New releases - random chat

[earlofsodbury]

Cheap out as in it's not ceramic?

Yep, pet hate. Bezels are the part of a watch likeliest to get damaged, yet a number of brands insist on using fragile materials for inserts like anodized or laquered aluminium, not least Seiko* - yet cheap-as-chips Chinese microbrands can be readily obtained with ceramic bezel inserts.




*I know they use it on a few models.

[Harryb]

Yep, pet hate. Bezels are the part of a watch likeliest to get damaged, yet a number of brands insist on using fragile materials for inserts like anodized or laquered aluminium, not least Seiko* - yet cheap-as-chips Chinese microbrands can be readily obtained with ceramic bezel inserts.




*I know they use it on a few models.

Yeah it’s quite annoying that Seiko seem to charge through the nose for features other brands offer at often half the price point. The whole hardlex/sapphire thing bothers me.