Noob Daytona vs ARF Daytona

[Rep Enthusiast]

Bezel, Dial, Hands, Rotor & reshape work to midcase.

Do have a 116519 dial handy, may even build this:




cant decide but Ive been fancying a white dial 116520 for years.

This is exactly what I’m going to do. Already ordered the ARF and it’s on its way. Next is the noob Daytona

 

[guru]

guru I have a spare noob black dial ss 116520 316L that I was going to use as a Franken base (but don't need anymore) in case you cannot wait for your 2 stuck in transit.

Thanks for the offer, they moved last night, I guess they are in the air atm. I always thought that Germany has a lot of holidays, but China? Oh man.....



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[thinwhiteduke]

Bezel, Dial, Hands, Rotor & reshape work to midcase.

Do have a 116519 dial handy, may even build this:




cant decide but Ive been fancying a white dial 116520 for years.

brane , I concur. That's my planned build as well, except am going for the 116509 look. Is your116519 dial gen? If you don't mind, how much did you get it for? Would love to see a picture of your dial if gen as I want to see if the ARF 116519 dial is close to gen. TIA, mate!

 

[markfisher]

from where did you see that it's better?

better font and spacing: check yourself on intime site

 

[markfisher]

from where did you see that it's better?

GEN vs ARF V1

GEN vs ARF V2

 

[markfisher]

There are some variations of gen bezel over the years, but as you can see, V1 has better "UNITS PER HOUR" font (and size) and better distance from inner edge of the bezel. Maybe V2 has deeper engraving, but not as gen.

 

[mari115]

There are some variations of gen bezel over the years, but as you can see, V1 has better "UNITS PER HOUR" font (and size) and better distance from inner edge of the bezel. Maybe V2 has deeper engraving, but not as gen.

thank you so much with your amazing work, i appreciate it a lot!!

 

[d3xophen]

GEN vs ARF V1

GEN vs ARF V2

The subdial font seem alittle bit bold on ARF.
I've seen there are 2 gens version 1 have thin subdial font and another have a thick dial font.
Is that true?

 

[markfisher]

The gen here has the font with "80" and "85" with smaller holes on the upper circle (fat font). There is another version with font similar to ARF V2

Fat font gen:

Slim font gen:

 

[markfisher]

The subdial font seem alittle bit bold on ARF.
I've seen there are 2 gens version 1 have thin subdial font and another have a thick dial font.
Is that true?

Sorry, you where talking about the subdial... my bad.

 

[markfisher]

Anyway it seem that there are also a lot of bezel/dial combination variation over the years...

 

[markfisher]

Look at this gen with fat subdial and slim bezel font:

 

[M Scott]

Look at this gen with fat subdial and slim bezel font:

Still not nearly as fat as Noob Black Daytona subdials...

 

[markfisher]

I mean fat font subdial

 

[markfisher]

Noob subdial rings are totally wrong

 

[Wurstriwl]

All really bad... sorry .... far away from gen. Wouldn’t buy any sorry

 

[guru]

All really bad... sorry .... far away from gen. Wouldn’t buy any sorry

All? The 116520 in white is ok, the subdials are really good


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[lcsrep11]

All? The 116520 in white is ok, the subdials are really good


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Agree 116520 white is the only option for me unless you intend to mod.

 

[markfisher]

Anyway even in that version the ROLEX font is wrong (and the DAYTONA, also)

 

[SOLEX]

All really bad... sorry .... far away from gen. Wouldn’t buy any sorry

OK More for us!

Truth be told, it is not a perfect rep, but my ARF is so nicely built and feels amazing on the wrist so I do not care if the chrono does not work, or if my dial has tiny flaws etc.