Devoti
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I will have to say ceramic is an amazing material and definitely can see reasons why watchmakers are attracted to it. It has excellent machine qualities, it can be harder than steel, excellent abrasion resistance, it's not effected by temperature or humidity, can have very low electrical conductivity and it's non-magnetitc. Sounds like a dream material for a watchmaker but there is a serious degree of different types & level of ceramics. It's a shame the selected ceramic is cracking but I bet after some tweaking they can sort it out. Top ceramics is very expensive.
As a performance standpoint, ceramic can be very desirable but I'm not sure using ceramic would equate as a luxurious material for a watch but more as a performance material, I think it's safe to say that a $10K watch is a luxury item. Having said that, trying to introduce cutting edge materials is never cheap.
I totally agree with mimo. A $10k watch should be better on all accounts (looks, performance and quality) compared to a $1K watch but I guess that's very subjective.
I would hope that manufactuers would immediately warranty the cracked cases as that is far from normal or expected from a watch case.
As a performance standpoint, ceramic can be very desirable but I'm not sure using ceramic would equate as a luxurious material for a watch but more as a performance material, I think it's safe to say that a $10K watch is a luxury item. Having said that, trying to introduce cutting edge materials is never cheap.
I totally agree with mimo. A $10k watch should be better on all accounts (looks, performance and quality) compared to a $1K watch but I guess that's very subjective.
I would hope that manufactuers would immediately warranty the cracked cases as that is far from normal or expected from a watch case.
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