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2 August 2015, 03:42 AM
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General Question about Dial Material
Hey so I've always wondered what Rolex dials are made of. I assume that the ones that are colors probably have the same base metal/material but what about others? Like is the platinum YM dial made of solid platinum? Is the Rhodium dial solid rhodium? And what about silver dials? Are they silver as in color or silver as in Ag? And last but not least, are champaign dials made of gold or are they just made to look gold?
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2 August 2015, 09:20 AM
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By the way, I apologize if this topic has already been discussed elsewhere before.
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2 August 2015, 09:30 AM
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I have a late model Day Date that has white pyramids on it, but I doubt the Egyptians had anything to do with it... Great question though and I would like to know too
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2 August 2015, 09:38 AM
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Almost all are brass, I think.
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2 August 2015, 12:50 PM
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Most are brass.
The Platinum dial on the YM is platinum.. The Rhodium is a plating - they use the same plating on some internal parts. The meteorite is real meteorite bonded to brass The Champagne is not real champagne
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2 August 2015, 01:44 PM
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2 August 2015, 01:52 PM
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Some of the Day Dates even had wooden dials. Not very common though.
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2 August 2015, 01:56 PM
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2 August 2015, 04:31 PM
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Some dials are made of solid gold on the day date crown collection range   Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
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2 August 2015, 06:25 PM
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Gold models are made of 18k gold.
Platinum are made of platinum. All there are made of brass except meteorite which are on a brass plate with the meteorite in top.
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4 August 2015, 06:43 AM
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Thanks, I thought a majority were brass, I just didn't know if they all were as a base or not.
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4 August 2015, 08:52 AM
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4 August 2015, 11:48 AM
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It isn't commonly known, but the champagne dials ARE champagne. They freeze it, and then vacuum dry it, like Sanka.
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