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Aye! Thanks yep that just confirmed my own suspicions, I was dithering slightly but always loved the look of all polished :D
In other news, I managed to get a pair of wheels from @lot14 a few weeks ago, they were Campagnolo hubs on some Mavic Reflexes with some tubs. I'm only interested in the hubs to be honest, but they appeared to have the 9 speed free hub on them, supposedly they were Chorus hubs.
So after getting home I popped off the free hub and did a bit of browsing on old Campagnolo catalogues... from what I can gather these are not Chorus hubs but actually '97-'98 Record Titanium 9 speed hubs! The tell tale sign is the titanium axles as well as the plastic bearing covers on the front hub. Likely this is a '98 as it has the late style 9 speed free hub which is the same pattern 9/10/11 speed today.
These are quite unique hubs as they are basically similar to the older 8 speed hubs introduced in the early 90's. They are somewhere between the older design of traditional hubs with a threaded axle, and the later '99-'06 design which had oversized alloy axles like most hubs you see today. These from what I can gather are the last generation of Record hubs that Campagnolo released with raw polished aluminium. The later hubs all were polished and clear anodised so aren't as shiny.
Rear axle is titanium and has Campagnolo etched on the end. Tested with a magnet so definitely titanium.
Ditto with the free hub... no doubt here.
Snippet from the 1997 Catalogue
The front hub is actually very unique as I think it's the only Record front hub that doesn't have cup and cone but has cartridge bearings. Also it has a titanium axle like the rear. The grease almost looks new, and the front hub is smooth like silk.
The rear hub is not as smooth as the front but not sure if it's just contaminated or there are worse things hiding in there. I'll have to open them up, but needed to buy some new cone wrenches as the crappy ones I have bend too much and won't loosen the cones and locknut. Fingers crossed it's not too bad inside as these are difficult to get spares for as they are so old.