Meteorite models

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Originally Posted by padi56

Yes they are very good looking Rolex dials but quite over priced IMHO now Meteorite dials are not rare in real terms, just not many are produced in proportion to the many others.One thing to watch out for with some meteorite dials is rust, Ni-Fe meteorites are almost pure iron and most will rust pretty easily if they're not treated/coated and completely sealed . You can identify a meteorite by its Widmanstatten pattern.Today Rolex uses for there meteorite dials material from the Gibeon meteorite,the Gibeon had a very high nickel content, so it's very stable and basically won't rust.And the main cost is not so much the material around $5-$6 a gram for real top quality slices, its the labour cost process to produce a perfect dial.

Very interesting Peter, thanks