ARF Batman GMT 116710 BLNR photo review

[Tobel]

What are these BH crystals you are referring about? I seem to have never heard of that before..

BH means black hole, it's the effect produced by the AR on the cyclop only, which can be seen on gen crystals, as well as few high end reps/aftermarket

 

[tdx18]

Ugh, okay right. Perhaps I should drink coffee before asking. I thought it was referring to a specific manufacturer of sorts, such as prof or clark.

Thanks!

 

[Guicamarao]

There's another crystal supplier, BH Crystals. Miles ahead of ARF. ARF on this particular blnr is garbage


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[srhoque]

I'm having dirty thoughts on this one.

As it has the 126710 body, with an acquired gen or rep 126710 dial and a noob or whomever jubilee and a gen crystal, and a set if gen hands one would have a very nice Batgirl Franken ....

I had a look on chromo24 at the rolex parts section. Wow what a mess. Can't even filter for a dial. ..

does anyone know who makes the best 126710rep dial? noob? GMF?

I already have a gen crystal lying about waiting to get installed somewhere ..

GMF v3 dial has perfect lume match with gen hands on the 126710. The VRF dial is also very good

 

[Blutang777]

GMF v3 dial has perfect lume match with gen hands on the 126710. The VRF dial is also very good

I agree, GMF V3 dial very good. Gen Hands match the lume perfect.

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[RiffRalf]

I agree, GMF V3 dial very good. Gen Hands match the lume perfect.


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Looks great. Will a TD be able to get me one, would they even know what we mean by "V3" and the like?

I was trawling the m2m sales also but nothing there ....

 

[r.keane]

Really nice this!! What’s the build on this mate?
Thinking of buying a stock ARF to mod/franken


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[AlphaProt]

Really nice this!! What’s the build on this mate?
Thinking of buying a stock ARF to mod/franken


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ARF watch
VSF dw
VSF xtal
VR3186

 

[Sundek]

ARF watch
VSF dw
VSF xtal
VR3186

Top mod i think will do same work in this piece


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[bertieng]

Can you source them from TDs or only on M2M?


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I trust it is accessible at TD's.

 

[Guicamarao]

Noob jubilee on arf


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[bootlegboy]

ARF watch
VSF dw
VSF xtal
VR3186

Which VSF Crystal did you use? The ones from the Subs?

 

[AlphaProt]

Which VSF Crystal did you use? The ones from the Subs?

Yes

 

[Omega38]

Does anyone know if a gen crown will fit the ARF GMT??

 

[Mark1937]

Does anyone know if a gen crown will fit the ARF GMT??

Yes

 

[Elno38]

Does anyone know if a gen crown will fit the ARF GMT??

Yes, it does fit:

 

[Omega38]

Yes, it does fit:

Did you fit crown and tube or just crown?

 

[bertieng]

Did you fit crown and tube or just crown?

You will need to countersink the tube hole to install the gen. spec. crown tube

 

[Elno38]

Did you fit crown and tube or just crown?

This is a gen crown on ARF tube. Screws in very smooth and is waterproof to 100m!

 

[Omega38]

After my ARF BLNR died after only one day on the wrist I wanted to get it fixed and not have to send it back to china. A great seller on here tsyeo4 has been selling VR3185 movements so I contacted him to enquire about sending the watch for him to do the swap using a serviced VR3185 and possible repair the SH3186 movement. He is all the way in Singapore and I am in the UK.
Fantastic job down and very fast turn around with regular updates and the watch runs perfectly, he also managed to repair the SH3186 movement, Turns out it was a simple fix and required a replacement barrel.

Upon the watch arriving home I wasnt happy with how the crown would sit, slight differences in the movements maybe or maybe the crown and I found it was always quit tight to screw down.

So... This weekend I decided to be brave and have a go at fitting the genuine Rolex crown I managed to source. The 2 crowns are pretty much identical with the genuine crown being better finished and the gasket looks to be larger and better quality as you would hope.

Crown and stem removed

New Crown fitted

This didnt resolve the issue however so I trimmed down the stem by 1.5mm

Perfect

No more gap and the crown screws down nice and smooth

Even managed to get the Rolex crown to stand up straight when fully screwed down

Very happy with this now and hopefully will run well for years to come.