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johnsorrentino
路Edit: solved.
Edited:
A Steel Seamaster that someone plated gold after the fact
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Canuck
路Inside the case back it is marked ACIER INOXYDABLE. Does that not tell you whether the case is plated, or not? Translation: Stainless Steel.
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X350 XJR
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wagudc
路Edit: solved.
It would be nice to keep the original post in case someone else has the same question.
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Evitzee
路Never to be seen or heard from again.
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rob#1
路What did I miss? 馃槈 馃檮
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JimInOz
路路Melbourne AustraliaThe OP was asking if an Omega case had been gold plated. He showed the interior of the case which clearly was stamped ACIER INOXYDABLE, (stainless steel).
Omega gold plated cases generally had SS casebacks, so did we get to see the whole case, or just the inside of the caseback?
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Canuck
路Omega gold plated cases generally had SS casebacks, so did we get to see the whole case, or just the inside of the caseback?
I can鈥檛 give you the model number now that the picture is gone, but it was a front loader DeVille that would have had a stainless steel case with a karat gold, friction fit bezel. This was never a gold plated case, believe me!
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johnsorrentino
路This was the case from the original post. Long story short I purchased the watch from eBay and when I popped the case open it was actually stainless steel that was plated by someone after the fact.
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padders
路路Oooo subtitles!Sneaky! I've not seen that done before. Was presumably done to deceive by an earlier seller. Well done for putting the pics back, it gets frustrating when people delete them.
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masteroftime
路Wild! Never seen that before. This may have not necessarily been done to decieve. In my experience, I find that many of the local/american gold filled de ville cases have issues with the lugs breaking off. The international market 166.020 case is much sturider and not too difficult to find. There seem to be more nice gold/gold filled dials than there are cases, so plating and adapting a steel 166.020 is a unique way to get one of these back on the wrist.
