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View Poll Results: DD 40 rose gold vs yellow gold vs platinum
rose gold 33 19.19%
yellow gold 56 32.56%
platinum 83 48.26%
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Old 25 April 2019, 02:20 PM   #31
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Never did understand the platinum DD. YG has always been the classic DD. To each their own. You can spend double for the platiunum - your money
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Old 25 April 2019, 02:22 PM   #32
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Gold is ductile and malleable... definitely not brittle.


Yes exactly this - the complete opposite of brittle.

It’s softness however can lead to scratching more easily than say stainless steel. But platinum also scratches, or rather gouges too just as easily as gold.
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Old 25 April 2019, 02:34 PM   #33
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Are you sure the Platinum DD is available with olive green dial? Because as I understand all the dials are in some configuration with the ice blue color.
Myself would either go YG or WG strictly because the fluted bezel is beautiful and classic.
Yes its on the rolex website. There are many dial variants for the platinum dd40. You can see all of them on the website.
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Old 25 April 2019, 02:38 PM   #34
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Gold is ductile and malleable... definitely not brittle.
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Yes exactly this - the complete opposite of brittle.

It’s softness however can lead to scratching more easily than say stainless steel. But platinum also scratches, or rather gouges too just as easily as gold.
Thats what I meant that YG may get more scratched up than platinum.
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Old 25 April 2019, 04:16 PM   #35
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Platinum, but preferably with meteorite dial.
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Rolex uses rare elves to polish the platinum. They have a union deal and make like $90 per hour and get time and half on weekends.
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Old 25 April 2019, 04:24 PM   #36
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The platinum DD40 feels absolutely amazing. One with a black dial is my grail watch.

I may get one in WG then trade up when I can afford it eventually.
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Old 25 April 2019, 06:26 PM   #37
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If only there was a way for them to make plat with a fluted bezel. I prefer it over the smooth
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Old 26 April 2019, 04:47 AM   #38
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If only there was a way for them to make plat with a fluted bezel. I prefer it over the smooth


I guess you could always put a white gold fluted bezel on there and pretend


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Old 26 April 2019, 05:24 AM   #39
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YG vs plat, what a tough choice.. costs aside, I'd go plat with blue romans, love that watch! price included, I'd go YG
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