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What's the difference between gold wrapped and gold plated?


busetinha

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Im on Trusty Time looking at a few two tone submariners...why is the 14k wrapped version $140 dollars more than the 18k plated version? what is the difference between these? Which one of the two would you say is the closest rep to the genuine? See links below

http://www.ttw8488.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_7&products_id=12144

http://www.ttw8488.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1_7&products_id=11329

 

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gold wrapped is a shell of gold pressed around an other metal. It is thick - around 300 microns minimum, when gold plated is gold layed on an other metal by chemistry (electrolyse). Thickness varies from 5 to 80 microns. It usually is around 10 which gives a 50 to 10 years wear on a non acidic skin.

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