New QF 116519LN (real?) meteorite dial Daytona

[oceaon]

@raremedium - 2nd attempt at QC with the NOOB meteorite from Puretime? Looks good.

What made you choose NOOB over QF?

I wondering that same question. Why Noob over QF? New Noob that is lol

 

[dogwood]

@raremedium - 2nd attempt at QC with the NOOB meteorite from Puretime? Looks good.

What made you choose NOOB over QF?

Agreed. The question is: is the serif on the R on the bezel a problem for you or not.

 

[mmaggi]

@dogwood - So now you have me thinking: Is there a problem with the serif font with the letter 'R' on the QF bezel? I'm looking at both bezels on Puretime (QF) and TheOneWatches (NOOB) and I can't see any difference between the 2. The QF bezel fonts appear ever so slightly bolder if anything.

What do you think?

 

[dogwood]

@dogwood - So now you have me thinking: Is there a problem with the serif font with the letter 'R' on the QF bezel? I'm looking at both bezels on Puretime (QF) and TheOneWatches (NOOB) and I can't see any difference between the 2. The QF bezel fonts appear ever so slightly bolder if anything.

What do you think?

Looking at them now… it looks like none of them have the little tail on the bottom of the R on the bezel.

 

[mmaggi]

The bezels look very similar on both QF & NOOB. I wonder if the factories source from the same bezel maker.

 

[dogwood]

The bezels look very similar on both QF & NOOB. I wonder if the factories source from the same bezel maker.

Very likely the same source for both bezels.

 

[raremedium]

Overall I think the Noob dial is much nicer. The QF has roughly cut out sub dials in most QC's.

 

[mmaggi]

Afterall, it's all about the dial

 

[mmaggi]

Post some pics after you receive it.

 

[raremedium]

This watch is all about the dial!

 

[raremedium]

The watch is on the way

 

[mmaggi]

I've been analyzing the crap out of meteorite dial pictures and let me say that the NOOB meteorite dial is arguably every bit as good as QF, Buff & AMF. If you zoom in on the hour markers, to my eye NOOB matches GEN best. Of course on the wrist no one can tell the difference.

I would add (to a lesser degree) the bezel doesn't appear to be any different than QF and on the wrist I couldn't see anything noticeably different than any other ceramic Daytona (at least to my eyes). Zooming in is a different story.

With all this, I've concluded that there really is no bad decision, no bad meteorite Daytona. Buy what you like and wear it with pride and confidence.

 

[ViperGTS]

i keep wishing this was the older meteorite dial, with the red accents. the one NOOB used to rep

 

[mmaggi]

One thing I realized is that these "meteorite" dials are very inconsistent. I would imagine you have to be very patient and very picky about QC. Hopefully the TD/seller understands that there are alot of variables.

 

[raremedium]

The QCs of both Noob watches were pretty nice!

 

[mmaggi]

The QCs of both Noob watches were pretty nice!

I didn't see anything wrong with the 1st one. What specifically didn't you like about the bezel?

 

[raremedium]

The Units per hour font was totally off! This was a bezel used some 6 or 7 years ago.

 

[mmaggi]

Ok. I must have missed it it.

 

[mmaggi]

I looked at it again. Yes. It's not just the Units Per Hour print. The entire print of the bezel was off. Looks crooked in many spots.

 

[deadaglev]

I only own the QF version, but comparing it to pictures of the noob, to my eye the noob has significantly weaker dial printing and the silver rings around the subdials are too fat.
It really depends on QC with these Meteorite dials i guess, but with mine i am very very happy.