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 Watch brands increasingly use in the manufacture of ceramic watches. Modern technologies allow produce ceramic watch cases of high quality and durability. In addition to the aesthetic component, ceramics is characterized by scratch resistance, does not cause allergies, take the temperature of the human body and very comfortable to wear. Another plus of ceramics - it doesn’t get older and does not lose its properties over the years. Ceramics is much lighter than steel and gold.
In the manufacture of wrist watches the brand Chanel began using ceramics in 2000, which was a kind of a revolution in the watch industry. For years, ceramic components of Chanel watches were a distinctive feature of the brand. Initially, in the manufacture of watches the fashion House Chanel used black ceramic, and in 2002 began producing watches with white ceramic. Currently, the brand Chanel uses ceramics not only for watch cases and bracelets, but also in the mechanisms. Some models of wrist watches Chanel are equipped with a ceramic rotor.
Mechanisms for Chanel watches are made by the legendary watch manufacture Audemars Piguet. When were discussed subjects about their cooperation Audemars Piguet, knowing of the Chanel work with ceramics, offered the mechanisms with ceramic parts. Later they began to install modified ceramic rotors. Ceramic parts of mechanisms for watches are made by the company Chanel. The Chanel company uses ceramics in the manufacture of tourbillions for wristwatches. Tourbillon is placed on a ceramic plate instead of brass.
Basic raw material for the production of ceramics is zirconium oxide or titanium carbide in granular with size of 1/1000 mm. Powder is homogenized and granulated. By injection molding are made parts for case and bracelet made of ceramics. Then blanks are fired in a furnace at a temperature of 1450 degrees. Thanks to firing ceramic takes strength. Watches with ceramic are produced also by such watch brands as Rado Dior, IWC, Hublot etc.
In the watch production the company Rado uses High-Tech ceramics, which provides an innovative approach to watch making. The use of ceramics is the guarantor of high wear resistance and tactile comfort. In 1986, the engineers of watch brand Rado discovered high-tech ceramics, which meets all of the above parameters. Since then ceramics has become a proprietary feature of all Rado watches. This material has the versatility in aesthetic terms: the ability to produce a wide color gamut, the opportunity to get a glossy or matte finish, and use different types of processing. In the production watches the brand Rado uses not only white and black palette of ceramics. Rado offers ceramic watches in pink, turquoise, burgundy, blue, purple and metallic colors.
Due to its physical and aesthetic qualities in the watch industry ceramics remains very popular and more and more watch brands use it in the manufacture of ceramic watches. |
