What We Know
IWC has announced the development of a proprietary luminous ceramic technology called “Ceralume” and introduced it this past weekend in the first AAA Swiss replica watches with a fully luminous ceramic case. The Ceralume IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph 41 continues IWC’s history of material innovation, especially in ceramic.
Cheap UK IWC fake watches says Ceralume was developed by its experimental engineering division, XPL. The process involves mixing ceramic powder with Super-LumiNova pigments, the luminous material typically used on dials. According to IWC, in dark chamber testing, the case was able to emit a bright blue light for 24 hours (it didn’t mention how long it took to “charge” the luminous material in the case).
Typically, a white ceramic case would be made by mixing zirconium oxide with other metallic oxides. To arrive at Ceralume, top 2024 IWC replica watches added Super-LumiNova pigments to this powdered mixture. It says one of the challenges was developing a homogenous mixture of raw materials since the particles are different sizes, causing particle accumulation in the powder mixture. So, IWC used a ball milling process – which is essentially what it sounds like – putting the powders together and using a ball to grind them down before sintering (heating) the mixture at a high temperature to form the case.
IWC claims this is the first “fully luminous” ceramic high quality copy watches. As far as I can tell, the new Ceralume sets it apart from something like Bell & Ross’s BR-X5 Green Lum (and perhaps others – let me know in the comments), which has a multi-layer case, the top layers of which are a luminescent fiberglass composite (it has a non-lume titanium core).
Using the new Ceralume process and material, IWC has developed its first Ceralume concept replica watches for sale, a Pilot’s Watch 41. For good measure, it’s also mixed in Super-LumiNova pigments in the strap to make a luminous white rubber strap. Of course, the dial is also luminous.
What We Think
The IWC Pilot’s Chronograph 41 Ceralume Concept made its debut on ambassador Lewis Hamilton’s wrist during F1’s Monaco Grand Prix weekend. To be clear, this is a concept replica watches shop, and there are no hints that a broader commercial release is in the plan. That said, IWC provides that Ceralume will form the foundation for future development and releases.
In 1986, IWC developed the first wristwatch with a black ceramic case, so material innovation – in particular ceramic – just makes sense for the Schaffhausen brand. It has continued to make ceramic cases a core part of its collection and identity. This Pilot’s Chronograph is basically a play on the Top Gun Lake Tahoe, which I’d already consider one of IWC’s better-looking super clone watches online site.
It was just a year ago that IWC introduced its first full-lume dial, so it’ll be interesting to see how this new tech is eventually rolled out in other ways.