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And now for something (almost) completely different
Thanks for the kind words about my white metal Pateks. Here’s the other half of my collection, in colored gold. The 2569-1J (1957) and the 3941J (1989) are holding up better than I am but probably need service soon. The 5230R reminds me the world is beautiful, despite all the troubles we read about. Stay healthy and happy everyone!
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And now for something (almost) completely different
Thanks for the kind words about my white metal Pateks. Here’s the other half of my collection, in colored gold. The 2569-1J (1957) and the 3941J (1989) are holding up better than I am but probably need service soon. The 5230R reminds me the world is beaut...
Also correct!
Not sure if the term "colored" is an innovation or faux pas, but will think of another anyway.
Very interesting and detailed, there is of course a large number of possibilities (since you can choose as much as 25% of the metal to create any 18k gold alloy…)👍
Note that what’s also interesting is that the more standard “white metal” term doesn’t always involve *white*…but rather usually a grey hue, again depending on alloy composition👍 Both this document and Patek itself in fact denote it by “Grey Gold” (and it...
