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Old 3 July 2009, 11:56 AM   #1
Vic Diehl
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More info on the Ceramic used in new Rolex's Bezel insert
In this months Road and Track the Rolex advertisement explains that the bezel insert is made of Yttrium-stabilized zirconia and is a hardness of 1200 on the Vickers hardness test. Way beyond me.



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yttria-stabilized_zirconia
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