Several years ago, Panerai published Luminor Submersible 1950 PAM 382, which raised a bronze storm in watch industry. The story between XF and bronze started from Panerai’s PAM 382. Afterwards, XF unveiled PAM 507, PAM 671, Zenith Type 20 Pilot Extra Special, Tudor Black Bay Bronzo, these are all art work of XF that are made of bronze material. So, we can see that XF factory continuously researched bronze and applied this material in their watch-making process, today, they released this IWC Pilot Spitfire bronze watch, it is the first IWC watch that is made of bronze.Actually, it is not hard to make a bronze case, but the difficulty is that bronze case should be oxidized to our expected result at the speed we want, XF has always been researching this, now the oxidized result on this IWC Pilot Spitfire has achieved a perfect condition, which is closest to genuine, compared with the bronze case from small factories, you will find that their oxidized color is uneven and there is even rusty spot.
Maybe they have already felt strong competitiveness from AR factory, if still can not bring us some big surprises, they will be completely defeated.Back to the V10 Submariner 116610LN and 116610LV. The biggest change is made on the bezel, which Noob factory claims that is could be interchanged with the bezel of genuine Submariner. The engraved depth of the bezel markers are the same as that of genuine Submariner, besides, the Platinum tone of the bezel markers will not fade as time goes by.About the movement, Noob offers two options, one is an Asia ETA 2836, the other is a Super Clone 3135. The latter one has the same time and date adjustment as genuine Rolex 3135 Calibre. Both have a high quality.Please read the following specification to know both watches better, and check a lot of photos below. Movement: Super Asia 3135/Asia ETA 2836 Automatic Case: 40mm*13mm, Solid 904L Stainless Steel Bezel: Uni-directional Rotating Black Ceramic, Anti-clockwise Crystal: Sapphire with Etched Crown Logo at 6 o’clock Dial: Black with Superlume on Hour Markers and Hands Bracelet: Solid 904L Stainless Steel with Deployant Clasp Water Resistant: 30m
