WIStful wrote: ↑April 30th 2024, 12:32am
"Platinette" was a white metal alloy, which was "likely a mix of platinum, rhodium and plated over metal" according to Derek Dier. This sector dial is pretty sweet. I think shortly after this watch was made Rolex stopped writing the # of awards they had won on their watches. They must have won about 10 records in the 1920's because in 1920 they were writing "7 World's Records."
https://www.reddit.com/r/rolex/comments ... _records/
Thanks. That makes sense. I was wondering if it was some composition of ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, osmium, iridium, and platinum. Interesting I have a pair of ruthenium specs

and my Mont Blanc pen that is whatever the dark metal in thr family is.