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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 9673966, member: 51"]No reason to believe this isn't the real deal. Tests as gold and the maker is well known if you google POM 14K, this is what style they made with the double links.</p><p><br /></p><p>My question is that I'm seeing black (solder??) joints. Honestly I didn't notice this until I started doing close up photos. The double links are soldered together in groups of 2 (so a double link loop soldered to another double link loop, to make little figure 8 groups in the bracelet---this is where I'm seeing a tiny spot of black.) Here are some photos. I wrote "yes" where I'm seeing it. Just made a note one spot was a reflection, I'm only seeing the darkening at what I believe are solder points. </p><p><br /></p><p>You see from this photo, looks perfectly fine.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470725[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a super close up:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]470729[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]470730[/ATTACH]</p><p>Anything to worry about? A scientist friend looked with a super loop and said the solder was finely done, yet there is this sort of black color if you look very carefully in close up mode. Am I over thinking this? Thanks.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 9673966, member: 51"]No reason to believe this isn't the real deal. Tests as gold and the maker is well known if you google POM 14K, this is what style they made with the double links. My question is that I'm seeing black (solder??) joints. Honestly I didn't notice this until I started doing close up photos. The double links are soldered together in groups of 2 (so a double link loop soldered to another double link loop, to make little figure 8 groups in the bracelet---this is where I'm seeing a tiny spot of black.) Here are some photos. I wrote "yes" where I'm seeing it. Just made a note one spot was a reflection, I'm only seeing the darkening at what I believe are solder points. You see from this photo, looks perfectly fine. [ATTACH=full]470725[/ATTACH] Here is a super close up: [ATTACH=full]470729[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]470730[/ATTACH] Anything to worry about? A scientist friend looked with a super loop and said the solder was finely done, yet there is this sort of black color if you look very carefully in close up mode. Am I over thinking this? Thanks.[/QUOTE]
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