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New Noob 116509 Daytonas

Tobel

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It's a shame to hear. It feels like Noob is really dropping the ball. Overpriced GMTs with timebomb movement, dial issues with the newest 116500ln and now overpriced daytonas with lots of issues.

Shitty thing is that I'll probably still buy one and match it with an ARF bracelet / gen dial / gen bezel.

You'll still have wrong SELs, the shape is different on the white gold models from the SS. That's not a noob vs. ARF issue
 

immortalchef

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Just placed an order for the gray dial, my TD mentioned he has a couple of these on hand right now. Hoping for QC pics soon will post here after approval and wrist shots when I receive it :D
 
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KJ2020

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Noob hasn't been the same since their "restructuring" (aka raid) last June.
 
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cassapanca

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Just placed an order for the gray dial, my TD mentioned he has a couple of these on hand right now. Hoping for QC pics soon will post here after approval and wrist shots when I receive it :D

I think I will buy it soon! Please let us know if the sels are solid or they move


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Tobel

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Alas, it's a rep. I'll shell out the additional 15k when I want absolute perfection. Till then, there are flaws I'm willing to live with. :)

Just wanted to ensure you are aware of this one
 
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nothing beats the gen in this case...the look and feel are totally different to ANY rep as long as they don't make it to look the steel like white gold and lift the weight....and with a bracelet the weight is a real big difference....

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damnit, i don't understand why can't noob make the correct SEL for the 116509 (white gold) and 116506 (platinum) daytona: both of these models should have longer SEL that protrudes the end of the lugs.

it's basically an instant tell with the stock bracelet, imo.
 
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2many2choose

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This forum is a great place to learn! The 2006 and 2011 or newer dials have different lume dot style at 3,6,9 o'clock. The Noobs are copy of the year 2011 or newer which are fuller while the 2006 are narrow. The chrono hand and subdial hands colour is the wrong red too. I am using Bob's watches as a reference by the way.
 

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damnit, i don't understand why can't noob make the correct SEL for the 116509 (white gold) and 116506 (platinum) daytona: both of these models should have longer SEL that protrudes the end of the lugs.

it's basically an instant tell with the stock bracelet, imo.
Maybe whack a rubber strap and metal end links like 116519LN until someone find a way to mod existing end links or buy ends links for the bracelet?

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philwongnz

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Nice, thanks bro. For some reason, Noob's newer 4130 dials are almost universally not as good as their old 7750 dials were. The blue one (#2) above is a good example, there are no sunbursts in the subdials. Here's a pic of the Noob A7750 one. I might just get the 4130 and swap the old dial in.

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Are the subdial placement the same as 7750?

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This forum is a great place to learn! The 2006 and 2011 or newer dials have different lume dot style at 3,6,9 o'clock. The Noobs are copy of the year 2011 or newer which are fuller while the 2006 are narrow. The chrono hand and subdial hands colour is the wrong red too. I am using Bob's watches as a reference by the way.


You are correct! For anyone interested:

New and Old

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I think QCing the colour is super tricky though as lighting conditions can make a huge difference. Unless you got both gen and rep next to each other, it's difficult to say for 100%.