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Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 4:35 am
by Yoda
Fresh from the plating facility...from left to right: brushed, plain and one supposed to be a wide CdG...

The brushed turned out well, also the plain (why I did that, I don't know), but the one with the train bridge is supposed to be a wide CdG set. It looked good before the plating, so I wonder if the plating was to thick or too shiny.
SF240 plates.jpg

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 4:49 am
by leeyewfei
nice!!!!!!!!!

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 5:52 am
by tafari
beautiful

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 7:19 am
by TimemiT
rhodium or nickel ? pricey?

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 7:27 am
by nickoooooo
very nice

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 7:34 am
by Yoda
TimemiT wrote: May 11th, 2019, 7:19 am rhodium or nickel ? pricey?
Rhodium. My contact can plate with all available metals. Fairly cheap, one session regardless of the number of parts, approximately $20.

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 8:37 am
by TimemiT
that is cheap! local guy?... great to make those oxidized bridge plates look brand new!

I always noticed all jewels are removed, exception on the gear train bridge, the raised jewel collars ... those cannot be removed?

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 8:41 am
by Yoda
TimemiT wrote: May 11th, 2019, 8:37 am that is cheap! local guy?... great to make those oxidized bridge plates look brand new!

I always noticed all jewels are removed, exception on the gear train bridge, the raised jewel collars ... those cannot be removed?
Very local, 10 minutes away from my home. The jewel settings comes with the jewels, pushed out and in again after plating.

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 9:16 am
by thelonedoc
Maybe for crisp cdg you need to do a thick plating first and then carefully add cdg. Any time I have seen swiss watch makers add decorative finishes, I am almost positive it has been to the nickle, not to the bare brass.

Re: Plating

Posted: May 11th, 2019, 9:23 am
by Yoda
thelonedoc wrote: May 11th, 2019, 9:16 am Maybe for crisp cdg you need to do a thick plating first and then carefully add cdg. Any time I have seen swiss watch makers add decorative finishes, I am almost positive it has been to the nickle, not to the bare brass.
Hm, I must look into this.