Throwing this out to the brain trust - has anyone had success with rose gold re-plating? I have a vintage watch buckle that was originally plated in yellow gold, is now in rough shape, and I would love to have it re-plated in rose gold to match a watch. Took it to my trusted watchmaker, who uses a company very successfully for yellow gold re-plating, but he said he has stopped doing any rose gold with them, as it always turns out poorly. Like unusably bad and he strongly recommends it not be done... Has anyone had a successful experience with this lately? And bonus if you can point me to a company in the Los Angeles area...! Thanks!
This place does it... http://www.replateit.com/finishes---colors.html No direct experience, but they appear to have a good reputation.
Cal-Mart Plating in Los Angeles. Haven't used them in a number of years but they always did very good work for me.
I had a buckle, hands and crown replated to match a rose-gold capped Omega some years ago. Came out nice, but after 10 years, the crown is closer to the original yellow gold finish. I do not know who did the work, as my watchmaker at the time handled it all. gatorcpa
Thanks everyone, appreciate the responses. I’ll hopefully be getting this done soon and will of course post pictures!