Plasma Ceramic Watches

Plasma ceramic or red gold.

Plasma ceramic watches. Under compression they can bear very high loads strengths ranging 1000 to 4000 mpa. The surface colour of the ceramic is changed to the platinum colour a treatment that the brand says will not fade over time instead retaining the ceramic s. Thus ceramic watches are very light and somewhat bulletproof too. As the plasma carburising process changes the chemical composition of the surface without altering its structure it does not affect the properties of the ceramic which maintains the same hardness scratch.

Available in a high tech plasma ceramic or a more classic red gold case the look and feel of these two watches couldn t be more different. This is the first time jaquet droz produces a case in plasma ceramic. This eye catching chronograph is the third in omega s selection of solid ceramic timepieces. Women s swiss true thinline plasma high tech ceramic bracelet watch 39mm new markdown 2 200 00 now 1 760 00.

The ceramic itself reaches a temperature of 900 degrees and its colour changes into a metallic grey the look of metal with the advantages of ceramic. It has a brushed and polished 44 25 mm white ceramic casebody a polished white ceramic bezel with a matt chromium nitride tachymeter scale and polished ceramic pushers. Rado watches made with plasma high tech ceramic combine the appeal of a metallic look with all the benefits of high tech ceramic. Ceramics also have very high strength but with one big defect.

As the plasma carburising process changes the chemical composition of the surface without altering its structure it does not affect the properties of the ceramic which maintains the same hardness scratch. That strength only comes under compression. The plasma process is patented and exclusive to rado with the ceramic surface altered by gases that are heat activated at 20 000 degrees without affecting its essential properties. Titanium that we consider as very strong material only has 1000 mpa.

Rado watches made with plasma high tech ceramic combine the appeal of a metallic look with all the benefits of high tech ceramic. Plasma is achieved by taking the already sintered high tech ceramic pieces and inserting them into an oven that blasts the material at 20 000 degrees celsius.