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...a good bracelet for my SD 4000. The watch itself is great, scary close to gen. But the bracelet...well...different story...see yourself A watch looking so great deserves a better bracelet than this. Problem is...I have no clue where to source one

For quite some time I owned a TC sub (16610), but as I am used to wear 44mm PAM's the Sub became a bit small to me. So I started looking at the SubC (116610). I liked the more bulky look on the SubC's due to the larger dial indices, the thicker lugs, the larger CG's, etc. But for some reason it looked too rectangular to me. So when the v2 of the Seadweller (SD4000) (116600) from Noob came out I was quite happy! The lugs of the SD4000 are slimmer, and the CG's are more tapered than the SubC's. That brings it closer to the more classic look of the older model(s). The SD4000 is about 2.5mm thicker than the SubC (without measuring the cyclops), this is because of the thicker case on the SD4000 and its raised crystal. The insert looks more balanced because the indices on the SubC's insert are mostly between 12 and 3 o'clock, where the insert of the SD4000 has them all around. At first this looks more busy, but at the end more balanced. The no-cyclops finishes the clean look. At first I missed it because it is part of the Rolex look, but not having a cyclops looks pretty cool actually. What about the raised crystal? Well, that is just bad-a$$! On to some pics then! Well aligned engravings in the rehaut, and the nice raised crystal. Date aligned and centered? Check! And a nice SEL fitment too. The SEL is nice and tight and a bit raised like gen. Well done Noob! Helium valve. Nothing special, has the correct color. The clasp is nicely finished and closing it gives a nice and tight snap. Lume shot later at night. An earlier wristie to show the dial is indeed matte, in certain light conditions and angles. Very nice! I didn't take any pics of the bracelet. But I have to say that the screws are tight, REALLY tight. I messed up one screw and scratched one link whilst trying to remove it. The bracelet was really really stiff. First I had it in a soap bath for about 30 minutes and then a WD40 bath for the night. This helped a lot! Now it is silky smooth and very comfortable. I also removed the diver extension, which made it more comfortable on the wrist.