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Upgraded Franken 116520 ARF Daytona

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patnaboy said:
Looks great! I am curious about the lume on your gen dial and hands. I see its a one tick dial. Does it glow green or blue? Do you know if there is a difference in lume color between one tick and two tick dials?
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I don't know if there is a difference man. My dial and hands are superluminova green not chromalight blue.
 
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MrBeasy said:
Earlier this year I had an 116520 904L Franken built with a gen dial, gen bezel and gen crystal (this was before the noob clone 4130 was released) based off the much lauded ARF release.

As we know, while the ARF is a great base the pushers were just a tiny bit too long and the lug shape not quite right (although most people probably wouldn't notice or care TBH).

I have just upgraded this by sending to Supporting Vendor Jonj480 to shave down the pushers and reshape the lugs. He also helped me lower the crystal height a fraction as I thought it sat a bit too high and he also repolished the bezel.

I am very happy with the way it looks now. FWIW, I do believe the 904L is a bit more scratch resistant as the wear on the bracelet is much less than on my other frankens (especially the polished centre links) that are based on the 316L noob reps.

Separately, I have one of the new noob 4130 clone rep pieces coming that I will mash up with some of the rep leftover parts from this ARF Franken to create a hybrid.
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Sorry, sir, in your opinion is the dial ARF not too bad or yes? I want to make a small ARF franken but I would not buy a gen dial.
I look for the good but I do not claim perfection. :D Thanks for help, good day
 
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membrelli said:
Sorry, sir, in your opinion is the dial ARF not too bad or yes? I want to make a small ARF franken but I would not buy a gen dial.
I look for the good but I do not claim perfection. :D Thanks for help, good day
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I think the ARF dial for 116520 is fine for a Franken. I think it is better than NOOB dial.
 
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It's a pity that pushers' screws are so different from gen... every day the first thing I see on my ARF are those short screws :-(
 
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MrBeasy said:
^ ah forget it. I googled it - I understand.
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this is too funny, everybody would call it a fake dial. I remember the space on the first E xplorer 39 mm and everybody was crying. Now for an aph dial you pay a premium of min 200, lucky you are. Looks like you didn’t recognized it.
 
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I had no idea what it is!

Picked it up as a blistered set 18 months ago with gen dial and crystal for a bargain price (just after the ARF 904 Daytona came out nut before the noob 4130 clones came out). Price was approximately what a mint bezel only would cost now! Maybe the seller didn't know it was APH also...
 
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