11 years ago I was in the market for wedding rings. Platinum was the metal of choice back then and my wife insisted on having a diamond band set in platinum to match her engagement ring. As ever, things turned out to be a bit dearer than I anticipated so our local jeweller who was making our rings suggested using Palladium for my ring as a cheaper alternative to platinum. Back then Palladium was the poor mans Platinum.

But over the last decade, and more recently Palladium's value has risen to be worth more the Platinum and Gold. So as it stands it seems that now Platinum is the budget Palladium, with manufacturers like Rolex using Platinum on higher end pieces will any brands now switch to the more valuable metal?

Palladium Yacthmaster anyone?