There isn’t a whole lot of information available on the new TechnoMarine ceramic ladies’ watches, but here’s what I know so far:
Although TechnoMarine is not the first to create a ceramic watch, they are the
first to add color. Apparently, the process of making a ceramic watch is such that
it’s very tricky to add color, and therefore all previous ceramic watches have
been white, black or gray. TechnoMarine has seemingly mastered the process, however,
as they now offer some very cool looking new ladies’ watches in blue, baby blue,
pink, brown, black, white, and orange.
This isn’t ceramic like so many saucers we’ve all dropped and broken over the
years. These watches are constructed out of industrial strength
ceramic formulated from a combination of two different types of metal powers, extremely
high temperatures, and very high pressure. The result is a substance that is apparently
about as hard as substances get (not counting diamonds), and is used to protect
spacecraft from the massively high temperatures they experience while reentering
the earth’s atmosphere. If it’s good enough for the Space Shuttle, it’s probably
good enough for a chronograph.
Both the case the band of these chronograph watches are ceramic, the crystal is
sapphire (no sense in having an indestructible watch with a wimpy crystal), the
movement is ETA quartz, and you can either get a ceramic bezel, or one with 125
diamonds imbedded in it. No word on where these watches will be available except "at
selected stores only". Lots of diamonds and a limited supply are certain to
mean high prices, but TechnoMarine’s site has a store locator, so if you’re dying
to see one of these in person, start calling around.
Additional resources:
- TechnoMarine’s
site (where you can find the store locator). - The
sparse TechnoMarine ceramic product page.
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