• postmodest@alien.topB
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    11 months ago

    The internet tells me that 1g of solid gold is a cube 3.7mm on a side. Now I’m curious how much gold it takes to electroplate a watch that size.

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      11 months ago

      For a 20 micron gold plating, assuming the caseback is stainless steel and it’s just the bezel/sides and lugs, something like ~0.01g