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From those clever people at Suunto
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My eyes!!
If they haven't lacquered that it will be green within a day or two. Well most likely a black sort of green.
You wouldn't want to knock it either, it won't hold its shape for long !
I'm out.
It looks to be coated stainless. The body is stated to be stainless (as is the gold one) so I guess they are just trying to stand out a bit.
They are referring to the colour not the material. At least I hope so, else the [url= http://www.suunto.com/en-GB/Products/Watches/Suunto-Essential/Suunto-Essential-Slate/ ]slate [/url]version isn't going to last long...
It's lush - I WANT ONE but its that or new leathers.....
I saw this whilst looking at their Elementum Terra...ive a 50th this year.
It looks pretty, but it's just a coating, and it's going to wear off pretty quickly with use, that's a given.
The state of my TAG Heuer Series 1000 attests to that, it has a black-coated case and bracelet which looks pretty shabby twenty-odd years on.
I'll stick with raw stainless or titanium as a case/bracelet material, thank you.
You can't really see the case clearly, but you can see the wear on the bracelet in this photo:
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The black coating is pretty thick, but it's chipped and worn, so that copper coating will wear through even quicker I reckon.
Copper plating or PVD actual case is stainless steel, looks ok but if your going to do it properly you want solid Bronze like below.
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I quite like the look of it. The colour is subtle yet different and I prefer that to the gold of the iWatch. However, it's not a patch on my Stainless Tag, so I'll pass thanks.