Origin of ceramic

The ceramic is paradoxically a very ancient and innovative material.

It is a very ancient material indeed since the first ceramic products date from the end of the Neolithic Age (vases, jars and cups). Ceramics refer to clay which has gone through high-temperature heat-treatment.

Its especially smooth touch makes it very innovative. The industrial ceramic, is the result of the integration of chemistry technics and the evolution of the chemistry technics. The high-tech ceramic consists of mineral powders and chemical ingredients making it stainless, unscratchable and unchanging.
On the international Moths scale of hardness diamond has a hardness of 10 and high-tech ceramic has a hardness of 9 well ahead of steel.
Another evident characteristic of the ceramic is its capacity to make colors (generally white and black) very brilliant without any alterations as time goes by.
High Tech Ceramic is well known for its durability and is therefore used in a wide range of (high-tech) applications: as a shield material for space shuttle in the aerospace industry, in car brakes, mobile phone, television…
 

It is at the end of /the nineties /that the ceramic became associated with the fashion industry and more particularly with watches. In 2000 Jacques Helleu, then, art director of a very well known French fashion house (the logo with two C intertwined) launches a sport watch that combines design and technological innovation. Gradually, watches and ceramic jewels became more accessible and the arrival of the company FYBAK specialized in this domain is going to accelerate this evolution.

In its watches and jewels Fybak uses the High-tech ceramic with zircon (oxide of zirconium) renowned for its hardness and its excellent steadiness as time goes by. This ceramic gives to our models an incomparable and unique brightness; it also has the particularity to be hypoallergenic and offers a sensation of matchless softness on the skin.

Although the ceramic is a very resistant material, it remains nevertheless sensitive to shocks and to the falls.
 

The different compositions of the ceramic allow a variation of tones going from very brilliant white to slightly translucent white and from intensely brilliant black to black with reflections.