Ceramic Vs Aluminum Bezel Insert

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Ceramic vs aluminum bezel insert.

Nowadays ppl like sapphire much. Rolex ceramic bezel vs aluminum bezel. How scratch resistant is it. In the mid 1950s rolex replaced their bakelite bezels with aluminum ones.

During that time the watch was available with three different bezel colors. Ct658 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert. Copy link to this post. Aluminum bezels can be found on vintage models.

Posts 1 421 likes. Rolex gmt master ii 116710 vs. June 18th 2010 8. Today it is a standard feature in almost all rolex watches featuring a rotating bezel.

Our parts for modding your watch your way can b. Member join date may 2010 posts 30. Plus it s significantly pricier than aluminum bezel inserts so if the ceramic bezel does incur some damage it would be much more expensive to replace. Ct670 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert 31 95 add to cart.

Sulfates and phosphates in soaps and detergents as well as chlorine will over time degrade the lume on the ceramic bezel inserts. 16710 with aluminum bezel inserts from the late 1980s until the mid 2000s. Want to make a straight cosmetic touch up of swapping your older smp 300 aluminium bezel aluminium or steel inserts with the modern ceramic bezel with the ceramic inserts. Rolex ceramic bezel vs aluminum pros and cons.

It is made of ceramic material so it will hardly get scratched also the colour black is deeper than the black of the oem aluminum insert. For best results and to avoid damage to the lume on the bezel insert please keep bezel insert away from these harmful chemicals. All other models originally equipped with aluminum bezel inserts have had ceramic equipped replacements produced or announced. Pvt public dec 1 2016.

Ceramic bezel vs aluminum bezel. Rolex produced the gmt master ii ref. An aluminum bezel is considerably less expensive to replace than a cerachrom one in case of damage. In today s video i will show you the benefits of a ceramic bezel.

This is a rolex submariner two tone blue versus the newer style rolex submariner two tone blue ceramic. I already replaced my aluminum bezel once 300 and it is scratched again. The insert is flat this means it can be used to replace the oem bezel insert or it can be placed in a coin edge bezel and you can keep the oem bezel as reserve. 2005 saw the release of the first ceramic cerachrom bezel insert from rolex introduced in the gmt master ii ref 116718.