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Coatings in the watch industry, jewellery and luxury goods

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Gold plating

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Many galvanic coatings (gold, silver, rhodium, nickel…)

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PVD coatings (Physical Vapour Deposition)

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ADLC

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Anodic oxydation (aluminium, titanium)

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Zapons and lacquers

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Antireflexion coatings

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Phosphorescent layers

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Diffusion treatment (carbon or nitrogen diffusion in stainless steels)



Gold on brass

Test applied to coatings

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Thickness measurements

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Adhesion

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Assay, composition

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Micro or Nano Hardness

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Roughness

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Corrosion tests (Salt spray, Kesternich, synthetic sweat,…)

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Wear test

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Colorimetry

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UV light test

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Optical measurements for antireflexion coatings

   

   
PVD Tin coating + gold Adsorbance vs wavelenght for sapphire crystals with and without antireflexion coating
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