Black watches eptomize demureness. Black seems to be the essence of allure in watches as in all things. Black could very well be the most common among watches of all styles from designer diamond to vintage antique watches. When considering black as it pertains to watches, you’ll find watches with black casings and bezels; watches with black dials or straps; and you’ll fine watches with black rubber straps- even on luxury watches of the highest caliber. Perhaps this is because black looks good on all metals. The color is equally as arresting on a high end luxury watch as it is on a contemporary or traditional watch. The color is as attractive to men and women alike as black generates that particular urban street style that is so popular today.
We all have seen and appreciated the beauty of precious metals of various kinds in titanium, platinum and gold. Because of modern technology, techniques exist today that can conjure these metals as black. Not the black coatings found on the watches of yesteryear, which used to crack chip and peal, but black that is embossed into the metal on a molecular level. Recent developments include an ionization process that affects the surface structure of the steel. Titanium is a good example. This is a metal that is choice for the process of turning metal watches into black watches.
Titanium has many accreditations. It is light, durable, non-corrosive and very strong. This metal is even non-allergenic for those who have nickel related allergies. Although it is ideally suited for use in diving watches, titanium is also marred easily, because of its relatively low surface hardness. To overcome that, a specialized process has been developed. It is called physical vapor deposition or PVD. Some manufactures refer to it as IP or ion plating. After the metal is heated to above 400° C, it is sprayed with the molecules of the desired material, which then in turn, bonds molecularly with the metal itself. The process originated in the eighteen hundreds. Today it is used in a variety of applications, including watchmaking. The PVD process results in creating a micro-thin coating tightly bonded to the base metal. This can also be accomplished via a chemical process called chemical vapor deposition or CVD. So the whole titanium nitride hardening process, accomplished by CVD and the molecular bonding of PVD which is sprayed on, brings to us an entire new realm of black watches.
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