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The DayTona difference between CF, BTF and gen

CTime

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Bezel

The letters are identical.

CF: whiter, a bit brighter, and clear textured which is closer to the gen

BT: bit more gray, the texture is not as good as CF

They both have a problem: chamfering the edges of the bezel more or less which is different from the gen. But it feels better this way and won’t cut yourself at least.

Dial

Lettering

Gen: Everything looks so crisp

CF: the white is closer to the gen and the lettering is as crisp as gen

BT: The color isn’t as white as CF and gen, and the lettering is a bit rough on the outlines



Subdial

Color: Clean is silver gray which is more close to gen,

BT: more silver and much more shiny comparing to gen

The circle texture on subdial

Gen & CF: 10 circles; BT: 9 circles



Rolex crown on dial

Gen: looks flat from front side, polished

CF: shaped correctly, but barely polished

BT: little difference on shaping, slightly polished



Time marker

Luminous filler: CF has correct color; BT is more gray

Shape: BT is shorter and more round



Hands

Luminous filler

CF: the edges are clean, same quality as markers

BT: it looks more gray and botchy



Shape

They both look similar to the gen and don’t have enough polishing

The center pin from BT looks not well made



Crown on 3 o’clock

Only BT has a small gap to the case



Inner bezel

CF: almost the same

BT: engraving on the inner bezel is more rough



Case shape

Look aside, gen and CF is both more round, BT is more sharp



Bracelet buckle

We could feel a little resistance from BT



Lettering

CF: more like gen

BT: a little bit different from gen and different lettering in each version



Crystal

BT: added a coating film to look more transparent

CF: sticking to the gen which don’t have this coating film



Conclusion

This thread is based on the photography provided and objectively observed. As a TD, it’s my duty and responsibility to tell my customers what they would get eventually. I should never avoid telling people any flaws, because the rep will never gonna be the same as gen. I hope everyone will be just satisfied with the final result from each factory, they had done their best. Our team will make more comparison threads and videos in the future, you will know we are really ready to serve everyone as a professional TD.



Ctime

 

benqben

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Under macro lens it's easy to tell em, but hand to hand, dailywear, these are unreal. It's one of the reason they call this thing NWBIGs . It's beautiful. How far have we gotten.
 

guarda

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This is amazing. Thank you so much for doing this.
 
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JuanSB

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ive heard the newest clean watch cases got really sharp edges and that btf is generally better in this regard. is it true?
 

JuanSB

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They are the latest version my friend
No, I mean if you run your finger around the edges of both watches... Which one is more sharp (which is a bad thing for daytonas as they are supposed to have rounded edges)?
I have heard Clean is more like a Sub or GMT with sharp edges, while BTF is more rounded like GEN.
 

mmaggi

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This is really all about which tolerances one is able to accept. Question: Didn't CF improve the crystal to basically match BTF's crystal?