Stainless steel or plated Alloy? Six telltale signs your watch has a plated alloy case.

Описание: If you have a liking for budget watches, you must have had the experience of distrusting the specs sheet of the watch you just bought: is this crystal really made of some sort of saphire and is the case really made of stainless steel? In this video I want to address the latter of those questions and show how I (try to) distinguish plated alloy from stainless steel watch cases by checking six different aspects of the watch:

1) dimples centred in the sides of the lugs (and case).
2) the light silver colour tone with sometimes blueish hue of the plating Vs the greyish colour of the stainless steel bracelet or case back.
3) the glossy inside of the bezel with plating Vs the often circular brushed finish in stainless steel.
4) discoloration due to normal wear and tear: the brass coloured edges of the lug holes.
5) the clanky voluminous sound of the rattling of the bracelet in the case Vs the more flat sounding rattling in stainless steel cases.
6) the much lighter weight of plated alloy cases Vs stainless steel.

to be honest, I don't know if these will give you a 100% correct distinction between the case materials, but for me it has worked so far. I am quite interested in your experiences and best practices on this subject matter.

The watches making a Cameo appearance:
Guanqin GJ 16058 (gold on white dial, stainless steel.)
Guanqin GJ 16110 (prime suspect)
Seiko SNK615 (best looking sports watch ever)
BiDen (yes, it is a Real Biden watch! in Violet!)
Guanqin GJ 16028 (rose gold coloured)
Guanqin GJ 16034 (black dial)