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TweetEmailThere isn't a whole lot of information available on the new TechnoMarine ceramic ladies' watches, but here's what I know so far:Although TechnoMarine is not the first to create a ceramic watch, they are thefirst to add color. Apparently, the process of making a ceramic watch is such thatit's very tricky to add color, and therefore all previous ceramic watches havebeen white, black or gray. TechnoMarine has seemingly mastered the process, however,as they now offer some very cool looking new ladies' watches in blue, baby blue,pink, brown, black, white, and orange.This isn't ceramic like so many saucers we've all dropped and broken over theyears. These watches are constructed out of industrial strengthceramic formulated from a combination of two different types of metal powers, extremelyhigh temperatures, and very high pressure. The result is a substance that is apparentlyabout as hard as substances get (not counting diamonds), and is used to protectspacecraft from the massively high temperatures they experience while reenteringthe earth's atmosphere. If it's good enough for the Space Shuttle, it's probablygood enough for a chronograph. Both the case the band of these chronograph watches are ceramic, the crystal issapphire (no sense in having an indestructible watch with a wimpy crystal), themovement is ETA quartz, and you can either get a ceramic bezel, or one with 125diamonds imbedded in it. No word on where these watches will be available except "atselected stores only". Lots of diamonds and a limited supply are certain tomean high prices, but TechnoMarine's site has a store locator, so if you're dyingto see one of these in person, start calling around.Additional resources:TechnoMarine'ssite (where you can find the store locator).Thesparse TechnoMarine ceramic product page.

The case, in stainless steel black PVD and silicone, measures 45mm. The crystal is mineral and it is water resistant to 200 meters. Movement is the Japanese automatic Miyota caliber 8205 with 21 jewels, 21,600 vph and a power reserve of 40 hours. MSRP is 535 Euros.