Has Anyone Scratched Their Ceramic Bezel?

[siuhen]

Originally Posted by padi56

Have a few black 20 plus years old and show no signs of discolour,its the red/blue pepsi ones that used to fade but even that took many years.

Yes. In my memory, only the Pepsi

[bp1000]

The black ones fade too, going a hazy grey colour I suppose. Probably down to prolonged used in water especially salt water and sun bleaching

[Tseg]

Originally Posted by richard371

I was at the RSC in sf and he showed me several broken ceramic bezels and some where the Pearl fell out or bent since it sticks up. Not an issue with the GMT though.

Although the platinum PVD triangle on a GMT had the potential to scratch...

[veen90]

Scratch on ceramic bezel is not a myth!! mine is 6 months old and I have two scratches at 50 on the bezel.

[DanielRomanski]

No scratch on the bezel but the pip/pearl came off :(


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[travbone]

After over a year of daily wear, mine scratched yesterday. A metal hanger fell out of a locker when I opened it, and boom. Very sad to see. I didn't even notice until hours later. There is also a minor blemish in the crystal right next to the scratch... who leaves metal hangers in a random gym locker!?

[raulpsanch12]

Originally Posted by antbkny

I've yet to see a scratched ceramic bezel. Not saying it couldn't happen but the watch would need to suffer some major blunt trama for that to happen I would think.

Agreed.

[civicHB]

Originally Posted by cht

these watches aren't going to age well I imagine...

the entire watch will be patina'd but the bezel will look brand new.

curious about how this will look, can someone photoshop an older patina'd watch with a new bezel?

[Number3]

Yes, badly, and lost the pearl;

[69ways]

Originally Posted by Nidal

It's scratch resistant.

Resistant does not promise scratch free
Its just another fancy word for indicating
It will stand up to scratches more than other material

[Forum-Dweller]

Originally Posted by travbone

After over a year of daily wear, mine scratched yesterday. A metal hanger fell out of a locker when I opened it, and boom. Very sad to see. I didn't even notice until hours later. There is also a minor blemish in the crystal right next to the scratch... who leaves metal hangers in a random gym locker!?

Try to put some elbow grease into the bezel and see if it would rub off. I had a similar incident but it turned out it was parts of the metal being worn off and stuck onto the bezel.

[Cloitus]

Originally Posted by Eric88

Nope. Scratched ceramic is a myth.

No

[tomchicago]

Ceramic bezels don't scratch easily, but they shatter regularly.

[j-watch]

Originally Posted by Number3

Yes, badly, and lost the pearl;

After market bezel? Don't believe I've ever seen an all blue Rolex Cerachrom before???

Cheers,

J

[travbone]

Originally Posted by Forum-Dweller

Try to put some elbow grease into the bezel and see if it would rub off. I had a similar incident but it turned out it was parts of the metal being worn off and stuck onto the bezel.

I have tried quite a bit, I just hope that this doesn't stand out too much over more years worth of wear.

[CoachLange]

How about chipping? Seems you could catch a corner of a number on something hard and chip the ceramic. Not sure if scratch resistant also translates to brittle?

[CoachLange]

Originally Posted by tomchicago

Ceramic bezels don't scratch easily, but they shatter regularly.

If one were to shatter, what happens? Rolex will replace it? Any idea on cost?

[tomchicago]

Originally Posted by CoachLange

If one were to shatter, what happens? Rolex will replace it? Any idea on cost?

Yes they replace it for ~ $700

[904VT]

Originally Posted by CoachLange

How about chipping? Seems you could catch a corner of a number on something hard and chip the ceramic. Not sure if scratch resistant also translates to brittle?

You can fairly easily chip ceramic bezels on their own, just like anything made of ceramic really. Ceramic properties are higher scratch resistance, with vulnerability to chipping, cracking, and shattering.

If you look closely at the Cerachrom bezel inserts, they are slightly recessed. This helps prevent chipping, cracking, and shattering. Outside of extremes, this only leaves the small possibility of scratching during everyday use. Diamond jewelry is something I would be careful around.

[duc888]

Originally Posted by tomchicago

Ceramic bezels don't scratch easily, but they shatter regularly.

Regularly? Oh, I´ve never seen this happen. I hope I don´t have to verify it ;)

[904VT]

Originally Posted by tomchicago

Yes they replace it for ~ $700

Isn't funny if you think about it that we value it at thousands upon thousands of dollars? In the Daytona anyway, along with some very small sub-dial changes over the prior green tag 116520s. I bet Rolex loves that

[tomchicago]

Originally Posted by 904VT

Isn't funny if you think about it that we value it at thousands upon thousands of dollars? In the Daytona anyway, along with some very small sub-dial changes over the prior green tag 116520s. I bet Rolex loves that

They've introduced an achilles' heel into the professional line with those ceramic bezels but the ego marks buy into it just because it's the newest thing and that helps them feel good about themselves. Well, not really new considering Rado did it back in the 80s. I won't buy a ceramic Rollie.

[chrito]

Originally Posted by gwozhog

Uh no its not.

lol

[Number3]

Originally Posted by j-watch

After market bezel? Don't believe I've ever seen an all blue Rolex Cerachrom before???

Cheers,

J

No, it's real and came off a 116619.

[j-watch]

Originally Posted by Number3

No, it's real and came off a 116619.

That makes more sense now. I like the black / blue combination quite a bit, actually. Would be hard to do that in the US, with Rolex USA being so tight on selling parts / mix and matching between references.

Cheers,

J

[HogwldFLTR]

I like the ceramic bezel on the Daytonas as a big improvement to durability, fwiw!!!

[douglasf13]

Originally Posted by HogwldFLTR

I like the ceramic bezel on the Daytonas as a big improvement to durability, fwiw!!!

It depends on your definition of durable. The steel bezel is more of the “bend don’t break” philosophy.

[timtom33]

I can assure you the ceramic bezel can be scratched. I have seen it.

[Bruins7]

Ceramic can definitely scratch but it is difficult to do so.

[Iloreyix]

Yes they can scratch - but over 3 pages of posts with only 3 guys that have scratches (with pictures).
My sub is scratched everywhere - but the crystal and the ceramic bezel.
I am going to say that short of a bike wreck, It's not going to scratch.