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"The "Wrapped" Gold Sub Guide"

suppish

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Is that the noob? Still waiting on mine but that looks great
 

Noleex

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whats the best two tone model you can but at the moment ?
 

oREZ1

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Is it worth buying a bp wrapped 36mm daydate, I have looked for pictures but cant find anything on it. I think a 40mm daydate would be too big for my wrist.
 

avoidextasy

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Even when the plating is around 40 microns thick it would wear of?

For Example the 5711 from BP which is “wrapped” is around 25 microns thick. Of course a “wrapped” watch gets a treatment with head and pressure, so the material is more solid. But I hope a thicker plating with real gold will help.....

Could you put here a link where to get gold plated dd like this?
 

time warp

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Is it worth buying a bp wrapped 36mm daydate, I have looked for pictures but cant find anything on it. I think a 40mm daydate would be too big for my wrist.

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I got a very small wrist and the 40 mm model is not too big for me, fits very well!



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The Tourist

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Got a topic related question:
My SO has an about two years old TT DJ from BPF which had once a quite nice resemblance with the original Everose gold of Rolex... Now, this "rose gold" became an ugly, orange hued copper like color.

Is there anything I can do to get the "original rose gold" color back apart from a fresh gold plating? I mean, is there a quick fix like polishing or any other treatment?

Obviously, if this plating was real rose gold in the beginning (how ever thin it was), it shouldn't show such an extreme discoloration, or?

Please help me out with your experience.

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iskillio

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Lol what do you think rose gold plating is, it's a mixture of alloys not just gold which is why ebeyr manufacturer has their version of it. Buy a new watch, only remedy. There's a life expectancy on plated watches, when purchasing one think of it as a Michael kors in terms of longevity. It'll fade at the same rate of the cheaply made plated watches.
 

Rukh

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Got a topic related question:
My SO has an about two years old TT DJ from BPF which had once a quite nice resemblance with the original Everose gold of Rolex... Now, this "rose gold" became an ugly, orange hued copper like color.

I think it's pretty, though I am a copper fiend.
 

randomstring

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Got a topic related question:
My SO has an about two years old TT DJ from BPF which had once a quite nice resemblance with the original Everose gold of Rolex... Now, this "rose gold" became an ugly, orange hued copper like color.

Is there anything I can do to get the "original rose gold" color back apart from a fresh gold plating? I mean, is there a quick fix like polishing or any other treatment?

Obviously, if this plating was real rose gold in the beginning (how ever thin it was), it shouldn't show such an extreme discoloration, or?

Please help me out with your experience.

LRM-EXPORT-290574331905151-20190103-14563.jpg


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If it’s a low-karat gold plating mix, it’s probably the copper tarnishing. So whatever cleaner / chemical brightens copper should do the trick on that watcih.
 
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