No, ctdonath2, it's 18Karat, with a full 75% gold. . . lighter and stronger, but still 75% gold so it retains the 18K rating. Not 22K. See the post above with the photo of the back of the watch.
Fine, prior post mentioned 22k so I went with that. Point is there’s less gold per volume than normally expected, even though it’s the same _percentage_ of gold, thanks to a patented alloy making the metal...sparser. Not a bad thing, just is (saving the customer $$$ and weight, yet greater strength at same volume).