Thanks for the kind words about my white metal Pateks. Here’s the other half of my collection, in colored gold. The 2569-1J (1957) and the 3941J (1989) are holding up better than I am but probably need service soon. The 5230R reminds me the world is beaut...
Note that what’s also interesting is that the more standard “white metal” term doesn’t always involve *white*…but rather usually a grey hue, again depending on alloy composition👍 Both this document and Patek itself in fact denote it by “Grey Gold” (and it...