The use of luminescent materials on luxury replica watches is far from new… Soon after the discovery of radium and its properties (and dangers…) by Marie and Pierre Curie in 1898, watch dials – markers, numerals and hands – have been coated with radium and then different substances (tritium, Super-LumiNova) to produce light in the dark. Fully luminous watch dials are a far more recent trend, and fully luminous watch cases are still a rarity that we only covered twice in this magazine – with Bell & Ross and Tockr. Swiss made fake IWC, which has already shown its appeal for lume, now unveils Ceralume, a proprietary luminous ceramic technology and the first fully luminous ceramic watch… But don’t get crazy too soon, it is still a concept and isn’t commercialized.
While the idea of a fully luminous watch case isn’t new, the difference with high quality replica IWC is that the brand’s engineering division XPL has developed an unprecedented luminous ceramic compound – Bell & Ross uses a composite material closer to resin and Tockr uses a luminescent hydro-dipped process (closer to a coating). Continuing its innovative path in the field of ceramics, including multiple striking colours, best 1:1 fake IWC now unveils a new ceramic compound that is made homogeneously mixing ceramic powders with high-grade Super-LumiNova pigments. A multi-year development, Ceralume has managed according to the brand to emit “a bright blueish light for more than 24 hours” in dark chamber tests.
AAA quality replica IWC’s Ceralume combines high-grade Super-LumiNova pigments (made by Swiss technology company RC Tritec) with the ceramic raw materials. Like other SLN applications, Ceralume absorbs light, stores it temporarily and then emits the absorbed energy as visible light. And the cycle can be repeated an infinite number of times. For the creation of Ceralume, Swiss movement fake IWC started from a conventional white ceramic compound (made by using zirconium oxide with other metallic oxides) and created the case to be used on a IWC Pilot’s Watch Chronograph replica for sale. Of course, that wasn’t enough and this concept watch also features a white luminescent dial and a white luminescent rubber strap. The dial’s brass base is sprayed with a Super-LumiNova solution and, using injection moulding process, the white rubber strap is enriched with Super-LumiNova pigments.
