Can you differentiate steel 914L from white gold ?

[EchoBlueUK]

You can definitely tell up close although other distinguishing factors usually make it more obvious. E.g. The blue dial bezel combo on the smurf sub isn't available in ss. Similarly the alignment of the wg daytona bezel writing.

[slcbbrown]

Originally Posted by gwozhog

White gold is coated. Think about it. Its basic art 101. How is 25 percent white metal going to turn 75 percent yellow gold white. If anyone wants to bring one of there white gold rolex's over the house we can saw into it.Beer is on me

White gold is an alloy. The maker controls the color (there isn't a set spec for WG, that I know of) and adds non-gold metals to turn yellow gold into white. I'm not aware of any coating on Rolex WG.

[Txr]

Originally Posted by slcbbrown

White gold is an alloy. The maker controls the color (there isn't a set spec for WG, that I know of) and adds non-gold metals to turn yellow gold into white. I'm not aware of any coating on Rolex WG.

This.

WG is gold that is alloyed mostly with silver.