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I think 6 and 9 are not rounded at the top and bottom. Waiting for pics.

You may be right. The watchmakers I consulted didn't actually say water resistance except one hinted that moisture resistance could be an issue. But they didn't want to touch my watch without a new gasket. I didn't want to work on it myself because I just broke my cheapo press (doing something else). Oh well, let the elves in China do their magic.

I took it to two reputed watch repair shops, and they both told me that it needs a new gasket. Apparently it is not a good idea to reuse them (considering water resistance). I contacted puretime, and it took a while to explain the problem to the lady. I sent it back as she requested. Something tells me it's going to be a long wait.

This indeed seems like a one off problem. I am going to contact my TD. I was playing with a gen yesterday, and I noticed the same things about number 6 and lume color. But very minor gripes indeed. P.S. It is from puretime.

I have had this for more than a day, so I'll give initial impressions. Since this rep is priced high, I'll be a bit more anal: Good: - Dial looks good (no imperfections under the loupe). Lume is uniform. Hands look symmetric. Pinion thing in the middle is flush and polished. - Case is polished nicely. CG and CB looks good. - I have not removed the CB to look at the movement, but it is running at +2 sec a day! Bad: - There is a super tiny speck of dust on the second hand. It is very tiny and I would not do anything. - There is a hairline gap halfway around the circumference of the bezel, where the bezel thing is pressed on to the case. There is a little notch (presumably to pry out the bezel+crystal) but this is not what I am talking about. The bezel thing is snug against the case for halfway but not so snug on the other half. I tried to press it with a press (I have teflon dies of right size) but no difference. This tells me that either the bezel or the case is not manufactured to tolerance. This is unexpected given that Noob case is supposed to be one of the best. Even cheaper reps have perfectly fitting bezels. See pictures below. I inserted a red sewing thread to give you an idea.

I see, but NooB 104 dial seems to have thicker 6 and 12 markings. H factory dial seems to be closer to the gen, although numbers seem thinner. I ordered a noob 104 and it should be here any day, so we'll see how good the dial really is. You are right - slight imperfections may not be a justifiable reason to waste money on overpriced gen parts.

Thanks for the responses.

Oh, what a waste of them dials!! I need a replica version of that art though!

Nothing, but it's a rep. It has some differences compared to gen. Anyway, I am not interested in fixing the existing dial. OTOH, if I can get hold of a gen dial I'd totally go for it. BTW, I didn't find any dials on ebay. If they are that simple to find, I wouldn't be posting here.

If so how does one go about getting it? Thanks.