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Watch Industry

Yves Stöckli
Yves Stöckli

Business Unit Manager Watch Industry

Hempel Special Metals offers solutions tailored to the requirements of the modern and high-end watchmaking industry, both for watch cases and movement components.

The exclusive range of Staybrite® stainless steels and titanium meets the highest criteria for corrosion resistance and polishability. Material is available as sheet and plate, bar, tube, wire, strip and special profiles, and can be cut or tailor-made on request.

Each material lot of the Watch Case Quality (Staybrite® WCQ) is additionally tested upon receipt at the service centre, and undergoes special analysis at an independent laboratory.


Product Range

Inox Staybrite®

AlloySpecifications
316L / 1.4404
316L / 1.4435 WCQWCQ
316LVM / 1.4435 / 1.4441 WCQ+ASTM F-138, ISO 5832-1, WCQ+ (remelted)
904L / 1.4539
305 / 1.4303

Titanium

AlloySpecifications
Grade 1 / 3.7025ASTM F67-13
Grade 2 / 3.7035 ASTM F67-13
Grade 4 / 3.7065ASTM F67-13
Grade 5 / 3.7164
Grade 23 / Ti6Al4VELI / 3.7165ELIASM F136-13, ISO 5832-3

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