Theres more to it than that though. Believe it or not, he answered your question. Give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him for a lifetime. Lanikai is one of the most generous people on this forum, he taught you to fish.. I'm not as generous, but i'll feed you today, just this once!
Theres no solid gold links. Theres no everlasting gold plate. Search for eurotimez and his two tone sub. Look for by-tors review on the two tone sub in his section if your having a hard time, and start from there. Eurotimez did some recent in-depth testing of supposed solid mid link Rolex bracelets, only to find questionable results.
As a rule, gold reps are not something anyone is going to recommend to you for a long haul. There have been one or two exceptions to the rule, but with gold reps, generally the clock is ticking.