theflyingdutchman Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Hi there, I like gold… yes I do! Maybe some of you know this. Issues of course is, that as a daily beater RG-plating has its limits. I would say daily worn, max. a year! BUT, there is a solution inform of:RG-ceramic RG-ceramic is a solution, for RG without any issues of scratching or fading! Like the polished black-ceramic a mirror like finish, long-living and colour true. Specially the mirror finish I love vs. RG-plating, as there are no brushings from the CAD-milling during the watch making. My daily beater as here: http://www.repgeek.c...ad.php?t=177204 is the proof. Bad luck is that no other watches offer this. Of course there is RG-DLC, as used on some AP models. And the colour vs. gen? It is a little off, but the finish is so fantastic, that you forget this issue… Here some pics to show what I mean! Dutchy Edited July 21, 2012 by theflyingdutchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 It is a lovely watch mate for sure.. But would I be right in thinking that the ceramic RG is a ceramic with RG colouring rather than a plating like the standard models you can get? Is that why you get the durability? And if god forbid you did cause a deep scratch or ding... is it a through colour or like RG plated.. a surface treatment? For example say you rebrushed that lug end... would it stay RG? Great pics and certainly something very tempting .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingdutchman Posted July 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 (edited) Good questions... Q1: And if god forbid you did cause a deep scratch or ding... is it a through colour or like RG plated.. a surface treatment? A1; My daily beater (not this watch) has no scratch at all... the RG ceramic is that hard. I know. not a real good answer, more just a fact. Q2:For example say you rebrushed that lug end... would it stay RG? A2; No ideam but I ain't try it! P.S. Daily beater pics here: http://www.rwg.cc/topic/148618-rg-ceramic-hbb-on-2012-italia-tour/ Edited July 21, 2012 by theflyingdutchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteM Posted July 21, 2012 Report Share Posted July 21, 2012 So clearly if you are wearing one as a beater .... you aint getting the wear you see on the RG plated steel... now if I recall the wear once it starts... looks like silvery/gold in lustre then just goes to looking steel? So I would guess logic would suggest that the RG ceramic is a through and through colour ..... as an example like render on a wall.... some are just cement based grey thats painted on the surface and the better renders have the colour mixed in with the render. Which would suggest this is a finish that you couldnt harm in terms of making any dings that would show the steel colour underneath... because there is nothing underneath except more RG ceramic? I realise dings is probably not the right adjective for ceramic but you know what I mean hopefully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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