Ceramic or Aluminum Bezel?

[alanc]

bezel inserts - both aluminum and ceramic. Minor technical point, but more strictly accurate.

[Elusion]

I have only owned the Ceramic. I like it but, that said, I have no experience with the Aluminum bezel.

All I can say is; I work in an industrial environment and I've hit my watch on metal walls/pipes many times. No scratches. *knock on wood*

[fishingbear]

To listen to the ADs talk about the ceramic inserts one would think they are indestructible.
But I keep hearing stories and reading on this forum about incidences that occur to the ceramic that become very costly fixes.
I for one am yet to be sold on any of the newer 6 digit models.
I love my LV Sub and Pepsi GMT and the beauty of them is I can change out the insert colors anytime.

[Daytona-Dan]

Originally Posted by fishingbear

But I keep hearing stories and reading on this forum about incidences that occur to the ceramic that become very costly fixes.

This is the problem. If everyone chimed in about how their ceramic bezel is years old and still looks great, it might put some perspective into the argument. Unfortunately people usually complain about such things but never praise them (probably because they don't even think about it).

The bottom line is that it's not as common as these forums make it out to be. Even if you took every story about a scratched/chipped bezel and calculated it based on how many members have a ceramic bezel (or perhaps how many have been manufactured?), I think you'll find it's extremely rare.

It's not indestructible, but it's not exactly fragile either.
Don't believe the hype.

[Thatguy]

Originally Posted by Daytona-Dan

This is the problem. If everyone chimed in about how their ceramic bezel is years old and still looks great, it might put some perspective into the argument. Unfortunately people usually complain about such things but never praise them (probably because they don't even think about it).

The bottom line is that it's not as common as these forums make it out to be. Even if you took every story about a scratched/chipped bezel and calculated it based on how many members have a ceramic bezel (or perhaps how many have been manufactured?), I think you'll find it's extremely rare.

It's not indestructible, but it's not exactly fragile either.
Don't believe the hype.

I would agree with this. I have worn mine everywhere including doing things that would make a lot of people around here cringe and it always shines up like new after a bath.