AmStaFF Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Hi all, after a long waiting time and to many calls with the German customs guys i got my gen Pam114 caseback yesterday, and i must say this is so different to the rep CB, the gen is really heavy and thick, nice and crisp engravings and and and.... you can see it on my Pics i think i don't need to say which one is the gen and finally on the right watch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drulee Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Nice comparison. I believe that the rep display back that you are using is one of the worst ones made though. I've got a couple of those EnnnP ones, and they are much thinner and lighter than all my other ones. The best and thickest seem to be the EL "F" series ones which also have Sapphire crystals (yes I have a Diamond tester so I have verified that they aren't mineral ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drulee Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Well I finally managed to source an "I" series Little Hero case back, so I think I have pretty much every rep display back made If I remember, once I get the LH back, I'll take some photos of all of them and post them here so members can compare them all using the EnnnP one as a reference point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 As Drulee notead above, the ExxxP CBs are one of the 'worst' display rep CBs made, very flat profile and wide ring with shallow engraving. You should really compare your gen with an old-school F-series CB in either S/S or Ti, they were both as close to 1:1 as you'd get. The rep makers dropped the ball again on the H-series CB, which is again little flatter than the gen, and finding one of these with sapphire is close to winning lotto Nice end result though...so was that 'spare' CB result of a gen PAM114 part-out? cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drulee Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 and finding one of these with sapphire is close to winning lotto Really? Well boy am I glad I kept three Sapphire casebacks from all the ones I'd collected over the past year. And thank god for the Diamond tester I picked up last year, that thing has been great Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmStaFF Posted October 24, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 ok the ExxxP Caseback is not really the best that is true, but my H0035 Serie Caseback is not much better. I have never seen a LH or old school F Serie caseback so i have no Comparison, but thanks for the tip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redwatch Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 Great comparison. Thanks for sharing that! It's quite amazing the quality difference in the engravings! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drulee Posted October 24, 2010 Report Share Posted October 24, 2010 ok the ExxxP Caseback is not really the best that is true, but my H0035 Serie Caseback is not much better. I have never seen a LH or old school F Serie caseback so i have no Comparison, but thanks for the tip Like I said on RWI, I've got a tonne of these, including the EnnnP one. So if I remember, once I get my Little Hero "I" series caseback I'll take some pics of them all (EL E and F, DSN and Cartel H series, old Cartel F series, Little Hero, and the EnnnP as a base), then post them here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Watch out guys - Drulee is cornering the CB market...even the makers from Guangzhou can't keep up with demand ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmeister Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Much thanks for the review. Everyone else has said it all. There are better and worse case backs. That one isn't one of the better ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadtorrent Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 It is amazing the differences between fonts...so subtle...yet, so apparent. Good score on the CB! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drulee Posted October 25, 2010 Report Share Posted October 25, 2010 Watch out guys - Drulee is cornering the CB market...even the makers from Guangzhou can't keep up with demand ;-) You're not far wrong I just found out that I have three rare "shadow" Titanium casebacks, and a steel one too. But now that I've finally found a Little Hero display back (yay no more H0035) and have matched all the others to projects, I'm happy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dluddy Posted October 26, 2010 Report Share Posted October 26, 2010 Thanks for taking the time to do the review M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sul Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 You're not far wrong I just found out that I have three rare "shadow" Titanium casebacks... Please enlight me, what is "shadow" caseback? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babola Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Please enlight me, what is "shadow" caseback? The one that usually has OP case and BB serial numbers, but missing the annual production number, i.e. Cxxxx/1500. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted October 29, 2010 Report Share Posted October 29, 2010 Please enlight me, what is "shadow" caseback? Sometimes it referred to as OOR (Out Of Range) You can still work out the S/N from the BB and release quantity. You tend to find OP release/d models for promotional purposes, (gifts, competition, sponsorship etc) They also produced prototypes and pre release models which ended up with staff or customers etc and then move into the open market. Just because the range might say 500 there could be 525, though usally this info is available from various sources Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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