View single post by SDREW
 Posted: Tue Nov 27th, 2012 12:12 pm
PM Quote Reply Full Topic
SDREW

 

Joined: Thu Nov 22nd, 2012
Location:  
Posts: 6
Status: 
Offline
 Mate, Mark Gordon isn't just some guy, he is the most knowledgeable source on Russian time pieces in the world, he is a member on many of the top forums and is also known to all the top Russian dealers. He also has nothing to gain by saying one of his is steel and then another brass

FYI- the brass versions all look like yours on the inside, the plating used was very poor and flakes. Mine is polished steel/alloy, but on the inside of the watch is brushed steel like the older versions, in fact the outer case is the only placed polished








You'll see my Zlatoust came on the Original Soviet issue strap, I've since then made my own bund strap....watch is actually comfortable now!


..... steel looking like the high polish, well I've had dozens of steel watches polish to that finish, even have some steel pots and pans that are polished like that on the exterior, and brushed on the interior, and of course I currently have my steel/alloy Zlatoust to prove steel can look polished to such a finish. I'm currently in the prototype stages of manufacturing my own line of watches, I have a 220v polishing machine that will make any metal look like a mirror finish, it just take the correct steps to get the finish perfect -AKA wet sanding, and buffing at very high speeds and high temps with correct polishing compounds. I have purchased many vintage watches, people have polished them to a gloss/chrome finish, only because over time they have worn and the owners don't know how to refinish brushed steel(or don't have the tools needed), my 1970 Omega Seamaster 600 PloProf came to me with the polished look, I had to put the case onto a lathe to refinish it correctly...its now perfectbravo.gif

Last edited on Tue Nov 27th, 2012 12:23 pm by SDREW