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Old 19 September 2006, 09:38 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by Avalon View Post
I hate posting "general" information about metals because it can be misleading, but yesterday when this subject came up I looked up the density of one type of SS and 18k gold:

316 SS = 7.8 g/cm3

18k gold = 15.5 g/cm3

And BTW I did not do the calculation that JJ refers to.
Apparently I am wrong. Maybe gold is double stainless steel. The only thing here, though, is that Rolex uses 904 SS not 316. I'm not sure what the weight difference is between 316 and 904...
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