But it will look like steel because you have removed all the rhodium the factories use to make it look like white gold .
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ARF Datejust Fluted bezel turning yellow?
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But it will look like steel because you have removed all the rhodium the factories use to make it look like white gold .
I picked up a gen smooth bezel for $90 from firstclassdials and prefer the look now
That watch looks totally bad ass with a smooth bezel /jubilee combo . Also the dial colour and DW ! If you get fed up of it let me know
You wouldn't be able to easily differentiate white gold with very highly polished stainless steel, the shine is much better than yellowed bezel in my opinion or else the bezel could be re-plated with rhodium, depends on you on how you want to do it because in the end, it doesn't matter much.
Cheers thanks for your input . Depends if you think poilshed SS looks like white gold i suppose . Also not sure you would get a good enough shine using Cape Cod by hand , seems more like a job for a drimmel and metal polish . However you are correct it doesn't really matter , in fact thinking about it i don't really give a fuck it's not my watch . Just bored and trying to contribute to the forum i guess.
Well man, it occurred to my DateJust and I was devastated. After a few searches, I finally went down with cape cod polish and polished the bezel for like 40-45 minutes. Polished it, wiped with a clean cloth and then again polished and repeated this process over a dozen of times. Hell, I didn't even know till today that it was rhodium plated and to my eyes, it looked just the same in its former grandeur and glory as the first time when I held it in my hand. And yes, it was a time consuming process since polishing by hand is a bit difficult but it was really worth it.
I had the same issue with 3 x ARFs and used metal polish and the result was acceptable.
Can we see a few photos of the results you got pls?
Thanks to some folks, I ended up using cape cod and I think it did the job. Removed the yellow tint and its clean but looking more SS bezel, which is alright I think.
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There you go. All set.Thanks to some folks, I ended up using cape cod and I think it did the job. Removed the yellow tint and its clean but looking more SS bezel, which is alright I think.
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I just took a simple polishing cloth (silver) and it looks much much better now ... silver +++
Thanks for the feedbacks
Thanks for the feedbacks
Did you change this out yourself? TIA
I picked up a gen smooth bezel for $90 from firstclassdials and prefer the look now
If you dont mind going the steps and tools that you used please??? and was there like any gasket or seal under the bezel? I been doing research and from what i read. placing tape around the watch and go in between the bezel and carefully lift the bezel up or use the bezel separator machine thing... and basically plug and play with a new bezel and use a bezel presser? to tightening up the bezel into the watch?? THANKS AGAIN FOR YOU REPLY !!