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Got the watch in earlier today! Took some pics, took some videos, and already posted FOR SALE on RWI. Why? Wasn't nearly what I expected, and my V1 feels more comforting than the gloss of this rep. Heres the link to the sale on RWI; http://www.replica-watch.info/vb/showthread.php/rolex-submariner-conus-163632.html?p=1647397 So, below you guys have pictures and a link to video. Still looking forward to what you guys think! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Uxh1o81amc

Ohh okay. Alright well hopefully my package will be here soon. I thank all of you for your help!

That's true. I have never had a problem w/ shipping from China, I guess I never actually ordered during or near the holidays before. Thanks

That was very helpful! What website did you use to track this? I use EMS China & USPS when it's in the US. Also, just found this earlier this morning!! Looks like the package left Gangzhou customs, however, it says it left customs on the 27th... Why didn't it update on the 27th then? Why did it update on the 30th that it left on the 27th? Is it possible my package already left China on the 27th? Thanks for all yours posts, definitely made me feel more secure!

Thanks for both your replies! I used it in USPS and it only says that the parcel was Accepted by China on Oct 26th. No updates yet, wish I could contact EMS but I guess the patience game continues. I'll check back in a few days and get my mind off of the package. Thanks!!

So I ordered a few product from a TD and with the tracking number he gave me It seems the package has been stopped or is not moving: 2013-10-26 20:46:00 City of Guangzhou Posting 2013-10-26 22:49:00 City of Guangzhou Despatch from Sorting Center 2013-10-27 03:58:00 GUANGZHOU Arrival at Sorting Center 1. I ordered on October 25th, 2. October 26th, Product was handed from customer to City of Gangzhou Post Office 3. October 26th, 2 hours later, Product despatched from Sorting Center 4. October 27th, Product arrives in Gangzhou Sorting Center. Now, usually I would receive updates daily or every other day with tracking, however it seems the product is stuck. Is it possible the package is lost? Is it possible the package is stuck in China Customs? Is it possible the package has just not been scanned and is on its way to me? I tracked with USPS and contacted USPS and they say I should give it until November 5th, but I don't see why that is necessary if it should have been updated (scanned) after arrival at sorting center in Guangzhou. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks. Eden

You are an E30 M3 fan huh...

Your right, if there's one thing I should learned here on RWG it is to ask for QC pictures. Il get on that for my own protection. Also thank you for understanding my reach in supply from outside the forum. You all were very helpful.

Makes no sense, if he is to photoshop it, why would he make it look wrong? Your saying the gen version of this watch is not supposed to have polished mid-links. Which is correct, mid-links are supposed to be polished, they are supposed to be dull/tarnished. But then again your saying he photoshopped the picture to look like the mid-links are shiny. Wouldn't he want to photoshop it to look dull? Proves point that it is the angle of the picture that consistently is making our eyes question ourselves. I need to get to the bottom of this and to do so - again I am stating - I ordered the watch, pics and video will be uploaded soon.

I don't know why he photoshopped the picture either, marketing is definitely the reason.. Obviously its not a gen swiss eta, i meant it would be a clone . . . Thanks for your post, I appreciate you honesty and detail into looking at the watch, obviously my supplier has some crazy photoshop skills

Not to be rude, but you all assume so quick. I am not promoting anything. I was just asking a professionals opinion. I did not promote any supplier! I am not trying to tell you guys I have a better product that the Noob V2, or a better product than the BP, or any better product. I am simply stating that I want to buy this from my supplier and I wanted your opinion if it looked familiar to any of you, maybe it was out-dated, and used to be sold 2 years ago and I didn't know about it because I just joined this forum a month ago. I was just looking for all of your insight so that I don't make a mistake in a purchase. With that said, all your replies lead me to the conclusion that you are all not even sure what factory made it (because its photoshopped) and thats why im confused to. Can we just agree that I did nothing wrong, I was not advertising no one or no company. I never stated here is his website: i never stated here go check him out, i never told you to contact anyone. i never asked any of you if it is better than our TD products, blah blah blah... Whoever did, I don't understand why, but please stop jumping to conclusions! I just needed help, and that is what this side of the forum is intended to be used for!! For all of you who helped, I appreciate your help and your honest opinions on what you thought about the watch, i placed the order and the watch should arrive soon - again i state - i will post video, picture, etc of the watch so we all know what this watch was before it was photoshopped.

Okay I guess I was right with my first post, you were just being a douche before. Alright CeoCorona, we'll Looks like your in a really bad mood - hence - I'm just gunna let you say what you want, suspect what you want - You can see your way out of this thread , don't waste your 'precious' time posting anything here again.

Everyone, I am sorry if you misunderstood me. I was not disregarding your opinions on the watch. I took all replies into consideration and I believe their is something fishy about the pic, that is the reason why i posed it in the first place. I thank all of you for your time and effort looking into details of the watch I never thought of doing my self (because i'm less experienced ofcourse). So to that, cheers. TeeJay, I say the same especially to you. I apologize if you took what I wrote into offense. I greatly apprecaite everyones comments, I am still trying to formulate an opinion on the watch.. I must have mis-wrote or mis-worded my last post. I was in a rush not thinking clearly. Let me explain myself: I do think all of you have a point, however, I feel my TD is giving me a VERY good price. I have been buying products from him for 3 years now and I trust him to not lead me on to something that is faulty. YES - I agree this is definitely photoshopped, that is how he works I guess. Although, I do believe that even though it is photoshopped, it still looks like it must be a great watch before he edited it with a computer software. Anyway, Like I stated, for all our curiosity, I will order this watch from my TD, and when it arrives I will post immediately a full, in detail, with pictures and video, response so we can all understand the background of the watch. As other Rep sites say Swiss ETA ####, my TD told me he only orders the swiss-made watches from the Factory he buys from. Ok, I understand this doesn't mean it is swiss made, but from what i understand, the factory discloses the 'swiss' made on their better, higher quality products / movements. The watch is going to cost me less than $300, so I will have to wait and see how it comes out, promise to look into the movement and post pictures for all our concerns. I will surely take pictures and videos in detail of the bracelet. It does look to me that the mid-links are not brushed, so it may be BP version, however as stated above, the photoshop may have incurred editing mistakes. Who knows - have to wait for the pics I did not mean to offend you in any way Corona, you've helped me through a lot since I have been here. Let me explain: i thought you were telling me off - i do believe all of what your saying, it may be photoshopped, a lot doesnt look right with this picture, however the reason I wrote what I wrote above, is because it seems you were calling me out when you said "something just doesnt feel right with this *thread* - the way I took it, is you think im trying to play some type of game around here, I'm not. Simply as stated in my first post of the thread, I am trying to find out what watch this is behind all of its editing. Thanks I hope you all didn't take offense. You guys are awesome and helped me out so much until now. It is upto me now to find out the quality of this product!! Will post soon pics/vids soon!! P.S. : my TD says he will send me Rolex box for free ! I'm paying a little lower than PureTi.me's prices for the Noob V2, so i would assume he is going to send me some crappy replica ROlex box, nothing like Pureti.me's $90 box, but we'll have to wait and see - because he says the factory supplies the box straight to him when he orders to watch. !!

Excuse me? All I said is I will order the product, risking my money, to see what comes of it. I can assure you my supplier is trustworthy even though he is not a TD here. If he says Swiss made, he means it... If he sends me this picture and touched it up, that's fine with me, as long as the product I receive is similar. Excuse me? All I said is I will order the product, risking my money, to see what comes of it. I can assure you my supplier is trustworthy even though he is not a TD here. If he says Swiss made, he means it... If he sends me this picture and touched it up, that's fine with me, as long as the product I receive is similar.

I'm going to order this product from my TD. My TD is very trust-worthy and I am 100% sure this is his product, yes he may have touched it up, but to assume just does no justice. I will order, review and post a thread for you all to see the product when it arrives. He is telling me it is a Swiss movement, he doesn't work with Asian/Japan movements. Hopefully this will be a winner.

A TD (anonymous) has sent me one picture of a watch he took. I have questions :-/ 1. Is this a pic of a gen or rep? 2. Is this the Noob V2 Sub? 3. If not the V2, what Sub is this? 4. Does it look old model or new? 5. How much would you estimate it . . . Thanks,

Hi, welcome rude bye.

Great pics Mike !! Looks so calming My cousins live in NJ. . . Livingston Bel-Air. We visit almost all the time!

I was going to anyway, but I thought everyone got a month free membership. Okay then, signing it up now!

I can't post in Want To Buy section... I thought everyone gets 1 month free of VIP membership??

BP Clasps have a tendency to slip / not hold position. Best thing to do is find a Noob V2 bracelet just part out with the BP Bracelet. It's probably the easiest mod to date, just be careful, read up on it and they will fit into place. Should be able to find it for around $80 - $90 Check w/ PureTi.me if they have stock.

Hello all! Earlier this week I bought my first Rolex replica after a long (long long long long long) time searching, reading and asking questions. Please welcome my Rolex Submariner Ceramic Noob V1. If this looks boring, and it probably is, just skip to the pictures! (i'm sure they will do some justice!) Why Did I Go With The V1: Trust me, I know the V2 is out! But if I were to buy it and spend the $300+, I only wanted to buy it new with a Asian clone mvnt. Pureti.me was the only person I was talking to about Stock availability in the V2, and they kept telling me 2 weeks until they get it in... 1 week passed, 2 weeks passed, 3 weeks passed and still no stock for them. So I decided to spend less money on a V1 and live with the flaws! It has nothing to do with the differences between the V1 and V2, I simply bought it since I was eager to have my first rep Rolex! My First Thoughts: I definitely never noticed how white Rolex' lume applicator was until I went in a local Rolex store and took a peek. By the looks of it, the V1 doesn't have many flaws... Okay maybe if you know your watches and get in its face then you can tell the flaws, but the quality of this watch is amazing. Flaws I've noticed w/ out Having to go Back to the Books: By this, I mean what I noticed myself that differed from my genuine Rolex research without having to go back on the Forums and ask questions or search for differences of my V1 to the Gen. It seems like the flaws are minimal. I bought this watch via M2M and the previous owner did a Bezel paint mod and waterproofed and tested. With that it is very gen-like already. However I did noticed the minute markers do not reach the reheut, the 'm' in '300m' is not spaced away from the '300' enough and not italicizes enough. (I have not done research on the following so don't judge me). --> the pearl is definitely off on this one. It is centered to the triangle, however, if you can tell in the following pictures - the previous owner must have accidentally brushed the paint on the pearl while trying to do the bezel paint mod. This is not that big of an issue to me as I am currently searching for a replacement Bezel + Pearl. As for the bezel, I don't know much about the difference with the gen. ceramic and rep. noob ceramic so I will let you all be the judge of the. The bracelet feels light to weight but the fit and feel is as comforting as a leather strap. Ok maybe I'm exaggerating... The brushed S/S is a nice look but the 314L definitely does not compare to Rolex' 904L S/S uses. I can already notice some wears and marking just from moving the adjustment clasp up and down. The date-magnifier gets a lot of reflection and does not look gen-like at all when taking a close look, or even when trying to take a picture of the watch outside. From what I remember, I will need to have the mag AR? coated. Future Expectations (modding): - I don't know if it would fit, but I'm thinking of buying a Noob V2 bracelet from another member who has an extra one lying around and try to fit it in. - I definitely want to replace the ceramic bezel and pearl on this one, something doesn't look right to me and I can't put my eye on it! From here I will need to do some more research on modding a Rolex to decide what else is necessary for mine to look more gen-like, but I will definitely appreciate any suggestions! The main reason I wanted to write this review: I wanted a better eyes opinion. Not because I can't live with it, I love it, but I would like to know what you noticed that I haven't. This will help me in the future when buying Rolex. Do you think there are major differences between the Noob V1 and Noob V2?: No, honestly a replica watch is a replica watch, each will have its own flaws, they will never be spot on but like we all say, buy it if you can live with its flaws! And I'm still living. . . . . _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Now for the close-up shots. Bezel Close Up (paint mod outcome) Pearl Close Up (I believe you can see the paint on Pearl.) Direct View of Dial Well, for now that's all. I look forward to reading your comments, replies, remarks or suggestions! Thanks for looking

I try emailing him at it gives me an Error 404 in a different language (Chinese?) Anyone have Tony's email?

So.. I'm stupid for buying the V1?? I can return it right away!! Let me know......... Damn,,,, if anyone is selling their V2 ill buy it for the price you bought it for!!!