Noob Daytona 4130 arrived

[Nate0624]

Anyone care to provide their thoughts on these QC photos? Latest Noob provided by Puretime.

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[DJ Woody]

When did you order?

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[Nate0624]

Just over a week ago. From what I've read, it appears the bezel may have been corrected. The small triangle beneath the 200.

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[Fat Dave]

Just over a week ago. From what I've read, it appears the bezel may have been corrected. The small triangle beneath the 200.

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What did I miss while I was gone? Isn't that how it looked before?

They didn't fix the Units per Hour font, text alignment, numerals font, indices thickness, arc thickness, or the too-centred placement, so I'm not optimistic anything else would have changed.

 

[llvicente1023]

Anyone care to provide their thoughts on these QC photos? Latest Noob provided by Puretime.

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I dont think you can ask the general opinion of other members regarding your QC pics unless you have a specific question regarding the watch you’re about to buy.

 

[Nate0624]

I'm sure your correct. If so, apologies. I looked everywhere for QC photo etiquette, but found nothing.

Regarding the bezel, I think I read that the bezel triangle marker under the 200 was properly moved to align under the 200. I could be wrong.

Lastly, someone else pointed out the dark under the 75 on bezel.

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[mari115]

Hey guys, i am pulling the trigger on the daytona noob clone movement.

But i'm not sure about the model, i love the 116500 with white dial but i know that the dial sucks and it's an instant tell, so i i'm leaning towards the 116520 white dial, is it more gen like? i want a watch that i can wear casually without having any kind of paranoia of normal people suspecting anything (normal people, not replica owners or experts like people of this website).

so my question is, should i go with the 116500 even if the dial is crap, or should i go for the 116520? i dont want to buy a gen dial at the moment, not gonna spend 800 eur after a 600$ watch lol

 

[mari115]

also, is the 116500 panda dial from ARF better than the noob one? are they compatible? if so, should i get a Panda dial from ARF and install it on the Noob Daytona?

 

[hadamokel]

also, is the 116500 panda dial from ARF better than the noob one? are they compatible? if so, should i get a Panda dial from ARF and install it on the Noob Daytona?

Your question has been answered a few pages back. But long story short:
the ARF dial for the panda 116500 is better, however not perfect. But at least thd subdials aren't stupidly fat like on the noob.
It is possible to mount the ARF dial on the noob by clipping the dial feet.

 

[guru]

Hey guys, i am pulling the trigger on the daytona noob clone movement.

so my question is, should i go with the 116500 even if the dial is crap, or should i go for the 116520? i dont want to buy a gen dial at the moment, not gonna spend 800 eur after a 600$ watch lol

go with the 116520 white dial. A normal person will not see any difference to the gen


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[mari115]

Your question has been answered a few pages back. But long story short:
the ARF dial for the panda 116500 is better, however not perfect. But at least thd subdials aren't stupidly fat like on the noob.
It is possible to mount the ARF dial on the noob by clipping the dial feet.

thank you for the answer, what about the white 116520 dial from ARF? not the panda dial, is it better than Noobs?

 

[mari115]

go with the 116520 white dial. A normal person will not see any difference to the gen


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i see, thank you, i agree i would go for that one, the 116520 looks awesome, maybe in the future i will change the dial with a gen one, or should i change it as soon as i get it with an ARF dial? is it better in your opinion? the 116520 ARF white dial i mean

 

[ssouthall6]

thank you for the answer, what about the white 116520 dial from ARF? not the panda dial, is it better than Noobs?

There is a whole dial comparison thread and your questions have been asked so many times now


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[mari115]

There is a whole dial comparison thread and your questions have been asked so many times now


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why don't you link me the thread if you know where it is? i looked for it and couldn't find it, i made a new thread apart from this to ask the question

 

[nikoel]

I'm on to one guy in brisbane who restores vintage watches and is a watch smith but I'm not sure if he's rep friendly. He has an eBay site selling many rolex and other swiss parts/watches. I'm out of Australia atm but this is his eBay site shop. You could msg him or see whether he can help. He also custom builds watches. I'll contact him when I'm back.

https://www.ebay.com.au/usr/picture1869watches

Good to see more Brisbetarians around. Hello from Windsor and Archerfield

 

[mari115]

There is a whole dial comparison thread and your questions have been asked so many times now


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nvm i got sent it, thank you

 

[Doc brown]

Good to see more Brisbetarians around. Hello from Windsor and Archerfield

I've seen you here a lot. From Carindale with love.

 

[guru]

As an update, finally received the gen crystal/gasket and will be having it installed today. So here's what the crystal looks like now on the Noob. Comparing the two crystals, it looks like the gen crystal has a more pronounced bevel cut. Whereas the side profile of the Noob crystal looks almost "rounded" due to the shallower bevel.

I'll update again once the gen crystal is on.

And here's the gen crystal in it's blister

Edit: here's the crystal installed. It's clear that the profile of the gen crystal is quite different from the Noob.

mui.richard what is the difference between your profile and mine, please explain! Mine is noob!

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[mui.richard]

mui.richard what is the difference between your profile and mine, please explain! Mine is noob!

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That's odd...my Noob's crystal looked nothing like that before I replaced it with the gen. My crystal had a much shallower slope, and it was showing some gasket ever so lightly.

I purchased mine from one of the first batches from Ryan, when did you get yours? Maybe something is in the changing or just a fluke?

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[timnic54]

My Noob also has the better Crystal profile. Mine is at least second batch or later. This confirms my suspicion that incremental changes were being made through production and are probably continuing. Rather invalidates much of the negativity regarding this watch published upon it's release, based on rushed out first issues.