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Cleaning discolored and blackened gold

sgrossma
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Does anyone have advice on how to clean blackened and discolored gold / gold alloy on old watches? Is it possible?
Thank you!

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mac_omega
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it is easy - take a silver cleaning (polishing) cloth and wipe it gently and carefully
 
Toishome
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How about i take the watch off your hand and save you the headaches 😗
 
Syrte
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Patina on gold can be beautiful though. When it’s gone it’s gone.
 
sgrossma
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Syrte Syrte
Patina on gold can be beautiful though. When it’s gone it’s gone.

Thanks - I have 2 or 3 watches with this issue and it does not look good on some of them, I assure you 😀
 
SkunkPrince
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Syrte Syrte
Patina on gold can be beautiful though. When it’s gone it’s gone.
LIke an annoying friend... it will be back.
 
François Pépin
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Gold is a metal that that wears history. The Japanese writer Tanizaki wrote a great book about that. I would keep it.
 
padders
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Pure gold doesn’t do that. It’s the copper, silver and other metals in the alloy that are forming the patina.
 
NT931
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sgrossma sgrossma
Thanks - I have 2 or 3 watches with this issue and it does not look good on some of them, I assure you 😀
How does one prevent the discolouration from recurring? I seem to find it happening more if I wear them less but I'm not sure if this is true or just coincidence
 
François Pépin
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padders padders
Pure gold doesn’t do that. It’s the copper, silver and other metals in the alloy that are forming the patina.

Sure! But 24 gold is not common on watches!
 
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