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Thread: How much gold is in a bimetallic Datejust?? Now you know...

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    How much gold is in a bimetallic Datejust?? Now you know...

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    It should be quite easy to work out just by comparing the weight of the two watches. Always ensuring that there’s an equal number of links in the bracelet.

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    It's just Date, not Datejust.

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    Interesting chemistry lesson, thanks for posting.

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    Weighing two identical bracelets, then doing a calculation based on the difference and the densities of 18ct gold and 904 stainless, would be my preferred method.

    Interesting post!

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    Fascinating stuff. Thanks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jambobbyb View Post
    Not as much fun as this way though 😂 As long as the gold carat remains the same throughout the watch that would work.. I’m actually quite surprised 11 grams is about the same gold content as 1.5 Sovereigns..
    It's not a lot in some watches, however the 18k gold content in both my bi-metal Globemasters is around 60 grams.
    It's just a matter of time...

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    Great post, thanks for sharing...


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    Quote Originally Posted by Omegamanic View Post
    It's not a lot in some watches, however the 18k gold content in both my bi-metal Globemasters is around 60 grams.
    Sounds like a lot considering the hollow bracelet links? Omega always puts a small tag on their watches stating the gold content. Important to the Chinese market apparently.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jambobbyb View Post
    Not as much fun as this way though As long as the gold carat remains the same throughout the watch that would work.. I’m actually quite surprised 11 grams is about the same gold content as 1.5 Sovereigns..
    Gold sovereigns though are almost pure gold so weigh more per same area..

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