When the test reactor was still operational at UVA my physics class took a field trip there and I supplied a hair sample from my beard for neutron bombardment analysis and there was in fact gold in my beard! : )
I don’t know if you still get notifications if someone comments on a older video. But I’ve watched most of all your work. My uncle taught the jewelry business. But yet he died before telling how to get the chemicals. How do you get the chemicals that you you use? Does it take a special permit or degrees, etc?? I would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to let me know. If you get this message. Thanks again for all your work in the videos!! You’re awesome!! I had little chem set as a child and wanted to be a chem professor. But life changes, especially when parents no longer care for one another so does your priorities change. But that’s old news. If you don’t mind answering these questions, I really do appreciate your time to answer them! Again thanks for the videos!! Keep them coming and keep up the great work you do for the wannabes out here, lol! If I wasn’t struggling to take care of my family, I would most definitely donate to your channel because it’s one of the few that are legitimate!! Thanks Charles
@@mihaimera7837 Funny cause I got it while english is clearly non my native language ;) First time I hear that clock != watch. I guess they are pretty similar, no?
@@ZElTGElST In American English (no clue about British English) - Clocks are the time telling devices you hang up on the walls or leave on your nightstand, Watch(es) are the time telling devices you wear commonly on your wrist or body. Hope that clarifies :).
@@QuackZack >wrist or body i've never seen anybody wear a watch anywhere other than their wrist also to expand a little, watch faces are typically small (somewhere between 1 and 2 inches in diameter) while clocks are bigger than that, 6+ inches in diameter and 2x4x8 inches for a digital clock without any fancy designs edit: spacing
Diamonds are probably worth very little, no one wants to buy them because the price is artificially inflated by the diamond industry. They aren't too terribly rare.
You are correct Rhett having a Vietnam flashback. De Beers has a complete monopoly on the whole diamond industry. They're not even slightly rare. People want diamonds for veeeery slimy business tactics.
I'm so glad I found your channel. I was searching for videos about smelting gold and found your channel that way. The first video I watched of yours I felt like a kindergartner sitting in a High School science class lol. So it made me want to learn more. Thank you for your videos!
Rolex aside (because they're not the best example of a premium watch), most of these things cost a lot of money not because of precious metals/gemstone content but because of either brand cache, extensive craftsmanship, or both.
I searched this topic "how many gold in a rolex", but i didn't expect to see a youtuber answer me in this way..... should be a warning at the beginning to watch lover ..... very graphic scene to them... haha
I had no problem with you doing this to an already broken watch, but I never could get behind the What's Inside channel. It's just destruction of expensive things for no real reason. You dont learn stuff from their videos. You just see stuff break. What's the point?
Does changing the golds state of matter with chemicals change something about it? Because since it was made in a super nova its never bin in a different state of matter.
I've been subscribed for years... bell activated, and I haven't got a single message saying Cody made a video AND they are not in my Subscriptions... WTF RU-vid? The only reason I found them is they promoted the sad grant video to me and I checked Cody's channel after that.
Hey Cody I have a great idea for a video so here it is soo we drink coke which is saturated with CO2 maybe try argon or nitrogen or oxygen and see how they taste!!!
Cody's popularity is due to us Westerners liking our scientist slightly mad and he is just crazy /weird enough for us to take him to our hearts and some of the smarter folks to their minds[not me as i rarely have a clue what his talking about] yet i still enjoy a small hit of science now and then when shown to me by some eccentric mad scientist
u will have to pay him in the precious metals he extracts due to the cost of labor and chemicals he uses...0-o and end up owing HIM $$ if he makes a vid about it just from the time spent editing XDDD best just open an illegal mine in Africa, that's profitable...although somewhat immoral
Aatu Vaan I’m not a watch maker but I want to fucking die, that date just is very rare, the mother of all pearl dial with the diamond hour markers and diamond bezel is a rare piece to come by :(
Cody reads the letter and it is talking about finding how much precious metals it may have can he find out and is there any way to recover those metals so he does this whole experiment getting the metals Then later notices writing on the back of the letter he did not read before Yes we would like to know how much the precious metals are worth as we are going to have it repaired for $300 and wondered it it will be worth that and if not it is a treasured family hairloom so we will keep it anyway if it is too expensive to fix LOL Hears a scream from cody's house ... DOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! I didn't read that part LOL
no not really a fair comparison. A Mercedes is a well made vehicle that is noticeable different in regards to its engineering, drive, performance, ex... A rolex is nothing like that. It tells time, no more accurately or better than a $5 watch. People assume it has thousands of $$ in precious metals or diamonds to make it hold its value
@UCcolT5UQWfhjdKI5Wyu_o6Q over analysing piece of shit. It was painfully obvious he was refering to the concept of the video and the breakdown not the use of the item
No the watches value is not in the precious metal but the movement and craftsmanship, the gold and diamonds only appeal to the rappers ect and add a little onto the value
I'll let you know before I even watch this. Rolex's are mostly stainless steel. The money is in the quality of manufacture and the attention to detail, not the materials, especially a base model like this one.
@@christianheichel Yep, Rolex prices are pretty nuts. I really want one but I'll have to finish my Ph.D. and probably work a few years and probably hold off on kids if I want to make it happen, haha.
Agent J I definitely don't think that those prices have something to do with extreme accuracy and/or durability, that's why I'm asking. I only know of their existence because corrupted Russian officials *really* like wearing $500000+ watches :D
@@tinldw Automatic watches are definitely not known for their accuracy or their durability. A very expensive watch like that is probably mostly brand name value and only then priced on rarity, the craftsmanship of the movement mechanisms, precious metals and gems, stuff like that. No expensive watch like that ever beats way cheaper watches in terms of functionality.
Paying for the best comes at a premium, but some people rolling in the dough won't even miss that money for a second. Whatever floats their boat, I say. Live and let live.
@Adam Defibaugh Theres a lot of factors that determine the value of a watch. Theres certainly not $7000 worth material there but that's not all your paying for.
Robin Lundqvist if you think about it $500 for the gold and $2k for the diamonds and you have to pay someone to make the watch by hand so really i can see the justification for the price. Also you can get this Rolex fro probably around $4k if u wanted.
They are worthless. You can buy them for way less than a dollar per piece. A usual automatic watch uses about 17 jewels. A luxury watch with date usually not more than 34. So it might be about 24 for the Rolex, which concludes in roughly about 20 dollar if they were new.
@@misium sweet fancy moses! I laughed way too hard at that whole comment. My ten-year-old calls those dad jokes but somehow, despite it being over the internet, your comedic timing was perfect.
He wants to get explosive licenses before fooling with it. It's also incredibly played out. Why the hell do people continually ask about that series when he's addressed it multiple times?
Those diamonds appeared to be around 0.10ct. It's hard to tell in the video but they were probably Imperfect grade i3M to i3O. That means they'd be around $40 - $75 a piece. They looked very pink in the video, and I counted 50 of them. So you'd have at least $2500 in diamonds if they were $50 a piece i3O quality. However, diamonds have an incredibly low resale value. So if you brought them in to a jewelry shop they'd probably give you less than $1000 for them all.
I'd be surprised if you could sell the diamonds for more than a couple hundred dollars. Diamonds aren't rare to begin with and the ones they use for this purpose are generally pretty low quality. All they have to do is sparkle.
What is i30? Do you mean I3? Even if they were D/I3 diamond max rap is 35 each, I don’t know where are pricing diamonds but you’re 100% wrong. Secondly, the diamonds are not even close to .10ct each. This is a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust, looks like a men’s 41mm. That means the bezel is approximately 128 mm around, with 50 diamonds the largest stones you could fit would be 2.5 mm each - or .05 carats. Lastly, this is a diamond bezel on a Rolex. Rolex is not going to use subpar I3 goods. These are almost 100% VS+ goods with G+ color. Quit spouting garbage.
@@hunterbrown9152 Rolex is the lowest grade haute horlogerie. They are just a click above ETA driven timepieces, which by some watchmakers are still considered better. That being said you can't rate the diamonds by what their slapped on (although they are definitely not cutting tool grade either)...
Sketch1994 Go buy a Rolex and tell me what the goods look like. You won’t find I clarity goods in Cartier pieces, you won’t find them on a Rolex. It would diminish the appearance of value and luxury. People don’t buy a Rolex anymore because it keeps great time, I have a cell phone if I want to keep track of time. It’s conspicuous consumption, that’s it. I understand what you’re saying. I’m aware of where Rolex stands in the watch community. It is still a luxury piece, with luxury goods, with a luxury price tag.
Leaving watchmaking aside, your chemistry knowledge had just earned my subscription. Coming as a watch enthusiast, I do understand that the value of a watch is not based on the value of the raw material. More so for precious metal watches. To what extend is the question. This video will not generalize all brands/models but it does give us an insight. Thank you for uploading.
