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NOOB Pepsi GMT 126710 BLRO mini review

TheGarethJones

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Ceramic won't change color with age. The wrong transition point at 18 is a trivial flaw IMO, I never even think about it anymore. The red brown color of the insert is a much quicker tell to anyone who knows the gen model well. The Noob Pepsi insert cannot coexist with a gen, there is no contest just like the rep Hulk inserts (possibly excepting the ZZF V2S but doubtful). We just need to buy into the fantasy we are all here to share in.

Look at the VRF Batman 126710 insert if you want to see one that is truly unaccptable. Look at the 18 transition point.

https://trustytime.shop/index.php?ma...ducts_id=21147

Noob overcharges for all of their GMTs not just the Pepsi. Their Batman is $648 and the insert is garbage. Not to mention they are all 2824 timebombs. These watches would be overpriced at $400. The Pepsi is only marked up slightly, it has a corner on the market. Personally I think Noob is price gouging to make up for huge losses in their raids last June.

Noob Batman. Strap in for those speed bumps! Brand new QC, loving the clean triangle, go Noob!

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Really interesting. Thanks. I love the color, for some reason. That red is much more beautiful than the bright red of the gen. Funny that it doesn't bother me but the transition does. Hah.
 
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The last image is a collection of gens from instagram.


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KJ2020

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Is this really the noob?

If yes I'm guessing gen crystals and datewheel?

It's a beauty that's for sure!

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Thanks bro, completely stock Noob. It looks this way only under perfect lighting conditions, as I previously posted. In low light it's less attractive.

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Thanks bro, completely stock Noob. It looks this way only under perfect lighting conditions, as I previously posted. In low light it's less attractive.

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But still very acceptable!

It's crazy how good the reps are getting!

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Alessandro

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Gen is on the right

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This GMT it's amazing. Noob did a great job.
Have you all had problems with movement? it's really timebomb? Unreliable?
I am evaluating my new purchase ...
 

TheGarethJones

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Gen is on the right

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This is crazy good. Really puts all those arguments about differences into perspective. The idea that anyone would be able to spot them when not side by side is nuts. Love it.
 

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Has anybody seen such a bad transition line? Got QC but this is not acceptable

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TheGarethJones

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Has anybody seen such a bad transition line? Got QC but this is not acceptable

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Honestly, you're zoomed in so far that it might be chromatic aberration from the camera. See the purple hues in the highlights of the steel? That's an artifact from the lens. Very hard to say. Any other photographers want to chime in?
 

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Honestly, you're zoomed in so far that it might be chromatic aberration from the camera. See the purple hues in the highlights of the steel? That's an artifact from the lens. Very hard to say. Any other photographers want to chime in?

can‘t upload pics atm, but it is the same from more distance


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