Personally I'd take the BLRO insert and then put it on the ARF assembly or better yet gen assembly. But the only problem I see here is that the red GMT hand. I have no idea where to find one, unless you're willing to use a 16710 SL GMT hand in red to make that special CL and SL hybrid watch haha like one of our members did (his GMT Master is currently for sale in the M2M section, check it out for some inspiration hahaha)
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VR3185 into Noob BLRO A3285
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Personally I'd take the BLRO insert and then put it on the ARF assembly or better yet gen assembly. But the only problem I see here is that the red GMT hand. I have no idea where to find one, unless you're willing to use a 16710 SL GMT hand in red to make that special CL and SL hybrid watch haha like one of our members did (his GMT Master is currently for sale in the M2M section, check it out for some inspiration hahaha)
But you probably need glue or some double sided adhesive for the noob BLRO to stay on the ARF / gen assemblies.
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There are some aftermarket ones that are supposed to be gen-spec. I will try to post a link
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The Noob Pepsi bezel is garbage. There is no groove in it for the gasket. The gasket sits on top of stairstep detent and is just wedged in under the crystal retaining ring lip. That's why you hear about those bezels just popping off.
They are a royal pain to put back in and either don't stay well, get stretched out or won't allow the bezel to rotate. Looking now for alternative nylon substitutes. I bought 4 different diameters of fishline tonight. The concept is viable they all worked to keep the bezel from popping off but were all too big to allow for rotation. I'll try some more tomorrow. Noob stopped providing a tension ring too but I have some spares I can use.
Using double sided tape on the Noob insert in the ARF is fine IMO. That stuff is way strong.
They are a royal pain to put back in and either don't stay well, get stretched out or won't allow the bezel to rotate. Looking now for alternative nylon substitutes. I bought 4 different diameters of fishline tonight. The concept is viable they all worked to keep the bezel from popping off but were all too big to allow for rotation. I'll try some more tomorrow. Noob stopped providing a tension ring too but I have some spares I can use.
Using double sided tape on the Noob insert in the ARF is fine IMO. That stuff is way strong.
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There is one for sale right now by silentflight. He spent lots of time and money on it. It is a startime case laser welded crown guards and tube hole. The. Tapped and shaped to fit a 6 mm crown. Then Jon did magic on the case. He got a GMT dial and built a 3175 out of an SH 3175.
He got the idea from my 16700 build and I have to say that it is a great watch. While I did mine out of all Rolex parts from case to band and a Rolex 3135 then just build the 3175 and changed the winding bridge and 3175 wheels it was by far a fun build. Watching him build it every step of the way was amazing. To see him sell it is difficult. Thought of picking it up myself. Just have to many watches.
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Also in your statement you say 16610. It has to be a 16610 or a 116610 with a 3135 machined inside.
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Full post on the Noob BLRO bezel here
https://forum.replica-watch.info/fo...193-noob’s-new-gmt-bezels-are-poorly-designed
https://forum.replica-watch.info/fo...193-noob’s-new-gmt-bezels-are-poorly-designed
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No. It won’t take any 3135. The 3135 will be to small for the VRF case. You would need a 3185 or 3186. Neither are the proper movement for the 126710. That was where the convo came from.
If you don’t believe me there are lots of people out there with VR 116710’s. Just have them take the band off and show you. I have seen 5 and all 5 are marked 126710. Which really doesn’t mean anything. It won’t fit the new 3285.
Lastly I don’t know if anyone knows that the new 126710,
At least the Pepsi, will not take a. Oyster band. The lugs are made for the jubilee band. I may be wrong but that is what my watch smith friend said. You can’t even order it in oyster.
He also said that the new jubilee band is a piece of art. I am a fan of the jubilee but my problem was it always stretched way to much.
Point it that unless VRF or ARF make those cases not just engrave them it really doesn’t matter what number is on the case.
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I have a noob Batman insert I can measure.
The VRF is NOT Rolex spec. ARF is. You need to glue the insert in on the VRF and the ARF is compression fitted as Rolex.
Now all the noob upgrades I have done are double sided taped. But I have only done one and it was swapping a real insert into the noob assembly. Never the other way around. But I can check in a few days.
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Yes a lot of these question have been asked and answered on that post.
Stunning watch.
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My question is...has anyone had any auto winding problems with the VR3185. I built an ARF 116710 with a gen dial, hands, bezel and insert, jumping hour hand wheel, hour wheel, date jumper, and date wheel. Everything works great, but I keep noticing a low amp reading of 235. When I manually wind it the amp goes up to 260-270. I have checked the auto-winding and it seems to move freely and winds the mainspring. I don't know...
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I have not seen any autowind issues bro, but that would certainly seem to be your culprit. As much as you've got into your Franken I would think a gen autowind assembly including rotor would be the final topper, for your showstopper, haha.
I think that I might just do that. Thanks! It’s an awesome watch. I worry about us, though. We put $2,400 in a watch with a $150 Chinese made movement. We need to recruit a counselor for our forum. One that works cheap.
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literally laughed out loud. I'm pretty honest about my hobby with my friends. Half of them think I'm crazy. Anyways, maybe there should be a sub forum with a 12 step program lol.