Steinhart Ceramic Bezel Review

There s been a lot of different ideas being thrown around the internet on how to replace the bezel insert of the steinhart ocean 1.

Steinhart ceramic bezel review. I didn t know steinhart sold inserts separately. The steinhart ocean one is truly the common man s swiss watch. Rolex fans are still waiting for the ceramic coke gmt. It is of outstanding quality with everything lining up perfectly just as it should.

Steinhart paid for express shipping to and from the states which wasn t really a hassle replaced my ceramic bezel with the latest version as my pip was a1 100 of a milimeter off. Overall the steinhart ocean 1 is a very impressive watch considering the price. Typically the numbers and markers on a ceramic bezel are cut into the material. The bezel action is excellent smooth with zero backplay.

I foolishly knocked mine by accident and scratched the edge of the insert. The 120 click bezel is made of ceramic and has the first 15 minutes fully marked up then ever 5 minutes thereafter you ll see this in more detail throughout the review today. This has the same effect of creating a braille like text for the vision impaired. With the addition of the new.

However steinhart has done the opposite where the numbers and markers are protruding while the background is recessed. Greetings all my desire was to change out the ceramic bezel in my steinhart ocean 1 gmt for an aluminum red black bezel insert the ceramic is great looking and very durable but under most light conditions i found the numerals difficult to read. This is one of the reasons why i prefer the steinhart milsub homages to the squale ones. This 3d ceramic bezel is unique.

Full review of the steinhart ocean one ceramic bezel. On the other hand i rather prefer their milsub homages fully graduated bezel inserts mainly because this detail along with the sword hands really visually differentiates them from any of the recent rolex submariner references. You are able to order replacement parts off of their website. It can be purchased directly from the ma.

So i ordered a new insert from steinhart for 15 you can see it here. This includes bezel inserts. Steinhart listens to their customers and they react quickly. The bezel has the classic submariner style to it.