I’ll wait until they make the hour hand base smaller. Don’t know why they manage to get the minute hand base right but not the hour hand...
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I don’t think I can wait my finger is twitching to pull the trigger!
The waiting game for these QC pics will be the death of me :cry2:
Hopefully taking so long due to the many layers of plating they are doing. :bless:
But based on the price point I’m worried it’s not going to be as thickly plated as we all want it to be.
Let me put it in perspective for you. Find me the thickest plated watch you can in the existence of mankind.
I’ll show you a can of brasso or autosol. Give me a few seconds with that metal polish and the watch and said plating will be no more.
Comparing thickness of plating is meaningless. We are talking about a slightly longer lifespan and marginally better durability and resilience but not the difference between 1 day and 10 years. No matter how thick a plating is, it WILL wear off eventually. There are no exceptions. We are talking about microns, a depth thin enough for the surface finish and scratches to still show through.
Let’s not even go into plating VS wrapping. Totally nonsensical. In the context of this hobby, wrapping is just a fancy name for plating, but priced more expensively.
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Your right of course, but I would take those few extra days!
From the few RG reps I have seen it seems the quality of the actual craftsmanship is the biggest differentiator? Some come out of the factory with ‘light’ spots that are the first to show the wear.
Its a shame for us gold bugs that love the gold tones. My favourite franken has some gold plating that I am not looking forward to one day wearing off as I have no local craftsman capable of replating.
So I am resorting to wearing it on special occasions - which is a bummer. But you can’t have everything in life. :boohoo:
If you’re wearing the watch sparingly then the average modern gold plated rep will serve you more than adequately.
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Unless you live in a humid climate like myself, I have terrible experience with RG plating, sun & sweat and plating don't work so well!
I do live in one of the countries with the worst humidities in the world lol. Worse than where you are A lol
If you wear the plated watch out and give it a good wipe down with a dry cloth before storing it in a cool dark and dry place, it will last you many good years.
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