GMT II C Bezel Numeral Questions?

[iLLGT2]

Odd question here, but I need others to tell me i'm just seeing things and i'm crazy or they notice it as well..

I bought a G serial GMT C last year... I sold it however, and missed it and picked up another a month ago, Random serial..

I notice in pictures of not just my ex G serial piece, that the numerals/indices on the bezel that are platinum filled? I believe, seem more grey/metallic than any other serial gmt ii c i've seen..

Is it just angles, lighting etc? Seems hard to believe of all of the G serials i've seen up for sale and in pictures they would all be under similar lighting and or same angles lol..

Thoughts?

Martin

[MatthewInSeattle]

Any watch with the Cerachrom should have either YG or PT PVD'd numbers/scaling on the bezel. A G or random serial should have one of these options.

[iLLGT2]

Originally Posted by MatthewInSeattle

Any watch with the Cerachrom should have either YG or PT PVD'd numbers/scaling on the bezel. A G or random serial should have one of these options.

Yea I was just wondering if people realized and or noticed that the G serials seemed to be very grey numeral wise on the ceramic bezels opposed to any other serial GMT ... I guess not important, just wondering... It seems like there is something different about each watch, each serial, etc from Rolex lol

[MatthewInSeattle]

On the ones I've seen, I haven't noticed anything specific about the scaling that distinguishes one from the other. The color of the PT is consistent across the line from SubC to DSSD to the GMT IIC.

[patrike]

My GMT II G-series look kinda white-greyish.

[padi56]

Originally Posted by iLLGT2

Odd question here, but I need others to tell me i'm just seeing things and i'm crazy or they notice it as well..

I bought a G serial GMT C last year... I sold it however, and missed it and picked up another a month ago, Random serial..

I notice in pictures of not just my ex G serial piece, that the numerals/indices on the bezel that are platinum filled? I believe, seem more grey/metallic than any other serial gmt ii c i've seen..

Is it just angles, lighting etc? Seems hard to believe of all of the G serials i've seen up for sale and in pictures they would all be under similar lighting and or same angles lol..

Thoughts?

Martin

Well seeing both G and Random were being produced at the same time and the platinum on the numerals is just a few microns thick like a PVD coating.Over the thousands of ceramic inserts coated there will be very tiny different variations.But the amount of gold or platinum coating must be a tiny amount but the words gold Platinum sounds expensive.