Ceramic Vs Aluminum Bezel Insert

Want to make a straight cosmetic touch up of swapping your older smp 300 aluminium bezel aluminium or steel inserts with the modern ceramic bezel with the ceramic inserts.
Ceramic vs aluminum bezel insert. Aluminium bezel can be compared to sapphire crystal vs. Nowadays ppl like sapphire much. Plus it s significantly pricier than aluminum bezel inserts so if the ceramic bezel does incur some damage it would be much more expensive to replace. I already replaced my aluminum bezel once 300 and it is scratched again.
During that time the watch was available with three different bezel colors. This is a rolex submariner two tone blue versus the newer style rolex submariner two tone blue ceramic. Aluminum bezels can be found on vintage models. Posts 1 421 likes.
Today we re going to be doing a comparison between the new and the old. Today it is a standard feature in almost all rolex watches featuring a rotating bezel. Member join date may 2010 posts 30. How scratch resistant is it.
Rolex gmt master ii 116710 vs. In the mid 1950s rolex replaced their bakelite bezels with aluminum ones. Ct662 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert 31 95 add to cart. The insert is flat this means it can be used to replace the oem bezel insert or it can be placed in a coin edge bezel and you can keep the oem bezel as reserve.
Rolex ceramic bezel vs aluminum pros and cons. Sulfates and phosphates in soaps and detergents as well as chlorine will over time degrade the lume on the ceramic bezel inserts. Rolex ceramic bezel vs aluminum bezel. Pvt public dec 1 2016.
Copy link to this post. Our parts for modding your watch your way can b. 2005 saw the release of the first ceramic cerachrom bezel insert from rolex introduced in the gmt master ii ref 116718. Ceramic bezel i think ceramic bezel vs.
All other models originally equipped with aluminum bezel inserts have had ceramic equipped replacements produced or announced. Ceramic bezel vs aluminum bezel. 16710 with aluminum bezel inserts from the late 1980s until the mid 2000s. An aluminum bezel is considerably less expensive to replace than a cerachrom one in case of damage.
Rolex produced the gmt master ii ref. Ct670 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert 31 95 add to cart. In today s video i will show you the benefits of a ceramic bezel. Ct658 skx013 flat ceramic bezel insert.