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Originally Posted by Zakalwe
There is more platinum in a platinum watch than there is gold in a gold watch (95% vs 75% by mass, or something).
Though the actual answer is simply that platinum is considered to be more exclusive than gold.
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I have watched precious metal prices for most of my 59 years on this rock. In all but the last couple of those years, Platinum has consistently been more expensive than gold.
I understand that historically, Platinum has been more exclusive, driven mostly by being more expensive.
I was more being speculative on the long term. Will Platinum start to lose some of that luster in general if the price continues to be a fraction of the gold market and people start to accept that as the new normal.
As far as difficulty to work with - I cannot imagine it is any more difficult than stainless steel and certainly easier than titanium.