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watch watcher · 4 April 2011, 10:36 AM

How durable is it? I'm thinking about getting a "nice" reatively cheap beater watch. Does it wear off readily?
I like this one:

http://www.zales.com/product/index.j...ci_sku=4006767

jnkay · 4 April 2011, 11:19 AM

"Gold tone" means it's stainless steel that is colored to look like yellow gold. There is absolutely no gold content, and it does not wear off, as it is part of the metal.

MikeyMouseWatch · 5 April 2011, 10:46 AM

You mean colored to look like Copper... ?

Tmaca · 5 April 2011, 11:14 AM

It actually looks like gold, and keeps looking that way even if scratched or even gouged. It isn't a surface plating, it's the actual color of the metal.

watch watcher · 5 April 2011, 08:20 PM

Really? I though it was a base metal with a gold coloring (no real gold, I know) splashed on it. I've had gold tone watches as a kid which definitely wore off with usage and the coloring was not endemic to the metal itself.

MikeyMouseWatch · 6 April 2011, 10:11 PM

To be honest, I'd like to see a picture of the REAL watch, and not some photo-shopped rendition...

jnkay · 7 April 2011, 02:05 PM

I had a Seiko for 20 years that was beat to sh*t and the metal was just as "gold" as the day I bought it.

slcbbrown · 9 April 2011, 05:06 AM

I don't think there is any process for coloring steel to be gold colored, except some kind of surface coating. To me, gold toned is just another way to describe gold plating, gold capped, or gold filled. It is possible to do a pretty heavy plating job that can hold up to years of wear. Gold capped means a mechanical stamping kind of thing where the steel case is stamped with a sheet of gold (pretty thick compared to plating), I think.

5 April 2011, 11:14 AM	#4
Tmaca Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Utah, USA Posts: 30	Nope It actually looks like gold, and keeps looking that way even if scratched or even gouged. It isn't a surface plating, it's the actual color of the metal.

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4 April 2011, 11:19 AM	#2
jnkay "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: South Florida, US Watch: du jour Posts: 1,815	"Gold tone" means it's stainless steel that is colored to look like yellow gold. There is absolutely no gold content, and it does not wear off, as it is part of the metal.

5 April 2011, 10:46 AM	#3
MikeyMouseWatch Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Laboratory Posts: 114	You mean colored to look like Copper... ?

5 April 2011, 08:20 PM	#5
watch watcher "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: ME Watch: Vintages Posts: 565	Really? I though it was a base metal with a gold coloring (no real gold, I know) splashed on it. I've had gold tone watches as a kid which definitely wore off with usage and the coloring was not endemic to the metal itself.

6 April 2011, 10:11 PM	#6
MikeyMouseWatch Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Laboratory Posts: 114	To be honest, I'd like to see a picture of the REAL watch, and not some photo-shopped rendition...

7 April 2011, 02:05 PM	#7
jnkay "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: South Florida, US Watch: du jour Posts: 1,815	I had a Seiko for 20 years that was beat to sh*t and the metal was just as "gold" as the day I bought it.

9 April 2011, 05:06 AM	#8
slcbbrown "TRF" Member Join Date: May 2009 Real Name: steve Location: dallas area Watch: 50's TT t-bird Posts: 3,689	I don't think there is any process for coloring steel to be gold colored, except some kind of surface coating. To me, gold toned is just another way to describe gold plating, gold capped, or gold filled. It is possible to do a pretty heavy plating job that can hold up to years of wear. Gold capped means a mechanical stamping kind of thing where the steel case is stamped with a sheet of gold (pretty thick compared to plating), I think.

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