14K 2852 Connie 1956

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bubu16

·Feb 13, 2020

Hi Community:

I noticed that my above Connie is tarnished-getting discolored. Is his normal? I did a quick search and i was made to understand 14K gets tarnished.Opinion please? Thanks

 

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janice&fred

·Feb 13, 2020

My guess is you forgot what gold watches look like after a few years in the deep tropics of the Philippines?

 

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Caliber561

·Feb 13, 2020

bubu16

Hi Community:

I noticed that my above Connie is tarnished-getting discolored. Is his normal? I did a quick search and i was made to understand 14K gets tarnished.Opinion please? Thanks

It's normal and nothing to worry about. Although there is some surface tarnishing, the material itself will not pit like base-metal watches or early steel cases.

 

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lindo

·Feb 13, 2020

Tarnish is absolutely normal, and easily removed with a few rubs from a silver cloth.

 

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VetPsychWars

·Feb 13, 2020

lindo

Tarnish is absolutely normal, and easily removed with a few rubs from a silver cloth.

To be more specific, a rouge cloth. There is another definition of "silver cloth" that means "wrap your silver in this and it won't tarnish so much."

Tom

 

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padders

·Feb 14, 2020·Oooo subtitles!

14k is only 58.5% gold. The other components of the alloy eg copper, silver etc can tarnish as they react with the atmosphere. 9K gold is worse still. 18k doesn’t seem to suffer this as much. It’s only a very thin oxide layer which is slow to form and can be removed easily.

 

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ConElPueblo

·Feb 14, 2020

Oooh, love me a bit of tarnished gold 🥰

I had a gold capped Seamaster once which had the most beautiful tarnish...

 

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felsby

·Feb 14, 2020·I don't see any option in settings or profile

bubu16

Hi Community:

I noticed that my above Connie is tarnished-getting discolored. Is his normal? I did a quick search and i was made to understand 14K gets tarnished.Opinion please? Thanks

It will only get worse. Sell it - to me, for instance 😁

 

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padders

·Feb 14, 2020·Oooo subtitles!

ConElPueblo

Oooh, love me a bit of tarnished gold 🥰

I had a gold capped Seamaster once which had the most beautiful tarnish...

2767 bumper? Lovely patina it’s true.

 

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bubu16

·Feb 14, 2020

janice&fred

My guess is you forgot what gold watches look like after a few years in the deep tropics of the Philippines?

Could be Fred. Sierra Madre and Cordillera mountain ranges come to mind (lol).

 

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Syrte

·Feb 14, 2020

Patina on gold is beautiful. I wouldn’t touch it.

 

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janice&fred

·Feb 14, 2020

ConElPueblo

Oooh, love me a bit of tarnished gold

one of our blushing beauties from the deep tropics 😁

 

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mac_omega

·Feb 15, 2020

Syrte

Patina on gold is beautiful. I wouldn’t touch it.

I concur

never polish this kind of patina away as it takes many years to form...

 

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hoipolloi

·Feb 15, 2020

A few days ago, a guy showed me how to make it in 3 days ( have not tried it yet).