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Clean 4130 Daytonas.
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Hi folks, Is clean best version of Daytona...I want to buy just one version and forget about it. I have ARF V2 but it has non-working chronos. Is there any better option available? Is clean better than Noob and ARF etc? If there's one coming soon, I can wait. Please help.
mmaggi
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LOL! Some believe CF makes the best. Some believe BTF makes the best. Plenty of threads on this.
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It depends on what defects you want to live with. Both are great reps!
I notice not many have the black dial cf. just got qc for mine and wanted to check what the main errors are with them.
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Tobel
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I don't think there's any particular recurring flaw on these, maybe with the exception of the bezel alignment. You may also want to check marker alignment as usual for QC but I haven't seen any issue with them so far
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Bobi01
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I know this thread is about the clean factory daytona,
is the better factory daytona also using a clean ceramic bezel? looks off to me
clean on the left, better on the right: LINK
What i dont like on better is lume on the markers and dial print, on the cf the white hue, both have flaws, but clean looks more genlike to me if you dont have side by side with gen, betters lume looks off without gen
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all this analysis of microscopic details seems to me madness. The most immediate flaw that can be seen from the wrist is the color. The bluish impact of the CF is the most important macro defect. Just my opinion.
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Sometimes I love my local dealer because I get to have QC for free before I buy or no!
Fresh stickered panda with good sels! Don't let the stickers on the lugs fool you in case it looks like a gap!
Also, imo, the dial isn't "that" blueish white as many think. In different light reflection you get different perception of the watch. I agree that at times the lume looks off but it's obviously not a deal-breaker.
I'll just let some pics below do the talking and read experts' opinion! (I already bought it so it's not a QC question
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I'll post some more pics tomorrow in natural light without the stickers
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Fresh stickered panda with good sels! Don't let the stickers on the lugs fool you in case it looks like a gap!
Also, imo, the dial isn't "that" blueish white as many think. In different light reflection you get different perception of the watch. I agree that at times the lume looks off but it's obviously not a deal-breaker.
I'll just let some pics below do the talking and read experts' opinion! (I already bought it so it's not a QC question
)I'll post some more pics tomorrow in natural light without the stickers
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Few comparison pics with my noob LN. Noobs os V3 with V4 dial and KJ bezel paint mod.
Clean on the left (panda) Noob on the right (black)
Some personal observations:
- Crown action is better on noob. Clean feels gritty, doesn't give you the "confidence" that watch is properly wound and screwing in feels bad.
- Clean dial (on the specific watch) doesn't look exactly centered, or print is not spot on. Check the milliseconds lines; from 6 to 12 o'clock there's a bigger gap from the rehaut than from 12 to 6. I won't compare subdials because on the V4 LN they're thinner than gen
- On clean, the 120 and triangle on the bezel aren't exactly centered while everything else is. Clean engravings are deeper than noob
- SELs are way better on Clean
- Clean crystal edge is more rounded than Noob
- Clean bracelet edges are smoother
- Clean crown guards are thinner than Noob
- Clean 3-6-9 markers look slightly crooked
- Noob rehaut engraving is way better and more defined than Clean.
- Clean mid case looks better than Noob
I'll leave the rest to you guys. Sorry for the crappy pictures
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Clean on the left (panda) Noob on the right (black)
Some personal observations:
- Crown action is better on noob. Clean feels gritty, doesn't give you the "confidence" that watch is properly wound and screwing in feels bad.
- Clean dial (on the specific watch) doesn't look exactly centered, or print is not spot on. Check the milliseconds lines; from 6 to 12 o'clock there's a bigger gap from the rehaut than from 12 to 6. I won't compare subdials because on the V4 LN they're thinner than gen
- On clean, the 120 and triangle on the bezel aren't exactly centered while everything else is. Clean engravings are deeper than noob
- SELs are way better on Clean
- Clean crystal edge is more rounded than Noob
- Clean bracelet edges are smoother
- Clean crown guards are thinner than Noob
- Clean 3-6-9 markers look slightly crooked
- Noob rehaut engraving is way better and more defined than Clean.
- Clean mid case looks better than Noob
I'll leave the rest to you guys. Sorry for the crappy pictures
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Bobi01
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Maybe you are correct bro but anyway, i will have my cf as my daily this summer and be on the sun, if the dial take just a tiny warmer hue we have the CF as the winner
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Glad I’m not the only one that thinks the winding feel gritty. Should be smooth being a Dangdong movement, but it winds like a VR movement.
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Also, imo, the dial isn't "that" blueish white as many think. In different light reflection you get different perception of the watch. I agree that at times the lume looks off but it's obviously not a deal-breaker.
I'll just let some pics below do the talking and read experts' opinion! (I already bought it so it's not a QC question
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it looks extremely blueish from the photos...I know I'm stating the obvious but yeah I'm also on the side of the fence that says it's so glaringly evident it spoils the whole mood TO ME. noob v4 dial was better imho.