The 5 best ceramic watches, in all their scratch-resistant, brittle glory
The history of ceramic in watches stretches more than six decades, used in some form since 1962 with the introduction of the tungsten carbide-cased Rado DiaStar. Though tungsten carbide isn’t quite ceramic as we know it today, it marked the beginning of “scratch-proof” case materials. Omega presented their square, quartz Seamaster Black Tulip cased in … Continued
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