Gold FilledIs This

[therock]

I read elsewhere that gold-filled bands on reps were ideal but I think it may have been a scam site. I looked around here and couldn't find much info on gold filled bands and links. Is this a myth or do they really exist? Apologies in advance if this is a stupid question

[Birdman]

The process of making gold filled would not be condusive to making watch parts. Gold filled is the process of taking a sheet of gold and bonding it through heat and pressure to a base metal. The minimum standard is 1/12 of the final product to be gold either 10, 14, or 18kt. Pocket watches were done this way as it was a fairly simple domed case. A gold filled pocket watch would state it was a 10 year or 25 year case. A solid gold pocket watch would say lifetime case.