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Originally Posted by Richard Carver

For me it's sapphire crystals. That's when you had to start worrying about breaking a crystal. You're 90 feet down on a diving platform, you have to replace a valve that's behind an 18 inch pipe, there will be watch to metal contact. fat old acrylic or a delicate sapphire? Take it off you say? Welcome to jewelry land.

Throw in a ridiculous ceramic bezel and spend your days taking steering wheel shots. Ceramic bezels are a profit center. Rolex gets to charge you 1000 dollars when you break one compared to a 75 dollar aluminum one which rarely needs replacing. There are those who swear they never break but is happens often enough there is already a 95 dollar replacement on the market...ah capitalism! :)

I had to laugh