I have receive my GF Santos 40mm like one week ago now (i have order just before the CNY) , the sticker behind the watch tell "QC Feb.2020, so surely the latest batch from the factory, wow , amazing rep.
the cons for me it's the deployement clasp for the leather strap, it's bullshit (and the leather quality too), but it's "free" so i can't complain too much on that
, and the "bezel", it's a complete scratch magnet thing, wow .... but it's like the gen.
a part from that, the rep is amazing, the quick link system work like a charm, the miyota is incredible silent (it's the most silent rep with a miyota that i have), build quality and the stainless bracelet is very confortable.
here are some pics of the GF , with the leather and the steel strap :
and here the GEN one, i think it's nearly a super rep, maybe the font of CARTIER is a little too thin on the GF like the date font, but it's very subtle, other than that, the crystal bevel is the same for me, the white of the dial (it's only a matter of natural / artifical light), the blue of the hands it's very similar too
i don't have the V6F / KOR / BVF in hands to be sure the GF wins hands down, but for that i see, GF has done a really good job for the price !