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Subsequent models were assigned model numbers in a haphazard semi-consecutive fashion. 60 thru 69 have SS finish, but for the most part, 40-59 are a mess.
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Yeah, there's JUST ENOUGH consistency to make you expect things to hold together for the entire model line. It's enough to drive a man mad.
Things like with the three digit model numbers for revolvers, 5xx indicates blued carbon steel frame, 6xx indicates stainless steel, and 3xx indicates Scandium/Aluminum frame. But then the 642 has an aluminum frame, and isn't a stainless version of the model 42 (which was also an aluminum J frame, but in lemon squeezer configuration), but more closely related to the model 40 (but not in .357), although the 340 and 640 adhere decently to the nomenclature. The 242 is a K frame, not a J frame like the 642, and does have the aluminum frame, but they are both clearly not evolutions of the model 42.
One will finally need to just kick back and relax with some gin and tonics* in order to get over it.
*And don't ask why alien cultures have drinks such as the jinnantonnyx.**
**If you haven't read the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, you really should.