Who has broken a GMT IIC bezel and how did you do it?

[Timber Loftis]

Ceramic products are subject to breakage if hit by sharp force, this is not news.

There have been 2 or 3 confirmed instances of breakage or loss over the past few months on these forums. And, face it, the insert falling out is just as much a loss as it cracking to sharp impact.

The insert has it's good and bad: mine has suffered hits that surely would have scratched my old aluminum inserts, and not shown a sign of any suffering; on the other hand, a sharp impact could chip or crack or break it.

[mborkow]

I'm sure there will be people who end up with broken bezels (not to mention crystals, etc, etc). Nothing is indestructible. I once cracked a Casio G-Shock, but no one would deny that's a tough watch; I was just unlucky (though the replacement price for a G-Shock is nothing compared to a Rolex!).

[Atl]

Originally Posted by scl6118

Ok, there's 20 people that voted in my poll that the ceramic bezel is "brittle" because their bezels are damaged already, but there's not one person that's willing to tell us about how they damaged it? Hmm.........

I've seen three broken/cracked bezels pictures on this forum and others, along with two pictures of fallen out, but not broken, bezel inserts, and one with the entire bezel fallen off, all GMT-IIC's. Not to mention this talk about faulty welds on the bracelet somewhere. Don't know what to think.

David