ARF and 904L

[mysterio]

I'm still very skeptical of these watches. It cost Rolex a ton to tool up for 904L ..Why does anyone believe that a REP factory would have that ability ? Too weird and not at all believable to me. It's the perfect promotional item because nobody will spend the money to test it.

Then your particular situation can't be helped. You can't tell if something is 904L but you won't believe that tests that had been done independently by someone else proved that the material used for the watch in indeed 904L steel. I think there was a thread which compared the 316L steel watch to the 904L steel watch to show the slight difference in appearance. But maybe you won't believe even that. As you stated in your opening post, just ask your TD to scrawl "Genuwine Polex 904" on a piece of paper, like you said maybe you'll feel better about the purchase.

I read the testing results and I am still skeptical. I had heard from the forum metal experts that different equipment was needed to work the 904 and that it would be cost prohibitive for the rep factories. Apparently, the experts were wrong. I’ll see if I can find a link to the testing. It was on RWI.

Well if you can't believe a metallurgical testing lab (which AFAIK are also metal experts), who can you believe? It may be different equipment, but unless we work for Rolex and we know exactly how much these unicorn frappucino 904L metal processing equipment cost them compared to 316L equipment, it could be all marketing fluff.

[Tucker]

Then your particular situation can't be helped. You can't tell if something is 904L but you won't believe that tests that had been done independently by someone else proved that the material used for the watch in indeed 904L steel. I think there was a thread which compared the 316L steel watch to the 904L steel watch to show the slight difference in appearance. But maybe you won't believe even that. As you stated in your opening post, just ask your TD to scrawl "Genuwine Polex 904" on a piece of paper, like you said maybe you'll feel better about the purchase.



Well if you can't believe a metallurgical testing lab (which AFAIK are also metal experts), who can you believe? It may be different equipment, but unless we work for Rolex and we know exactly how much these unicorn frappucino 904L metal processing equipment cost them compared to 316L equipment, it could be all marketing fluff.

Ultimately, I really don’t give a rat’s behind if it’s 904 or 316 as long as it looks good. Afterall, it is a replica.

[mysterio]

Ultimately, I really don’t give a rat’s behind if it’s 904 or 316 as long as it looks good. Afterall, it is a replica.

Sure, I can understand that. Well, some give's a buffalo's behind about it.