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"The "Wrapped" Gold Sub Guide"
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Oh that rep dial [emoji20] For this particular watch a gen dial is essential!
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Will do a similar attempt at finding any gold content once I get my warchive bluesy... again, thank you OP, @2470f2.8ii, and @Versaceboy54 for your invaluable inputs. But I'm not holding my breath as it has been established Noob's and BP's don't have any. But hey! Maybe Loco Louie will surprise us. If anything, even without real gold content, it's Louie who actually bothered to address this "steel-showing-at-the-side" issue, a deal breaker for all.
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Your very welcome my friend. Looking forward to hearing about the results and seeing the pics
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Now just have to compare between the two types W-Archive has on offering. The "J12" and it sounds like he customizes the Noob with real 14k. I am holding out a little hope...he seems to do great work. I'm waiting on an ARF Daytona from him now.
Since this is pinned, it might be a nice thing to add a list at the bottom of the original post of the factories that have been tested, wrapped and plated, and the results. Just a quick synopsis.
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Great article, informative and raising interesting questions. I’d like to tag @locolouie to this hoping to see him chime in as he offers a ‘good wrapped’ sub and states that it is done in house. I for one am curious and looking to pull the trigger on it. Maybe he could clarify his process and the thickness of the plating or possibly fill, as well as the base layer material used. Another thought for me as well is, gold aside, are we paying for better execution, durability and color with these gold wrapped versions as the op showed the color for one seems more gen like. Many of us are in the pursuit of perfection or as close to, and seeing the plated bracelets with uncompleted plating on the links is enough to keep us away from gold. Tarnish is another reason as I have had a rose good AP do that to my horror.
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FYI ... According to Louie, only the Noob V7 Submariner Blue Date Combi 116613LB 14K Gold Custom Bracelet has 14K gold .... Not the JF 116613 Custom Bracelet.
Great post super helpful! even if very disappointing haha it is strange that we expect counterfitters not to lie to us
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Oh shucks. Don't know if it's too late to change it to the Noob-based version. Thanks for this information, mate!
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warchive has this new one with the sunburst dial http://warchive.net/product/rolex-s...custom-edition/247/?cate_no=1&display_group=2
What’s the difference between that one and this one $100 less?
http://warchive.net/product/rolex-s...rchive-custom/182/?cate_no=64&display_group=1
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http://warchive.net/product/rolex-s...rchive-custom/182/?cate_no=64&display_group=1
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Yes it’s very unfortunate concidering the high price of these watches. That said as far as the BP“Wrapped”are concerned both the texture and the gold color are still extremely accurate to gen. compared to the standard “plated” versions of the same watch. In person there is a very noticeable difference in the process they are using to make these so if your the kind of person that is looking for accurate gold color these are still the best watches to buy. You just need to be willing to pay a premium for that alone and completely forget about weather there is or isn’t any real gold content used at all.