William Campbell Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 I've noticed that some watches are available in plated white gold. Does plated white gold have the same problems as yellow as far as wearing off and fading? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpz5142 Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 If it's plated then yes it does have a problem of wearing off over time, how long is a factor of several things like thickness of plating, your skin chemistry, how rough you treat the item etc. Also there is no such thing as white gold plating. White gold is an alloy of gold with a high nickel content that is then rhodium plated for a high luster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ceocorona Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 I would assume so but it may be less obvious to see the wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paneristi_man Posted January 12, 2014 Report Share Posted January 12, 2014 Ok from personal experience,it's no from me. I have a FG datejust from Joshua since 2006 and the gold plating is just fine. Caveat here is that the watch does not get a lot of wrist time. You will need to polish it though because it does dull over time. i just use toothpaste to polish it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theflyingdutchman Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 All depends on how much you wear a gold plated watch... daily wear, max 9-15 months on some parts e.g. case back or crown, before it shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomic_doug Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 (edited) White gold has a slightly different problem as yellow gold: it gets dingy. As jpz said, a lot of white gold is a gold-nickel alloy with a rhodium plate, which will wear off and make the whole thing appear slightly dingy (and eventually, yellow) Better white gold is alloyed with palladium and isn't reliant on the rhodium plating. Typically white-gold plated reps are just nickel and rhodium plated. No gold used. The good thing is, though, that a rhodium plate isn't that expensive. I had a steel DJ rep with a fluted bezel. Fluted bezels are always precious metals, so I had the steel rep bezel plated with rhodium, so it looked just like white gold when I re-installed it. Edited January 13, 2014 by atomic_doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 doug where did you get it plated? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torobravo Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Many of them yes, specially with salted sea water 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atomic_doug Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 doug where did you get it plated? At a local jeweler's. It cost me 40 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike on a bike Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Have to check around my area, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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