Ed. W
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German silver or Brass?
I've been contemplating purchasing something (perhaps a panomaticdate) from GO but have been unable to find out whether or not the movement is made of brass or german silver. Can anyone help on this?
If it is (or isn't) are all the movements made of said material or does it depend on the caliber?
Thanks in advance
Thanks in advance
Ed.
German silver or Brass?
I've been contemplating purchasing something (perhaps a panomaticdate) from GO but have been unable to find out whether or not the movement is made of brass or german silver. Can anyone help on this? If it is (or isn't) are all the movements made of said ...
To the best of my knowledge, there are . . .
. . . no current Glashütte Original movements crafted from German silver. There were some exceptionally high grade movements produced in low volume during the modern era, such as the tourbillon cal 43 . . . . . . but even these, as far as I know, do not h...
Brass it is.
After doing some research it seems that the answer is they use brass on everything. Thanks
German Silver is sometimes considered a type of brass
At least according to Wikipedia (emphasis in red added) Nickel silver , also known as German silver , [ 1 ] Argentann , [ 1 ] new silver , [ 1 ] nickel brass , [ 2 ] albata , [ 3 ] , or alpacca , [ 4 ] is a copper alloy with nickel and often zinc . The us...
Great choice...
Can't help you about the brass/German silver part. But that's a great choice of watch! If you can, I would consider a Panomatic Lunar as well. Can't tailor the advice to you personally, but it's a very natural extension of the Panomatic Date line, and a u...