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are there good thick casebacks for 005?


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There were 2 EL 005 casebacks. the 1st one was the infamous 0348 serial for 201/a that he mistakenly put on 005's then there was one that he replaced it with for people that complained. I think it was a G serial.

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Just sold one.... it was OP 6617 G0016/1000

It was a spare from a couple I got for my 000 which was closest I could find.

You must of seen it as you were one of the first to PM me on some of the parts

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Are there good solid casebacks available for 005's around?

thanks

Unfortunately there never was a close to 1:1 000/005 caseback made by either rep factories or DSN.

After the incorrect EddieLee 005 caseback which was basically a 201/A Logo caseback, the very first one that appeared on the market in the late '05 on 000 and 005 models was a G0616/1000.

Very nice but incorrect shape as it comes with highly raised flat area in the middle. This raised part is also smaller in diameter than manual Pam casebacks, very much like the casebacks found on auto Pams.

DSN one appears to be made of a recycled tomato can sheet, it's so thin and low it ain't funny. I'd skip it as an option if I were you.

I believe your best bet is a G0616/1000 caseback especially if the dial belongs to G-series and says L-Swiss-L, otherwise the newer cartel Hxxxx/1000 caseback.

cheers,

b

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Just sold one.... it was OP 6617 G0016/1000

It was a spare from a couple I got for my 000 which was closest I could find.

You must of seen it as you were one of the first to PM me on some of the parts

Pete,

I guess I focused on the case and missed the caseback. :(

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The El caseback for 005 you are talking about, anybody has a pic to show ?

I'm curious to see one coze i got a 005 caseback & i could see the differences

You can see both old (G-series) and new (H-series) Logo casebacks here:

G-series G0616/1000 caseback

H-series H0016/1000 caseback

The newer one (H-series) is slightly more closer to a gen, dimensions and finish wise. However, if you're going to split hairs the H-series logo caseback matches L-Swiss Made-L dial, not the L-Swiss-L. I have not seen yet rep 000/005 Logo dial in L-Swiss Made-L...maybe DSN has one on offer in its latest incarnation?

cheers,

b

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Thanks b,

If i understand well, the H-series is more curved/raised like the gen ?

The one i have is a G-serie but without the black paint on the inscriptions.

Anyway i hope i can introduce my 005 here soon :D

Yes mate, H-series one is slightly closer to the gen in shape at the sloping part of the caseback at the edge.

The absence of black paint like on yours is correct, these were never meant to be filled with paint as gens anyway...easy to remove though.

Would love to see your photos, HT!

b

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  • 2 weeks later...

This is the one I was talking about - photo courtesy of Crockey

DSC_0290-2.jpg

Yup, that's the one...if you compare the sloping at the edge to the one on your avatar for example, you'll notice how much wider it is on the rep 005 case back. This makes the engraving around the edge a little more 'compressed' towards the middle, hard to notice if you don't have it side by side with another case back for comparison.

That said, the one you posted a pic of isn't too bad, the slope on mine was much more pronounced.

cheers,

b

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