The application of ceramics in watches has gradually become the mainstream. Speaking of ceramics, what is your impression? Is it a romantic, handmade work in the movie? Or is it a craft with a strong oriental flavor? The ceramics that the public understands remain in the handicrafts. However, ceramics in the watch industry is far from the case. As the most beloved material in the watch industry these days, ceramics have a strange and surprising face that is worthy of being re-acquainted.
Watches are an industry full of imaginative materials. Wheat straw, denim, meteorites...Material experts try their best to apply various innovative materials to watches, and ceramics are the best representatives of these. When we talk about ceramic watches, this ceramic is not the "ceramic" we know in the traditional sense, it should be called "high-tech ceramic composite material". Generally speaking, it is made of mineral powder (powder particle diameter less than 1 micron) mainly made of zirconium dioxide, sintered at a high temperature above 1000°C. Its hardness is about 10 times that of stainless steel, which is a known oxide. The ceramic material has the best strength, toughness and comprehensive performance, so it is also known as "ceramic steel". Of course, the subsequent high-tech ceramics applied to watches continue to innovate, such as plasma ceramics, titanium ceramics, etc., but the overall characteristics can be summarized as high hardness and good gloss.
In 1986, Rado launched the Integral precision ceramic series of watches, introducing this high-tech ceramic material into the watchmaking industry-this is generally regarded as a pioneering work of ceramic watches. Today, Rado watches still maintain their leading position in the field of ceramic watches. However, when it comes to bringing ceramic watches into the public's field of vision, the one who really has the enthusiasm has to mention a brand: Chanel. In 2000, Chanel launched the J12 Chromatic series, which used a new titanium ceramic material. What’s more important to the industry is that this timepiece inspired by the majestic figure of the J12 sailing boat in the America’s Cup has quickly become popular. The high-tech ceramic material has also become popular with the brand’s strong appeal. Familiar. Since 2005, due to the strong anti-wear properties of ceramics, the famous Rolex "Green Water Ghost" began to use ceramic bezels. After that, ceramic bezels have almost become the "standard" of diving watches.
Due to the material, ceramics have a natural luster of "warm and moist like jade", which is not inferior to all precious metals. In terms of color presentation, due to technological reasons, the biggest feature of ceramic watches is the integrity of their appearance, that is, most of them are pure colors. The earliest colors used on ceramic watches were pure black and pure white. Nowadays, we have a selection of colorful ceramic watches with rich colors. Moreover, due to the high difficulty of dyeing ceramics, it can be said that the products successfully launched by brands that have mastered this technology can almost all be regarded as "explosive appearance", such as the Omega Speedmaster series and Yu Ship watch launched the world's first bright red ceramic watch 411.CF.8513.RX and so on. Get popular replica Omega Speedmaster watches, copy watches, look alike watches at Copwatchalike.co, all watches are all in excellent quality with affordable price.
In addition to higher recognition than other watches, in terms of appearance, the color of ceramic watches will not fade over time-this may be another reason why people who pay attention to the integrity of the watch's appearance want to choose ceramic watches.