Who cares which factory this watch is from! Just bcz it is from Noob doesn't make it any more gen than ARF factory. At the end of the day, look at the rep itself and judge its merits.
So far, to me, the rep looks decent. The dial layout matches gen layout quite nicely. The case shape doesn't look ridiculous. For the most part on the wrist it will look like a gen watch.
The 21600bph tells me that it will have 6 ticks per minute vs 8 so the seconds hand sweep won't be as smooth and for a Rolex that is a dead giveaway. The dial color is a rep blue. Yes a rep blue, blue that either looks like its purple, or is a washed out blue and doesn't have the dynamic range of shades of blue like a gen dial usually does. The font is not as crisp, neither it has a crystal that looks anything like gen.
But as of right now, this SkyD is the best rep example we have available! Maybe if this model does well, noob of whichever factory this is coming from, will end up making it in 904l steel.
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Agree that it doesn't matter who makes this rep. There are other factories who make these models. I have two of them. Some "sources" may only know about these other models.
The second hand sweep is of no consequence to me. No one is going to mistake this rep for a gen, and the tell won't be from discerning a slightly greater stutter in the second hand.
The blue dial will look much better in my pics than any that the TDs show. The Noob Sky-D is not a BP blurple dial. It will not tend to purple in harsh light.
BP blue rep dial (same watch)
Noob blue rep dial
Unknown factory rep, beautiful sunburst dial no hint of purple. The Noob dial will be like this
Still shot of Noob Sky-D from the video. This dial is great.
Agree there will likely be a claimed 904L model for ~$125 more later. I won't be buying it, that's a bunch of hype IMO.
For another poster who asked about no month indicator in the QC pics, I stated in that post that the indicator was between months, and I have asked for more pics.