Yea nothing is perfect. I dont mind my noob. Plus mine is on a blue leather strap because I like the contrast between blue and green. I have a 1313 VSF on order because having one more Panerai is always a good idea. I am just curious is the HWF 911 really with a different dial or they just trying to pass Noob ones for HWF?Already got them. For me the significant drawback was PANER A I writing. But after I found out that gen PAM111 have the same writing - i accepted it) Also i like the color of "leather" strap in noob version - it's very organic to dial color.
My idea was - to buy a replica pams to try them on a wrist before buy a gen one. But for now they brought me more joy than buying the gen Omega)