Bezel and Dial Review of ZZF V2S 116610LV Submariner and Comparison vs. Gen, ARF V3 and Noob V10

[One1]

I went back and examined LI's insert pics in the first post of this thread more closely and you can clearly see that the marker cutouts for the numerals are slightly deeper and thicker than the gen. The bar cutouts at 5,15,30, etc do not look thicker to me, nor do the mini-bar cutouts for single minutes. But on the numerals, the 1 looks thicker, and the thickness is really apparent if you look at the size of the green rectangles inside all of the zeroes. It's not off that much, but the extra depth and thickness that smoke saw indeed indicates it's noticeable to the eye and once we see it we can't unsee it. I'm hoping it will be like the ARF LN GMT insert which is also too deep but looks quite good on the wrist anyway. I won't ever be putting mine next to a gen. Pics credit to Li jtimewatch

I agree that slightly thicker is better than thinner. And anyone whose ever had a Spongebob mod knows that the way he chamfers the top of the cutout walls where they join the insert flats makes the markers look slightly thicker all the way around. So I believe this will be OK, for most of us.

You guys do realize these photos are mixed up. LOOK AT THE BEZEL TEETH ON NOOB. It's a ZZF. And zzf is a noob.. c'mon guys

 

[thefallacy]

Any other TD's stocking these yet?

I know they are on Trustytime too but I have been having issues with the payment via their website so looking for another TD

 

[KJ2020]

You guys do realize these photos are mixed up. LOOK AT THE BEZEL TEETH ON NOOB. It's a ZZF. And zzf is a noob.. c'mon guys

Maybe Li just put a Clean/ZZF insert in a Noob bezel. It's the insert that everyone was looking at, lol. It matches all the QCs we've seen.

 

[Mark1937]

You guys do realize these photos are mixed up. LOOK AT THE BEZEL TEETH ON NOOB. It's a ZZF. And zzf is a noob.. c'mon guys

OMG!!!!!!!

 

[rolex79]

Any other TD's stocking these yet?

I know they are on Trustytime too but I have been having issues with the payment via their website so looking for another TD

Trustytime is not a TD and I would avoid them from personal experience.

 

[Mark1937]

Trustytime is not a TD and I would avoid them from personal experience.

No wrong. Now is TD here! ;-)

 

[KJ2020]

Trustytime is not a TD and I would avoid them from personal experience.

Trusty is a TD here again.

 

[One1]

Maybe Li just put a Clean/ZZF insert in a Noob bezel. It's the insert that everyone was looking at, lol. It matches all the QCs we've seen.

No. I know my shit. ZZF isn't that light and NOOB isn't that dark. If you scroll down the pictures have different order for each factory and it would make sense for mixup. It's happened before

 

[thefallacy]

Trustytime is not a TD and I would avoid them from personal experience.

Yeah they are a TD here again and actually so far he has been super responsive but their payment methods haven't been working for me

Maybe i'll just wait for the hype to die down and till my regular TD starts getting them in

 

[KJ2020]

No. I know my shit. ZZF isn't that light and NOOB isn't that dark. If you scroll down the pictures have different order for each factory and it would make sense for mixup. It's happened before

I emailed Li to weigh in. The pics I reposted are all in the same order. I've never had a ZZF but you're right about the bezel teeth on the Noob in the pics, it does not look right at all.

Noob V9 Sub

However, the insert marker thickness and depth on the pics marked Clean/ZZF does match all the QCs we've seen.

As far as the lightness of color, I always thought the ZZF was a liitle too light, tbh.

From recent sale thread CFV2

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[Mark1937]

Li should intervene to explain...

 

[LuoIsBoss]

I emailed Li to weigh in. The pics I reposted are all in the same order. I've never had a ZZF but you're right about the bezel teeth on the Noob in the pics, it does not look right at all.

Noob V9 Sub

However, the insert marker thickness and depth on the pics marked Clean/ZZF does match all the QCs we've seen.

As far as the lightness of color, I always thought the ZZF was a liitle too light, tbh.

From recent sale thread CFV2

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I took this pic in directly sunlight, thats why it's so light. Could also be the white-balance on my iphone.

 

[KJ2020]

I took this pic in directly sunlight, thats why it's so light. Could also be the white-balance on my iphone.

Yeah I've seen other ZZFs like that pic bro. But the only other inserts that do that in direct sun are Loco Louie and VRF to a lesser extent. Noob, ARF, BP never look light like that no matter what you do.

 

[LuoIsBoss]

Gen vs Noob v9 with spongebob ppm

 

[KJ2020]

Gen vs Noob v9 with spongebob ppm

Excellent pics
Noob is definitely darker, in my perception. The Noob markers look fatter also but that would be due to Spongebob's chamfering.

 

[LuoIsBoss]

Excellent pics
Noob is definitely darker, in my perception. The Noob markers look fatter also but that would be due to Spongebob's chamfering.

The difference in thickness is MINIMAL bro. I have ordered a V2s insert (not going to tell which dealer), so I'm excited how it compares.

 

[d3s19n]

Today I received my Clean Bezel v2s, the most expensive one...

Here is my gen hulk and cfv2s side by side

I feel like everybody just scrolled past this post which says they have a clean v2s insert and put it on top of a gen... how did this person get it so fast?
Is that really a v2s insert or just a gen insert for trolling?

 

[rolex79]

I feel like everybody just scrolled past this post which says they have a clean v2s insert and put it on top of a gen... how did this person get it so fast?
Is that really a v2s insert or just a gen insert for trolling?

Told me he paid $248 but hasn’t responded to my message of where he got it.

 

[One1]

Interesting how the pearl is lighter on noob it's weird how photos capture color. Clean bezel platinum looks a bit darker on certain angles

 

[d3s19n]

Told me he paid $248 but hasn’t responded to my message of where he got it.

I thought clean insert only were less than $150

Could just be a gen