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Thank you. That's what I thought. This is a stunning watch. Absolutely beautiful. Puretime.io has never let me down.
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Thank you. That's what I thought. This is a stunning watch. Absolutely beautiful. Puretime.io has never let me down.
Thanks I had also collected the same info but your post really put a great illustration on the magnitude of the visible difference in a very easy to read format.
I guess my question was that I’m keen to know what’s your OWN personal preference after the in-depth comparison. For me if I’m to buy today I’d probably go with ARF as I mentioned, but I am actually holding off the purchase until probably NOOB fixed the bezel (and if possible the dial), or ARF get a working-chrono movement. Not too crafty with mods - my technical expertise (lack of!) is limited to removing bracelet links
In my humble opinion, the white 116520 straight up is great. I have one. The V2.2 might have a more refined bezel -- then again, it might not. It's not like the bezel right now is bad. Of course if they improve this they might have new "mistakes." The dial is really good, it doesn't need replacement. Again, just one guy's opinion.
Great work, thanks.
The noob bezel looks really poor and cheap in my opinion. Couldn’t live with that. Also the font on the dial is not all that is better on arf. The markers look a lot better on arf. IMHO.
So at this point a franken would be the only option for me since the movement in the arf is so crappy.
Is 116520 noob SS bezel really poor and cheap in your opinion?
OK fellas,
Just recieved my Noob Daytona v2.2 and its freakin awesome watch. Probably one of the best reps out of the box with the ARF SD43. The only issue is the Sherrifs on the R on the bezel but honestly I cant even tell in real life having the watch like 20cm from my face. We are looking at 30-50x zoomed pics here and in real life NO-ONE is going to tell that especially at a distance.
I cant stop wearing it non stop since it arrived yesterday. The operation of the chrono buttons feel so good just like genuine - love that clean crisp feel of a column wheel clutch.
Anyway here is some pictures. Its a stunner. No one gonna call you out on this one on the wrist.
That's a beautiful watch. Mine will be in the mail soon!Nice 116500 Panda review with Great pictures...
I believe the ARF and Noob factories mostly just assemble different parts provided by suppliers to make complete watches.
It is likely that Noob has an exclusive deal to purchase the clone 4130 movement, but that exclusive deal may have a time limit.
If ARF could somehow get the 4130 movement, I think almost everyone would prefer the ARF version.
Dear Scott,
many thanks for your precious and detailed review.
this morning I contacted PureTimes for information on the Daytona Noob 2.2 version and why it was not available on their site.
They replied that they never heard from "Noob" about the dial upgrade or anything else about this Daytona version.
They sent me an HQ photo saying there are no differences (i sent this page and Trusty Time page to explain the situation).
What do you think about it?
Many thanks in advance for your collaboration.
Kind regards,
Michele
Regarding the 4130 movement, it was already published 2 years ago in this section that noob paid for the development. The development took a break about 6 month because noob needed more money to buy some tools for some parts for the 4130. In Feb 18 the test phase was over and the first daytonas appeared at the TDs at end of March. I got my first black 116500 end of April 2018 and frankened it with a gen 116520 dial.
I do not believe noob will give ARF access to the movement, but you never know. If the ROI is in, they may sell the right for a million.
The latest release of the black 116500 shows an updated bezel and smaller subdials. The color of the subdials is still not correct, it is a little shiny and should be more lighter and more mate.But better then before. Also the bezel got updated, still wrong fonts but the engraving is deeper then on V1. Hard to take pics of it.
I am disappointed to hear that the Sivler color of the Sub-dials is still not correct, but happy to hear this from someone who knows first hand what is correct.
Could you tell me if the ARF Black 116500 dial has the correct matte Silver Sub-dial finish?
Could you tell me if the ARF Black 116500 dial has the correct matte Silver Sub-dial finish?
This dial was perfect, ARF V1
Looks amazing. Couldn’t agree with you more. Arf V1 116500 black dial is stunning. The best 116500 black dial so far
I just ordered one 2 days ago and got this v2.2 beauty. Elena at puretime told me that this is the latest dial noob has released.I posted in the other "Noob v2" thread that my recent order of the Panda from PureTime shows a v1/v2 dial with the thicker subdials. I wonder if it's possible PureTime just has an abundance of these in stock and hasn't submitted any newer orders from Noob?