Daytona 11600 replica

Rolex is the originator of two-tone ceramic rings. Before 2013, no brand had launched a two-color ceramic watch due to the high scrap rate and difficulty. Until Rolex introduced the world’s first blue and black two-color ceramic bezel in 2013. A year later, Rolex released a red and blue Coke ceramic bezel.

Although Rolex mastered the technology of mass-producing two-color ceramic bezels, according to Rolex‘s high standards, the actual scrap rate of two-color ceramic bezels is still high, especially the red and blue Coke rings. Rolex’s bezels do not come from the supply chain but are made in Rolex’s parts watch factory in Plan-les-Ouates, Switzerland. Because of its insistence on making everything in-house, while mastering the two-color ceramic bezel technology, it also secured two related patents.

The first step in making a two-color ceramic bezel is naturally to create a blank. Rolex’s other colored ceramic bezels are usually made from zirconia, but the red color-developing compound is difficult to mix with zirconium oxide. Rolex uses alumina oxide minerals instead of zirconium oxide for the red ceramic ring, mixes it with alumina micron powder, and adds an adhesive. The mixture is then heated and injected into the mold under high pressure to form the part.