Glass

Glass is one of the most important parts of a watch. There are 4 elder types of glass. The quality and the price choice depend on its hardity.

1. Sapphire glass is the most solid and expensive. It is extremely reliable. Thecase and the wristlet may peel off, nevertheless sapphire glass will look as if it is new.
2. Crystal is the second best material. It is by and large used in watches of middle-class.
3. Mineral glass is a bit inferior to the foregoing glasses in solidity. Actually both mineral glass and crystal can be scratched by some steel things.
4. Plastic is generally used in cheap watches. It can be scratches easily by anything. It is never used in watches with a steep waterproof level.

There some other types of glass as well. For example Seiko uses Sapphlex, which is a double-layer glass with sapphire as crest layer. It is smaller erior expensive than sapphire but it is practically as good in quality as the latter.

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