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CF Pepsi picture leaks BLRO
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immortalchef
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I remember seeing on m2m someone sell a Noob Pepsi Head only because they had used the bracelet for their CF pepsi. I'm guessing it can be used on CF no problem!
https://forum.replica-watch.info/forum/new-member-sales/replica-watch-sales-aa/10226494-noob-pepsi-126710-blro-watch-head-only
srhoque
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I have a noob bracelet I can try out on a cf I’m building. I’ll let you know how it fits.
Please take a couple of snapshots, mate, and post them here. I used to have a Noob Pepsi but sold them for a CF, perhaps I should take it back from the fella if the Noob bracelet does fit better.
Hello all and I appreciate any help in advance. I got my clean Pepsi from Andrew at Trusty Time delivered yesterday. The watch looks good and seems to be the one that was in the QC pics (top two pics) that I greentlit. The only flaw I can pick up is in the bezel, it turns very roughly and tight, it also doesn't sit aligned at 12. I'm a total newbie but I want to make some mods to improve the watch. I reached out to Oascom but he wants an exact list of what I want done and I get that. I was thinking fix the bezel rotation and degrease everyone seems to say that. Replace the crystal seems to be a consensus and waterproofing. Am I missing anything? Any suggestions? Again everyone's help is greatly appreciated
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Honestly, I won't spend too much time and expenses in modding the CF GMT. It basically has it's own born-with issues that can't be fixed perfectly.
Just my own personal view
Just my own personal view
butler182
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Replace datewheel with gen and do a movement service since you're sending it to Oascom. Niether are critical IMO, but if money is not an issue, both would be very nice to do as well.
Hello all and I appreciate any help in advance. I got my clean Pepsi from Andrew at Trusty Time delivered yesterday. The watch looks good and seems to be the one that was in the QC pics (top two pics) that I greentlit. The only flaw I can pick up is in the bezel, it turns very roughly and tight, it also doesn't sit aligned at 12. I'm a total newbie but I want to make some mods to improve the watch. I reached out to Oascom but he wants an exact list of what I want done and I get that. I was thinking fix the bezel rotation and degrease everyone seems to say that. Replace the crystal seems to be a consensus and waterproofing. Am I missing anything? Any suggestions? Again everyone's help is greatly appreciated[/QUOTE]
Personally I would only do the service, the watch isn't really the best base to make a franken. I like mine the way it is. The advice with the DW is also a good point if you are already servicing the watch.
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Personally I would only do the service, the watch isn't really the best base to make a franken. I like mine the way it is. The advice with the DW is also a good point if you are already servicing the watch.
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I agree with this but it's still better than the Noob, I've had both and while the bracelet is better, the CF has better overall aesthetics. The bezel is meh but nobody needs that. I'm a frequent traveller and I can't be bothered to set my GMT on 3 time zones.
srhoque
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Thank you, please let us know. Noob did a really good job with their Pepsi jubilee bracelet/end links.
KJ2020
Thanks for the write up on the bezel lip mod
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Still working on the bezel action. This one was caked in grease as others. Might try an ARF retaining ring and spring to improve the bezel function.
Thanks for the write up on the bezel lip mod
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After
Still working on the bezel action. This one was caked in grease as others. Might try an ARF retaining ring and spring to improve the bezel function.
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Still working on the bezel action. This one was caked in grease as others. Might try an ARF retaining ring and spring to improve the bezel function.
Looks great bro, really well done!
Thanks for the photos, mate, it does look that the SELs have better fit when swapped to a Noob. Mine is on an oyster but it would be nice to have another bracelet option.
butler182
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Below is my attempt to recreate a side-by-side of the stock CF jubilee vs the noob jubilee fitted to the CF (noob pic taken from the pics posted by Pelagic, CF pic taken by yours truly). Looks like the center portion of the noob SEL is definitely better than CF....but it also looks like the lip where the SEL meets the lug is worse with the noob. One step forward, half step back?
Below is my attempt to recreate a side-by-side of the stock CF jubilee vs the noob jubilee fitted to the CF (noob pic taken from the pics posted by Pelagic, CF pic taken by yours truly). Looks like the center portion of the noob SEL is definitely better than CF....but it also looks like the lip where the SEL meets the lug is worse with the noob. One step forward, half step back?
Thanks for this comparison.
It's also very telling how brown the 'ROUGE' half of the insert on the Noob appears compared to the CF.
As for the varying qualities between the two, at the end of the day, I still say CF represents the best value and a definite improvement over the Noob.
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On a jubilee bracelet where the back half of the SEL protrudes above the lugs as far as it does, I'm not bothered at all if the forward half does so a little bit as well. I see that as one of those tiny differences that I would never even think about except when discussing it here. Everyone has their own standards of acceptable deviations of course, so it's good to point this out. I'm glad it doesn't bother me as the Noob jubilee bracelet is very good overall IMO.
I'm pretty sure both inserts in that collage pic are CF, which highlights how much different lighting makes them appear!
butler182
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Yes, I think that's right KJ...both pics show the CF insert (unless Pelagic didn't mention he swapped inserts). As for the small "lug lip", I was just looking at some gens on ebay and virtually all of them (with decent SEL side view pics) have a small lug lip very similar to the stock CF. So it looks like CF actually nailed this lug lip effect! See pics below for some examples taken from listings on ebay today.
That is a CF insert as the above said. Lighting is everything with these inserts. I put the cf next to a noob insert and can make them both look virtually the same in color
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