The first impression many people are attracted when they buy a watch is the watch face, which is also called the watch dial and it is as important as the face of the person.
People pay more attention to the watch dial not only because the dial is the largest part of the watch or its main function of telling the time, but also it relates to the overall appearance and material design of the wrist watch.
The dials are made of different materials, each different material type brings the watch different look and style, the watch dial design can also make the watch to be a women’s or men’s.
Let us see what are the watch face materials?
The common basic materials are brass, aluminum and paper, metal, carbon fabric, pearl and enamel, etc.
Brass Watch Face
The brass material can have other different approach, such as engraving, embossing and sandwich dial as you can see below watch produced by custom watch manufacturer Ops, this watch is using brass dial and combining three dials to make it sandwich style.
Pearl Watch Face
The pearl dial material is from the shellfish, such as abalone and oyster. The pearl dial is often used for women’s watches, as the pearl dial usually with a natural, one-of-a-kind, color pattern, the pearl watch stands out in its authenticity and glamour, giving women’s effortless confidence and poise.
Compared to the hardness and durability of brass dials, the pearl dials are thin and fragile, which makes them more difficult to process, plus the 15 different steps and watch manufacturer commonly needs 4-6 weeks manufacturing time, which make the pearl dial less productive, therefore the price of pearl dial is high.
Marble Watch Face
Marble face is cut frpm genuine marble, which means each watch dial is unique and only of its kind because of the pattern on them.
Enamel Watch Face
The enamel dials must be purely handmade. enamel is a mixture of glass with a small amount of oxidized metal added to give them a colorful finish. It is extremely complex, with very low fault tolerance and a cumbersome process, which is why enamel watches often have an extremely high price.