Whatever123 Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Hi! What's the difference between an f-series and a g-series PAM111? I believe it's only the crown guard, but I haven't seen a comparison yet. Does anyone have pics? Cheers Whatever123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted December 2, 2009 Report Share Posted December 2, 2009 Yes, the only difference between the F111 and G111 is the crownguard. The G series was the last series to use the 'painted', non-sandwich dial and also the last series to use the older style (PANERAIPANERAI) movement engraving. Therefore, apart from the appropriate caseback engraving the only difference is the larger, brushed CG on the G series, while the F sries still had the same smaller, polished CG, used since the preA series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Does anyone have detail pics to compare the CGs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unregistered Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 (edited) Top is a G/H-current series CG Bottom is a E-F/G series CG Top is brushed and thick with a curved profile Bottom is fully polished and flat plus thinner Both rep CGs mind you. LH and Angus Ultimate. But fairly close to gen and good enough to illustrate the differences. The G series from my understanding sometimes came with the polished CG and sometimes with the thicker CGs. Could be wrong. Forgot a frontal shot Edited December 4, 2009 by unregistered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Great comparison unreg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAMman Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 And just to complete the circle, the G series & later CG is virtually identical to the original preVendome CG e.g. the 5218/201A etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 Thanks, unregistered! Great comparison and exactly what I was looking for! I will post a pic of my PAM111 later - I suppose my CG is somewhere in between... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unregistered Posted December 4, 2009 Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 No worries mate. just one thing, how come you're fixated on the F series 111? Just saw your other thread on casebacks, and if your watch is a sausage dial, it could have just as easily been a E series 111. For that matter, I've got a spare E series caseback now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted December 4, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2009 You're right, of course. My "fixation" on the f-series comes from a friend who saw the back of my watch and told me "it says H-series here... it should be F...". I'm still learning... OK? I will post some pics of my watch tomorrow (I need daylight!) and let you decide... but as I already said in another thread, I don't want to make the watch perfect, just good enough for myself to be satisfied with it. Cheers, Whatever123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Hi! Here are my pics (bit late, sorry). They're crappy... I know... but I hope they'll suffice. Cheers Whatever123 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unregistered Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 That's an E/F series PAM. Just need to flatten that CG pin, then polish it and make it inline with the CG top surface. Looks good. Consider a relume too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Thanks! So I bought a "correct" caseback, that's good news! I am thinking about re-luming... I think, the lume color is a bit too yellow'ish right now, isn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unregistered Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Well, from the angle in the photo it kinda looks greenish. So yeah, a relume is in order Then it'll look like this Crown looks decent from the angle, though to be honest, the crown guard is a little too thin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweattdogg Posted December 8, 2009 Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Good looking PAM! If you do the relume, replace the cannon pin with a taller one while you are at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 8, 2009 Thanks for your feedback! I finally managed to do some better pics this afternoon, by the way. Here we go: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unregistered Posted December 9, 2009 Report Share Posted December 9, 2009 Nice. The dial has pretty fat numbers, great candidate for a relume. You do need to polish that CG though, or get a newer Seadbo (RG term) CG and polish it as its a lot thicker. A new T48 crown would also be better as that crown, the teeth look off. But a great PAM nonetheless, well on the way to great accuracy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whatever123 Posted December 13, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hmmm... anyone doing lume jobs in Europe? I did sone searching but wasn't successful yet... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unregistered Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Francisco I think does them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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