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Daytona 116519 Grey Dial From GOLD Factory inquiry

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Thank you for measuring!

I was looking to place my order from my standard Td's such as Puretime and Intime and I cant find the Gold Factory Daytona on there site..I do see it on others but its super expensive..Im wondering if this was just a mark up or if these watches are $1000+?? Apsf just came out with tungsten daytonas for quite a bit less.. and Gold factory YM's are also same range. So I dont understand why these would be hundreds of dollars more..Am I missing something?
Part of/if not all of the premium is the DD4130 vs SH4130
 

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Yes price is something like 1188$ and I paid 957USDT with the 20% sale for Christmas at ChazingTime 👌
 

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wow thats an awesome discount! for some reason I cat find the watch on ChazingTime..do you mind posting a link?
You just need to ask them for this model and they will make a custom order for you 😁👌
You can buy with confidence with them
 

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Guys ! I have a crazy update on my Franken project ! I just have ordered a ………. 🥁 🥁 🥁

GEN 116519LN DIAL 😍😍😍😍!!!!!! Photos are coming !

(I will list my RB factory dial today or tomorrow then !) if someone interested …
 
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That’s awesome man, those dials are not easy to come by! How would you say the RB rates against the gen?
 

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I haven’t receive the GEN yet, probably beginning of next week !
RB dial color is the closest to Gen, where other factory had all reflects pink or purple or green. The one of Gold factory is not bad at all, maybe a bit too mat / lack of shine but very good too.
This is the RB dial and a pic of the GF on my Daytona :


 
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Bro return the gen dial! Not worth it and buy a gen bezel!

Top cf bezel bottom gen bezel. Dial is also gen. And the clean/btf dials are just fine. No one will notice until close inspection. But the bezel people will see it from mars. And these are just pictures in the flesh its even worse.
 
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No I will not return it 😆👌
The cf bezel I got is more white like Gen not like top bezel you show, maybe you got an older version …
 
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Bro return the gen dial! Not worth it and buy a gen bezel!

Top cf bezel bottom gen bezel. Dial is also gen. And the clean/btf dials are just fine. No one will notice until close inspection. But the bezel people will see it from mars. And these are just pictures in the flesh its even worse.
Have a look at this comparison too. And it was with the CF V2… doesn’t worth the 4000$ difference IMO.

 

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Mate those are pictures in the best lighting conditions. The pictures I posted are pictures I made myself. The clean bezel is pure crap and the most obvious flaw on those reps to spot from a distance. Once you have your bezel look at it in different angles and conditions the numbers should always look white just like the picture i posted above. And trust me they dont, they fade. And its not just this bezel i have 3 other daytonas with clean v3 bezels.

But if you want to look at pictures to compare the bezel be my quest 😁 this is just not how it works when you wear the watch.

Its fine if you dont want to buy a gen bezel but please dont write its not worth it without having had a gen bezel to compare its false info and will confuse other members thinking the bezel from cf is good.

Oh and the bezel color is also not the same as the gen but you wont notice it until you have them next to eachother.

And I just want to help you to get the best franken for your bucks so dont get me wrong 😁
 

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Mate those are pictures in the best lighting conditions. The pictures I posted are pictures I made myself. The clean bezel is pure crap and the most obvious flaw on those reps to spot from a distance. Once you have your bezel look at it in different angles and conditions the numbers should always look white just like the picture i posted above. And trust me they dont, they fade. And its not just this bezel i have 3 other daytonas with clean v3 bezels.

But if you want to look at pictures to compare the bezel be my quest 😁 this is just not how it works when you wear the watch.

Its fine if you dont want to buy a gen bezel but please dont write its not worth it without having had a gen bezel to compare its false info and will confuse other members thinking the bezel from cf is good.

Oh and the bezel color is also not the same as the gen but you wont notice it until you have them next to eachother.

And I just want to help you to get the best franken for your bucks so dont get me wrong 😁
Man you have your opinions, I have mine. If you prefer Franken a watch with the bezel and not the dial OK that’s fine for me 🤷🏻‍♂️, if I want to Franken my watch with a Gen dial and not the bezel, it’s my choice. Stop spamming my post where people can exchange and give good advice, other than : send it back, bezel is pure crap etc …
The dial is the most complicated part to find for this watch, bezel there will be hundreds to buy, dials … I wouldn’t bet 20$ that you can find them easily in the future.

As I compare all the dials for the 116519LN, CF / NOOB / BTF etc have all color issue. This is why I bought the closest to Gen one : RB factory. In the meantime I’ve found a Gen dial so problem solved !

If you want to share your experience do it, if you want to criticize all the choices people makes then open you personal thread to complain about anything you want !

I will post photos of the finished watch so you can go to Mars for telling me if you saw my crap bezel on it 😁👌.

Thanks for nothing