No, no. I'd love to hear more, but don't you ever sleep? Or do you have
the uncanny ability to read in your sleep? ;)
Heck, I only recently learned of the rolled gold concept by reading my
Complete Guide to Watch Prices book by Shugart and Gilbert and don't
remember seeing that mentioned. Of course thats two different things
anyhow I suppose. The watch here says 14K and "25 Years" on the inside
back and I gather that means it has been made rather durable alright, as
you say. Others are listed as quaranteed 10, 15 and 20 years.
The next watch render is progressing as I type but it now has quite a
luster to it, looks like an airbrushed painting to me now. Still doesn't
look exactly right anyhow, but I needed a larger image to look at again.


Ken wrote:
> 
> Bob Hughes wrote:
> >
> > Pretty sure the totally black POV-void is responsible, at least in part,
> > for the look. I've added a "room" to enclose it in now and put it under
> > glass too (display dome). Looks like I'm going to need a less bright
> > texture now though, not sure. Actually the real thing is gold plated and
> > almost coppery in appearance to my eyes, indoors anyhow. The gold outer
> > layer has rubbed away partially at the swing ring (where chain
> > connects).
> > Will be posting it here sooner or later, it got real slow to render.
> 
>    A polished layer of copper then a layer of bright nickel are commonly
>  used in metal finishing to add both luster and strenght to the soft
>  and normaly dull gold plating that goes on after. Gold as it naturaly
>  occurs has both poor abrasion resistance and lacks in visual brightness.
>  The brightness seen in objects that have been gold plated actually
>  comes from the color and properties of the nickel layer beneath the
>  gold. You would think this could not happend but as it turns out the
>  gold layer generaly is so thin that the nickel adds it's luster to
>  that of the gold.
>    And that's probably all you care to hear on that subject. Fine !
> 
> --
> Ken Tyler
> 
> mailto://tylereng@pacbell.net

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