Chicken Manny Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Hello fellow watch junkies, I put in an order for my Father yesterday. A white gold day-date president; won't he look cool? Anyway I ordered the 'extra special' one from EL. The one that takes a week to have specially assembled and is fairly expensive. Soooo, my question is, who has any experience with this watch? I'm trying to find out about the story on the 'white gold'. Is it plated? Higher Nickel content SS? EL said that he has the watch in his own collection (good sign) but that he doesn't know how they do it. His email said that is "real WG". Now I know it isn't solid but I thought someone might have more info on this or other WG watches. My research so far has provided a post from TTK saying that they use a higher nickel content in the SS. Any other insights would be appreciated. Cheers all and happy Easter! CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshore Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Well I have a WG Masterpiece, which has had a bit of wearing, ( maybe on 50 occasions) and it looks as good as new. Certainly no tarnishing or wear evident. Hope he enjoys it. offshore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Manny Posted April 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 Thanks Offshore! If you had to guess, plated or different SS recipe? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yodaddynukka Posted April 17, 2006 Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 i also got the "special" wg prez with cz markers on president band from el. i only wore it twice so i cant speak of the durability of the wg. but when i asked el, he said it was ss "simulated" to look like wg. so i assume its higher nickel content ss. i love the watch, its damn close to gen except it runs a lil fast. im sure The Zigmeister will be able to take care of that fairly easily tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Manny Posted April 17, 2006 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2006 That is what I'm hoping. I would rather not deal with plating if possible. Although I have heard that gen WG needs to be replated with rhodium from time to time. Has anybody else ever seen details on the "simulated WG"? Thanks for your help! CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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