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NOOB V3 116500LN announced! Whats new?
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One of the best quotes I read recently...
You can always make more money, but time is something you can’t get back.
No shame in paying a grey premium and not playing the AD game.
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Enlighten me then.
Why kiss ass getting put on a 2yr fictitious waiting list at an AD when you can wear it tomorrow for a grey premium. Those 2yrs you can’t get back, the $8k you can always earn later.
I’ve read of there being some alignment issue with the hour markers. Is that just what we get with these, or is there a lot of variance. This seemed pretty bad at the 3 and 6 o’clock particularly but maybe I’m being too harsh. If it is what it is I’ll accept it, but not sure why they can’t get that better. I’ve rejected so many at this point I’m not sure I’ll ever get one. If it isn’t the SEL it’s the hr markers, etc. Ha.
My quote meant that I don't think this watch is that special to warrant an £11,000 price tag let alone £23,000. The only watch I would pay that money would be for the Royal Oak with it's stunning bracelet.
If I was to spend thousands on a watch it better get some serious attention from others, this one hasn't yet but it's early days. I'll roll my sleeves up at work and see how it goes this week
In my opinion a chronograph with a bezel like this needs to be bigger and I'm saying that as someone with a skinny 6.25 - 6.5 inch wrist.
It's still an attractive watch but I cannot see what the big deal is with it. If anything, it just shows how impressive Rolex's marketing strategy is to make the desire so strong for this watch.
My watch has similar issues, the 6 and 9 are slightly bent, my Rolex logo on the dial is also slightly crooked.
Some of the hour markers do not align with the printed indexes, for example if you look at your 4,5,7 and 8 markers the middle of the markers are not meeting the printed index.
Your logo is at least nicely aligned.
I've taken mine to two watchsmiths here in the UK and both have said the issues are minor and to leave it as it is. They will not work on it which is annoying to say the least. From what I've noticed the guys who got their watches in September and October didn't have these issues.
It all depends on how closely you look at the dial, because we know it's a rep we perhaps look at the dial more closely than we would if it is a gen. I will tell you one thing that you do not need a magnifying glass to see these issues in real life, you can see them by looking closely at the watch but from normal time reading distance they are not really noticeable at all.
My biggest annoyance is that $688 is not cheap. My Seiko Sarb which cost around $300 has perfect alignment but then again they do have more money as a company to spend on better workmanship as a whole.
Take a look at my review, hopefully it can help you decide
https://forum.replica-watch.info/fo...dial-review-and-comparison-with-gen-pic-heavy
I've read happily read it but always have my doubt
Ron,
thanks for the feedback. May just wait until they get this dialed if that’s how it is. I’ve had multiple QC photos from a couple sellers and all have had the issues you mentioned or bad SEL. I feel bad even asking the sellers at this point; I have many reps and rarely need to reject.
I have a black face ARF which of course looks great. Wish N could get these things right. Like many have said, it’s like they spent so much on developing the movement they didn’t even try on the aesthetics. At least V3 corrected some of the errors, yet here we are. 2 steps forward, 3 back, etc. I really want to like this watch but can’t ignore the flaws. The good ones are nice now, but wish they had better QC, especially for the price relative to their competition. Movement seems great but if I have to choose movement vs. Cosmetics I’m with the latter. As great as the movement is, watch still isn’t gen and I’d rather it look gen than have a function I rarely use. I thought V3 was the answer...
thanks for the feedback. May just wait until they get this dialed if that’s how it is. I’ve had multiple QC photos from a couple sellers and all have had the issues you mentioned or bad SEL. I feel bad even asking the sellers at this point; I have many reps and rarely need to reject.
I have a black face ARF which of course looks great. Wish N could get these things right. Like many have said, it’s like they spent so much on developing the movement they didn’t even try on the aesthetics. At least V3 corrected some of the errors, yet here we are. 2 steps forward, 3 back, etc. I really want to like this watch but can’t ignore the flaws. The good ones are nice now, but wish they had better QC, especially for the price relative to their competition. Movement seems great but if I have to choose movement vs. Cosmetics I’m with the latter. As great as the movement is, watch still isn’t gen and I’d rather it look gen than have a function I rarely use. I thought V3 was the answer...
One of my friends that works direct with the factories says N factory is just scrambling to ship as many as possible so the quality is suffering. Hopefully if that’s true (which is feasible), they get word that people are rejecting now based on quality and correct these mistakes. This will cost them business long-term. Or maybe we are more picky than the average consumer so they don’t care...
WenR
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IMO, lots of buyer only care about the movement. Movement is cheap for $688,,,
so they buy noob n go franken with gen dial n CF bezel (or 116520 bezel) ,,, Done.
there you go, a perfect rep ,,,
or perhaps they go with arf dial, thats what makes Noob dont care about picky buyer (again, its my opinion n could be wrong)
my franken n im absolutely happy with it, no one will notice its rep/franken,,, at least not in my working/family area anndddd,,, i dont have to spend $20K for rolex watch
so they buy noob n go franken with gen dial n CF bezel (or 116520 bezel) ,,, Done.
there you go, a perfect rep ,,,
or perhaps they go with arf dial, thats what makes Noob dont care about picky buyer (again, its my opinion n could be wrong)
my franken n im absolutely happy with it, no one will notice its rep/franken,,, at least not in my working/family area anndddd,,, i dont have to spend $20K for rolex watch
IMO, lots of buyer only care about the movement. Movement is cheap for $688,,,
so they buy noob n go franken with gen dial n CF bezel (or 116520 bezel) ,,, Done.
there you go, a perfect rep ,,,
or perhaps they go with arf dial, thats what makes Noob dont care about picky buyer (again, its my opinion n could be wrong)
my franken n im absolutely happy with it, no one will notice its rep/franken,,, at least not in my working/family area anndddd,,, i dont have to spend $20K for rolex watch
Very nice!
So this is noob with CF bezel and 116520 dial?
WenR
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Yes mate !! Well not entirely true , but you will got “This Look” with CF bezel and Gen 116520 dial
Nobody will find out, even they put side by side with gen 116500, you just have to say, its a gen 116520 with after market bezel, voila,,, you got yourself a really nice rolex watch, a stable movement and more confident around crowd
Nobody will find out, even they put side by side with gen 116500, you just have to say, its a gen 116520 with after market bezel, voila,,, you got yourself a really nice rolex watch, a stable movement and more confident around crowd
IMO, lots of buyer only care about the movement. Movement is cheap for $688,,,
so they buy noob n go franken with gen dial n CF bezel (or 116520 bezel) ,,, Done.
there you go, a perfect rep ,,,
or perhaps they go with arf dial, thats what makes Noob dont care about picky buyer (again, its my opinion n could be wrong)
my franken n im absolutely happy with it, no one will notice its rep/franken,,, at least not in my working/family area anndddd,,, i dont have to spend $20K for rolex watch
So beautiful. Gen Dial looks awesome.
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@wen
gorgeous watch. I thought of doing the same, or as you mentioned going the ARF/Noob franken route.
I just wonder if Noob is cutting corners on the aesthetics if they could be on the movement as well? I don’t know about the manufacturing of the movement—whether it’s all automated or if there’s human component like much of the rest of the watch, but have heard of at least some variation in quality of movement.
I think to have a great looking watch with a legit movement we need to go the franken route today. We may be on V6 before they look great...Took a while with the subs and look where we are now. Near perfection.
cheers once again to a beautiful watch, these photos inspire me to spend more than I want today. Ha.
gorgeous watch. I thought of doing the same, or as you mentioned going the ARF/Noob franken route.
I just wonder if Noob is cutting corners on the aesthetics if they could be on the movement as well? I don’t know about the manufacturing of the movement—whether it’s all automated or if there’s human component like much of the rest of the watch, but have heard of at least some variation in quality of movement.
I think to have a great looking watch with a legit movement we need to go the franken route today. We may be on V6 before they look great...Took a while with the subs and look where we are now. Near perfection.
cheers once again to a beautiful watch, these photos inspire me to spend more than I want today. Ha.
WenR
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Hi mate, trust me mate, the movement is awesome, but some member have a “badluck” when they receive the watch from TD, that have a “not good” movement, so in case that happened, you can source a good watch smith to do a service to your watch, clean it, test to run it and put oil in the right part , then its all good. Movement will be at least 70hours PR.
Dont worry about the thick of the body, the pusher, the crown or crystal, noob doin just fine. The bad part is dial n bezel ( which you know what to do to fix it
)n bout SEL n lugs, i can only suggest to do the cheapest way like my watch below, use Rubber B strap, LOL
