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New VRF Pepsi GMT Max

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As far as it seems those speedbumps do differ on each piece, some are more significant, others are not that visible. Honestly it should not be a big issue unless you look at close-ups. The colors look on-spot, at least from these images. I'm really curious about those QC's.
 

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Insert colour looks perfect to this gen.
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The biggest problem on this rep is the actual bezel profile. The Pepsi does not share the same bezel as the Batman/black model.
Pepsi has a more shallow bezel with different teeth shape and a thicker lip profile(noob got this correct actually) which also gives the crystal a raised profile compared to other GMT’s. Pic below shows this pretty well. Unfortunately VRF have simply used a standard gmt bezel.
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Unfortunately, most factories do not attach importance to a correct bezel shape.
 

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The biggest problem on this rep is the actual bezel profile. The Pepsi does not share the same bezel as the Batman/black model.
Pepsi has a more shallow bezel with different teeth shape and a thicker lip profile(noob got this correct actually) which also gives the crystal a raised profile compared to other GMT’s. Pic below shows this pretty well. Unfortunately VRF have simply used a standard gmt bezel.
Keen eyes, mate! I've never noticed that detail...


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That speed bump is so hard to unsee once you know it's there especially @ 6 o'clock....They really nailed the color though...
 
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The red is Ferrari red in those pics - way too bright for a match to any gen MK. It's pretty, maybe Rolex should have used these colors. Looks like the 5 digit Pepsi colors.

The datewheels on these samples look horrendous but that may be due to a bad crystal/cyclops. The distortion in the cyclops is so apparent at even slight angles that these crystals would not even be usable. An embarrassment to be seen with.
 
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That speed bump is so hard to unsee once you know it's there especially @ 6 o'clock....They really nailed the color though...

THIS !!!!! so much progress
 

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But they did nice job connecting both colors and can't see any bump there.

Wondering if they ever going to be able to make a "perfect" one hehe

Well hopefully with this VRF release it might pressure Noob into something, whether that be lowering the price of their current timebomb, upgrading to the VR3185 or both!
 
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How about this Pepsi insert
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The red looks even lighter than the VRF MAX in TD pics, which is pretty bright red as we've seen. Plus the 1 serifs are wrong. Don't see any speed bumps and the transition points are good. Cyclops distortion is there at only a slight angle off, too bad.

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I like the color of insert a lot but that speed bump just kills it....hopefully they can come out with improved version without the bump soon.
Hi, what exactely speed bumps means?


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