A new deep blue ceramic debuts across three Royal Oak and Royal Oak Offshore models, inspired by the “Bleu Nuit, Nuage 50” ...

Chanel, however, is not alone in this new territory. Panerai, Audemars Piguet and Zenith also have spent years creating new blue ceramic hues. The appeal of blue in watch design is hardly new ...

Watch collector Norman Seck agrees about the colour. “That hue of blue does it very well for me,” he says. “And I love the ceramic skeleton, it gives more depth to the skeleton.” ...

this is no ordinary blue. As with the best innovations in watchmaking, the deep, rich hue required time—five years of research and development—to complete. That’s because coloring ceramic is ...