: Peter and friends,

: Well...interesting question...difficult to be 100% certain but I
: will share my thought ;-)

: I do not think it's been replated with gold. I do think it received
: some polishing...firtsly due to wearing it normally, obviously
: as gold is quite soft and shows wear around the edges quite
: easily. I do have the impression that the case was lightly
: polished during a previous service in its life before...not very
: heavy though.

: Best regards from Belgium,
: abel.
I agree that it's unlikely to have been replated, especially without removing the original, which wouldn't work particularly well as a strike, I'd have thought.