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Tag0935
·I try to be reasonable with prices, but OMG now
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texasmade
·The strap version is in line price wise with the other bronze gold Seamaster. The bracelet version price is a little steep.
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spacemission
·There will always be aficionados and phonies who will be fooled by bronze or silver.
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M'Bob
·There will always be aficionados and phonies who will be fooled by bronze or silver.
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Annapolis
·At first I thought the price seemed reasonable relative to other pm Omegas—then I noticed that it’s not 18k gold: it’s 9k.
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Gubbo
·Really nice looking watch. With a horrific price tag
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Tag0935
·At first I thought the price seemed reasonable relative to other pm Omegas—then I noticed that it’s not 18k gold: it’s 9k.
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!Using 9K is a brave move if it in fact is only 37.5% Au. You can't describe an item as gold in the USA and a few other backward jurisdictions if constructed from that alloy. Either they aren't worried about US sales or are going to pull a Rolex and invent a creative name for this wonder alloy. Or perhaps it is in fact 10K so can be sold in both and legally described as gold.
I just found where they do state it is 37.5% Au so not 10K, I wonder how they will market this in the US? 'Bronze Gold' is a bit dodgy since it implies it is gold!
I just found where they do state it is 37.5% Au so not 10K, I wonder how they will market this in the US? 'Bronze Gold' is a bit dodgy since it implies it is gold!
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ErichPryde
··Seamasters ForeverYour statement makes no sense. If you’re an aficionado, aren’t you by definition less likely to be fooled?
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ErichPryde
··Seamasters ForeverUsing 9K is a brave move if it in fact is 37.5% proof. You can't sell an item in the USA and a few other backward jurisdictions if constructed from that alloy. Either they aren't worried about US sales or are going to pull a Rolex and invent a creative name for this wonder alloy. Or perhaps it is in fact 10K so can be sold in both and legally described as gold.
Anyone got an official source for where it is stated it is 9K? I note on the website, it is described as bronze gold but nothing is stated about the purity.
It's not marketed as 9k gold at all- it's marketed as bronze-gold. But, it is indeed 9k. The advantage is that it tarnishes much, much, much less than bronze. This is the same alloy that they used for the bronze-gold seamaster heritage. The several-year old versions of this I've seen don't tarnish much at all. Here's Vizslafriend's watch (he's a watchuseek member). Maybe it darkened slightly, but it doesn't tarnish like true bronze because it isn't true bronze.
I think the new release is lovely on the rubber strap, but I'm not sure I'd purchase one.
Image taken from monochrome
https://monochrome-watches.com/revi...300m-bronze-gold-burgundy-bezel-review-price/
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Evitzee
·Using 9K is a brave move if it in fact is 37.5% proof. You can't describe an item as gold in the USA and a few other backward jurisdictions if constructed from that alloy. Either they aren't worried about US sales or are going to pull a Rolex and invent a creative name for this wonder alloy. Or perhaps it is in fact 10K so can be sold in both and legally described as gold.
I just found where they do state it is 37.5% Au so not 10K, I wonder how they will market this in the US?
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!Wow, they are stretching it a tad there then. I am surprised the US have allowed that since they don't recognise 9K. Using the word gold in a description for something that isn't legally gold wouldn't wash over here in the UK, but of course being 9K it is legal here.
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ErichPryde
··Seamasters ForeverWow, they are stretching it a tad there then. I am surprised the US have allowed that since they don't recognise 9K. Using the word gold in a description for something that isn't legally gold wouldn't wash over here in the UK, but of course being 9K it is legal here.
it's a trick of the leading word, "bronze." They're not calling it gold-bronze, they're calling it bronze-gold. Semantics.... really are important, eh?
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padders
··Oooo subtitles!it's a trick of the leading word, "bronze." They're not calling it gold-bronze, they're calling it bronze-gold. Semantics.... really are important, eh?
I'll let it lie since I realise if the alloy its already on sale it's a bit academic!
As an aside, and a little irrelevant I know, but Rolex are very careful with their two tone models to never call the middle stripe and bezel 18K gold even though it is, due to the legal constraints on describing precious metal items they call it Rolesor which is madey-uppy.
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··Seamasters ForeverI agree, but to my ear, gold bronze sounds less like they are claiming it is gold than 'Bronze Gold', which implies solid gold with a bronze colour. In English-English at least, the adjective usually goes first with the noun second. Not always the case in Euro languages I know.
I'll let it lie since I realise if its already on sale it's a bit academic!
Yes- the adjective modifies the noun is the way I read it, too. But it's a trick of how ingredients lists are written being applied to labeling that seems somewhat common in the US- from greatest quantity to least. Which, from the perspective of a company is exceptional, because they can write things like this which your (our) brain read as a adjective-noun pairing, but technuckllly they're following the labeling rules. I can't think of any specific examples, but I remember being pissed off several years ago reading some food labels and wondering how they could get away with this sort of thing.
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spacemission
·Your statement makes no sense. If you’re an aficionado, aren’t you by definition less likely to be fooled?
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texasmade
·It's not marketed as 9k gold at all- it's marketed as bronze-gold. But, it is indeed 9k. The advantage is that it tarnishes much, much, much less than bronze. This is the same alloy that they used for the bronze-gold seamaster heritage. The several-year old versions of this I've seen don't tarnish much at all. Here's Vizslafriend's watch (he's a watchuseek member). Maybe it darkened slightly, but it doesn't tarnish like true bronze because it isn't true bronze.
I think the new release is lovely on the rubber strap, but I'm not sure I'd purchase one.
Image taken from monochrome
https://monochrome-watches.com/revi...300m-bronze-gold-burgundy-bezel-review-price/
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