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....and just a bit of detailed info on the "Ox-Pro" treatment that Anonimo uses (for those that care about this kind of stuff). It is a different process than PVD (physical vapor deposition coats the steel with a thin layer and thus can be more suseptable to scratching...although as most know, the quality of a PVD coating can vary quite a bit and also depend on how many process runs are done to obtain a thicker coating).
The Ox-Pro process is described as more of a chemical immersion process. The principle difference between Ox Pro and PVD is that Ox Pro blackens a watch through a chemical reaction, thereby altering the properties of the metal at a molecular level, as opposed to bonding an outer coating to the surface of the material. (I have read from a few sources that it darkens the metal to a much thicker level too...something like 20 microns thick as opposed to the 2-3 microns that you typically get from PVD). Consequently the surface is likely to wear more evenly than a PVD surface which remains more susceptible to chipping. The process requires 14 stages and leaves the steel a warm black colour, while preserving the surface texture of the steel.
Last edited on Tue Feb 15th, 2011 12:58 pm by stew77