SELs are an unnecessary item and therefore disturb me most

cyclop is probably only because of the angle

ATHOS

[KJ2020]

Correct:
really different green colours on dial and hand
(VRF on intime seems bettter, but I can’t compare this with gen or in real life)

@tobel
flush SELs are an unnecessary item and therefore disturb me most

cyclop is probably only because of the angle

ATHOS

ARF 116710 LN bracelet on a Noob case if you want to change it. SEL hole lineup to springbar detents is perfect. Recess is great

[rockdaly]

ARF 116710 LN bracelet on a Noob case if you want to change it. SEL hole lineup to springbar detents is perfect. Recess is great

you think that arm bracelet would fit on the vrf Pepsi?

[cool1o]

@tobel
flush SELs are an unnecessary item and therefore disturb me most

didn’t you get QC pictures? I guess the SEL problem could be just bad luck. Haven’t seen that flush SELs for a long time now


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[KJ2020]

you think that arm bracelet would fit on the vrf Pepsi?

Can't say firsthand bro. The VRF Max Subs had 19.9mm lug width. Only one way to find out, easily flipped or used elsewhere if it doesn't fit.

[ATHOS]

It's quite disappointing indeed. Cyclops is not well aligned, Rehaut engraving as well, flush SELs...

You are right: cyclop isn‘t aligned

[KJ2020]

You are right: cyclop isn‘t aligned

Wow that datewheel is bad. Noob has really gone down hill. Their datewheels used to be among the best, even sought after as a standalone part. BK used to sell them for $40.

Also I had mentioned this initially, the hands lume is yellowed. You can really tell when a factory is using lower quality parts.

My Noob stock DW

[ATHOS]

Hi all,

now I am very unhappy with my purchase.

At the first look I only explored the not recessed SELs (disturbs me) and the misaligned rehaut (don’t disturb me, because same problem on some gens).

You eagle eyed RWI members pointed out so many items that I for myself had never explored:
misaligned cyclop
very bad date wheel
very bad yellow colour on the markers and hands
different green colour on dial and GMT hand

all this flaws cannot be unseen by me

another item is that the watch is not waterproof

so I come to the following conclusions:

I don’t like the watch anymore
I can’t recommend it to others
I start to hate Noob
I start to hate RWI expertise

Athos

[KJ2020]

Hi all,

now I am very unhappy with my purchase.

At the first look I only explored the not recessed SELs (disturbs me) and the misaligned rehaut (don’t disturb me, because same problem on some gens).

You eagle eyed RWI members pointed out so many items that I for myself had never explored:
misaligned cyclop
very bad date wheel
very bad yellow colour on the markers and hands
different green colour on dial and GMT hand

all this flaws cannot be unseen by me

another item is that the watch is not waterproof

so I come to the following conclusions:

I don’t like the watch anymore
I can’t recommend it to others
I start to hate Noob
I start to hate RWI expertise

Athos

So sorry we drove you to this realization bro, sometimes in our zeal for critical analysis we forget some members are not so critical.

I completely agree with your assessments though

I can’t recommend it to others
I start to hate Noob

I mean look at the blunt tip of the arrowhead on the hour hand. I've sourced Noob hands numerous times for projects. Not anymore, those are really bottom of the barrel. Noob got raided in June 2019 and lost a ton of money. Then the owner turned it over to his son. It's been on a steady decline since.

Regarding your piece, if it were mine I would source an ARF dial and hands and a better datewheel while you're at it. These parts come up in M2M. Your case and movement are good. Get the crystal rotated a little and you can be happy with it. Sucks, I know but people who bought the ARF often had to swap to this movement, which cost as much or more. Here is an ARF with a swapped movement. Dial and hands are awesome.

[ATHOS]

KJ2020

Thank you for your constructive answers.

first I have to add that my piece isn’t waterproof.

My comment was a bit sarcasm ....
I really appreciate the input from the RWI members ... that is the only way for me to realize flaws of the watches.

You have to live with criticism... when posting pics of your watch.... you can be happy if the criticism is constructive as in this post.

Maybe I can see some flaws in the QC pics of my next purchase. I really thought after looking at the QC pics the piece was good. I saw the flush SELs, but thought it was because of the plastic cover.


I have to think if it’s worth to make some mods on the watch.

If the base is ok ... maybe.

Eventuelly a modder can do some work to recess the SELs.

I also will look after ARF hands and dials and datewheel and bracelet or some gen parts plus gen crystal... but that’s a question of money.

Now I will wait for some experience from members who will buy a VSF.

I think that’s the first choice for me.

To all other members:
this piece is not really bad
although I would not recommend it ... we should wait till some members post their experience with the VSF.


Athos

[BiH855]

I would say it's not tooooo bad, the bezel is okay and the crystal is almost the same on all reps, movement and datewheel are good like KJ already said. If I were you I would try some other bracelets if you can find some in the sales section. It will be trial and error but if you find one which fits good and recessed, the watch will look much better. If they do not fit, just sell again. After that I would give it to a modder to allign the dial and crystal and if it really matters so much the modder can also make it waterproof.

[luca123]

hello what you think about 126719 blue dial noob v11?

[KJ2020]

hello what you think about 126719 blue dial noob v11?

https://forum.replica-watch.info/for...odels-released