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Rolex Submariner & Daytona Black & Gold Modified Watches

Rolex Submariner & Daytona Black & Gold Modified Watches   rolex

I am taking credit for these watches. I met with Time & Gems a while ago when seeing their progress with DLC and PVD treatments on Rolex watch modifications, and suggested that they give a two tone "Rolesor" watch this type of treatment. Black and gold is a very nice combo, (especially yellow gold and black), and to be honest, I don't think I've ever seen a Rolex mod that did this (though I could be wrong). So what Time & Gems did is black DLC coat the steel portions of these watches, and leave the gold parts of the watch and the dials alone. DLC is a very hard coating and is becoming favored to PVD at many brands. Time & Gems seems to confused the term DLC and PVD - and they seem to use them both. You can read more about the watch on their blog here. So unless I am missing something, these watches are DLC coated, not PVD. Pardon their confusion.

Time & Gems likes to work with pre-owned Rolex watches as a way of breathing life back into them. I think both the Daytona "Black Gold" and the Submariner "Black" gold came out nicely. It would also look good to a GMT Master II in this style.

The video where you can see the watches has a pretty ridiculous sound track. I mean I get that the watches are important to them, but there is a fine line between self-promotion and self-important. So just ignore the "biblical" tone of the music. No pricing information has been released yet, but I will try to update the post when it is.

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8 comments
Ahmed
Ahmed

But in my opinion, these watches look ghastly, as the Brits would say.

Nathan
Nathan

Sorry for being negative, but that looks exactly like Time & Gems have developed an exclusive process for taking a nice enough Rolex that never did anyone any harm and turning it into a cheap and nasty Invicta.

Matt Morales
Matt Morales

I agree..."matching" FAIL! And Soundtrack FAIL! Other than that thye look pretty cool.

Shane Lin
Shane Lin

This is a common misconception:

"DLC is a very hard coating and is becoming favored to PVD at many brands."

DLC is Diamond-Like Carbon; PVD is Physical Vapor Deposition. So, DLC is the material whereas PVD is a process by which coatings (including DLC) are often applied. The term DLC is often used when a DLC coating is applied via PVD in order to distinguish it from PVD process coatings of less durable materials.

admin
admin

Thanks for clearing that up Shane.

Shane Lin
Shane Lin

This is a common misconception: "DLC is a very hard coating and is becoming favored to PVD at many brands." DLC is Diamond-Like Carbon; PVD is Physical Vapor Deposition. So, DLC is the material whereas PVD is a process by which coatings (including DLC) are often applied. The term DLC is often used when a DLC coating is applied via PVD in order to distinguish it from PVD process coatings of less durable materials.

Russ Schwenkler
Russ Schwenkler

Too bad the gold tone of the Sub's bezel numerals is such a poor match to the gold metal. In the video it looks really yellow as opposed to the much warmer tones of the gold.