Ceramic Vs Aluminum Bezel Insert

How scratch resistant is it.

Ceramic vs aluminum bezel insert.

For best results and to avoid damage to the lume on the bezel insert please keep bezel insert away from these harmful chemicals. Our parts for modding your watch your way can b. Aluminium bezel can be compared to sapphire crystal vs. All other models originally equipped with aluminum bezel inserts have had ceramic equipped replacements produced or announced.

This is a rolex submariner two tone blue versus the newer style rolex submariner two tone blue ceramic. 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. 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. Rolex produced the gmt master ii ref.

During that time the watch was available with three different bezel colors. I already replaced my aluminum bezel once 300 and it is scratched again. Ct658 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert. Nowadays ppl like sapphire much.

Posts 1 421 likes. In the mid 1950s rolex replaced their bakelite bezels with aluminum ones. Rolex ceramic bezel vs aluminum bezel. Ceramic bezel vs aluminum bezel.

Ceramic bezel i think ceramic bezel vs. Aluminum bezels can be found on vintage models. 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. Sulfates and phosphates in soaps and detergents as well as chlorine will over time degrade the lume on the ceramic bezel inserts.

Copy link to this post. 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. Ct662 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert 31 95 add to cart. June 18th 2010 8.

Ct670 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert 31 95 add to cart. 2005 saw the release of the first ceramic cerachrom bezel insert from rolex introduced in the gmt master ii ref 116718. 16710 with aluminum bezel inserts from the late 1980s until the mid 2000s. Today we re going to be doing a comparison between the new and the old.

Today it is a standard feature in almost all rolex watches featuring a rotating bezel. Member join date may 2010 posts 30. Rolex ceramic bezel vs aluminum pros and cons. Pvt public dec 1 2016.