marrickvilleboy Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Remember reading that the Noobmariner had the best bracelets. Where else can we pick one up that is good? The one that came with the wm9 is broken - the flip lock is bent and fitted incorrectly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Noobfactory are good. WM9 are better. All others are junk. Gen a gen clasp for it... about $250 or less if you search around. Makes a HUGE difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Was under the impression the Noob ones have hollow midlinks - which are more accurate? Thanks for the reply, Dizzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
By-Tor Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 It depends... the main issue with rep bracelets is that the SELs won't fit properly, and don't have the correct looking recess. How do you know if the SELs of some other rep will fit to the watch you're installing them into? That's right... there's no way. Reps are not alike, and even the ones from the same factory can have tolerance differences... lugs can be wider or narrower, etc. WM9 v1 SELs are the best fitting, but we only know that they fit well to WM9 watches. How do they fit into some other Rolex rep is a mystery. Noobmariner bracelets aren't particularly great. The SELs are too rounded and don't have the recess, have occasionally bad fit and the clasp engraving is totally off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marrickvilleboy Posted March 7, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Thanks for the insight, Bytor. Was thinking of swapping out SEL but this may seem like a fruitless & risky path. Great info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosnik Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 IMO: Just to let you know that GEN SEL bracelet perfectly fit in WM9. This mean that holes are positioned like in Gen 16610. Sometime , this not happen in some REPs...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 The only thing i dont like about the Noob bracelet is the horrible Rolex stamped cornet on the clasp. It looks rediculous. Its nothing like the gen cornet. The WM9 cornet is pretty close to gen. I dont really care about endlinks so I dont know whos got the better ones, but By-tor is the endlink guru so hes the guy to listen to. A WM9 bracelet might be hard to find since the factory has vanished. BK's new Submariners have solid links I believe, so the Noob bracelet might be your only option. I have a Noob bracelet with gen 93150 clasp on my MBW16610 and im pretty happy with the look and feel. dizz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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