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Re: Gruen "Strap 130" [message #2529 is a reply to message #2520] Tue, 07 January 2014 04:21 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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C. Hurt wrote on Mon, 06 January 2014 19:46
"Tarnish Proof" nickel had a thin rhodium plating to help prevent the corrosive reaction that nickel often shows when exposed to acidic perspiration.

Interesting. That explains why these cases are so very white (relative to the comparatively cloudy gray I usually associate with nickel in other applications).
 
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