Noob Daytona Re-Release? on Puretime!

[Hublot1704]

Was kind of surprised to see some new listed Daytona models on puretime build by noob :O Even a meteorite version was released

New Arrivals

puretimewatch.io

never really heard that Noob is back to business ?

 

[p0pperini]

Interesting. And interesting hefty price hike...

Also interesting in that list, the "RAF" 5-digit Subs. I'm guessing that's a typo and they're actually ARF, and if so it's really nice to see them, as they've been offline for some time too.

 

[Huss797]

Just saw these and wanted to post to ask the same question, you beat me to it xD

 

[cassapanca]

Interesting. And interesting hefty price hike...

Also interesting in that list, the "RAF" 5-digit Subs. I'm guessing that's a typo and they're actually ARF, and if so it's really nice to see them, as they've been offline for some time too.

I don’t think these are arf. The green color is different and the LN has wrong dial (with big markers) and wrong hands (should be thinner)

 

[Itto]

I don’t think these are arf. The green color is different and the LN has wrong dial (with big markers) and wrong hands (should be thinner)

Yep. But the bracelet / clasp is arf (round "3" and coronet not centered.

My bet is, someone just bought leftover parts and quickly assembled a few watches. Might also explain the wrong dial in the LN.
Not worth it, imho.

 

[p0pperini]

Yep. But the bracelet / clasp is arf (round "3" and coronet not centered.

My bet is, someone just bought leftover parts and quickly assembled a few watches. Might also explain the wrong dial in the LN.
Not worth it, imho.

More than likely. Quite funny then that they also chose "RAF" as the nearly-but-not-quite anagram factory name lol.

Fortunately I'm not looking for any more 5-digit reps... so I didn't take a look at the listings, and was only going by the diddy thumbnail pics in the new release list - so the detailed differences passed me by.

 

[KJ2020]

Noob may be officially making a comeback. They are finally using dials with subdial sunbursts.

Noob steel bezels are arguably better than BTF (numerals too close to triangles) and better than CLEAN (fonts too thick), though Noob's fonts are a little more spread out laterally and less elongated vertically.

Sadly Noob's rep "precious metal" version SELs are not correct, they don't extend above/beyond the lugs. Really not acceptable when other factories have made this leap ahead.

Gen on right

The hallmarks are OK, in particular the St Bernard dog head is much improved over Noob's previous Chucky doll head + shadow demon background lurker, haha.

Gen example

Old Noob

 

[KJ2020]

 

[Tiger4]

Based on the photos, would you guys rather this Noob over the current Clean Factory version of the White 116500 LN?

 

[Starman367]

Clean or BTF over the Noob. The case shape is still wrong. Clean dials also have printing that rivals GEN Rolex.

 

[mmaggi]

Based on the pics that I've seen, CF & BTF over current NOOB. SELs and bezel font are really bad (at least to my eyes).

 

[Storm.]

The bad print quality looks like noob for sure

 

[Tiger4]

Thanks for the info gentlemen, CF it is.

 

[Huss797]

I asked my TD, here is their response:

We are not exactly sure which version it is actually. It is assembled mixed with noob parts. It 's still recommended for clean version