Marcus Hanke
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Sapphire on the bezel is not new ....
... just think of Blancpain's current Fifty Fathoms. However, there the sapphire surface is rounded. To be honest, I think it is a bad idea to have such sharp-edged outlines of the sapphire bezel, as we see on the Ebel. Sapphire is brittle, and damages after rough contacts with hard surfaces (walls, for instance) seem inevitable. Good diving watches normally make sure that the metal bezel ring is higher than the sapphire crystal, thus protecting it from getting damaged on the edges.
Regards,
Marcus
Basel 2009 Interview: Ebel
Basel 2009: Ebel - Interview with Ebel's President/Creative Director, Marc Michel-Amadry by Tony P At the Baselworld fair this year I had a chance to catch up with Marc Michel-Amadry, the newly-appointed President and Creative Director for Ebel, a key bra...
Enjoyed the post, Tony P and Marcus!
The football (Or soccer for us Americans!) tie-in is interesting, as are the monobloc cases. I honestly knew nothing about Ebel until reading this post, so thanks! Cheers, Daos
Thanks, Daos! Ebel once saved the mechanical watch during the quartz crisis ...
... well, maybe this is a bit exaggerated, but it is a fact, that, when nobody in Switzerland believed that mechanical watch movements could survive the quartz crisis of the Seventies, it was Ebel who prevented Zenith from scrapping the now celebrated El ...
That's so interesting, Marcus!
Next time I'm out and about on one of my regular watch window shopping trips I'll be sure to keep an eye out for Ebel watches in order to experience them in the metal. I'm grateful that they played their part in saving us from a quartz-only world! Just an...
Count me in as an admirer of the Ebel aesthetic, Marcus . . .
. . . particularly the FC Bayern model that Tony Axelzon presented a few threads below. Although I haven't tried one on, I would guess that the blended form works better than one might expect on smaller wrists, and the brushed finish further serves the pu...
My dear Art, if you had followed our Basel 2008 reports more closely ...
... you certainly would have seen this very special Bayern München chronograph already a year ago: Kind regards, Marcus...
Having followed Ebel since 2007
the new Tektron and Classic (octagonal) case designs are growing on me. The "pebble" influenced design is intriguing and seems very tactile. See previous report in 2008 click here 1911 TEKTON FC Bayern Munich 1911 TEKTON Arsenal FC Regards, MTF This messa...
The bezel-less design of the Tekton Real Madrid is a nice feature
Is Ebel the only brand which uses the sapphire crystal as the bezel? I can't think of any other watch off the top of my head. Cheers, Anthony...
Sapphire on the bezel is not new ....
... just think of Blancpain's current Fifty Fathoms. However, there the sapphire surface is rounded. To be honest, I think it is a bad idea to have such sharp-edged outlines of the sapphire bezel, as we see on the Ebel. Sapphire is brittle, and damages af...
What I meant was is there any other brand whose watch has the entire bezel
made of sapphire? Sapphire bezel without any metal protective perimeter. Cheers, Anthony
Yes - the new Jaquet Droz L'Heure Celeste.
I have an inkling that the Breguet La Tradition Tourbillon is also constructed in a similar fashion. Cheers Tony P...