Patent ID: 7622198

Claim:
A personal ornament having as an outermost layer a white ornamental coating film composed of platinum or a platinum alloy formed by dry-plating, comprising an ornament base article made of a metal or a ceramic, an underlayer formed on the surface on the base article, an abrasion resistant layer formed on the surface of the underlayer by dry-plating, and an ornamental coating layer composed of platinum or platinum alloy formed on the surface of the abrasion resistant layer by dry-plating, wherein the abrasion resistant layer has a thickness of 0.5-1.0 μm, and the ornamental coating layer is a white coating film having a thickness of 0.03-0.06 μm and a surface hardness (Hv; Vickers hardness micro-tester, load: 5 g) of 1000-2000.