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Ceramica AR1400 A Watch Review

The AR1400 is part of the new Ceramica range of watches launched by the fashion watch company Emporio Armani. As the name tells you the Ceramica range is a watch range that has been created out of the material you would normally associate with expensive kitchens and in the watch industry the like of Chanel and Rado.

So the Ceramica is a Ceramic watch that is great but what does it look like on? What does it feel like to wear it? And what are the best ways to look after it? These are all the questions that need answered before you make a purchase. In the old days people would just go into a shop and try it on, but in a world of online shopping it is difficult to get all of this information without buying the watch first. There are a number of pictures of this Armani Sports watch that will help to make up your mind, these can be found along the side of this blog. There is a view of the watch with a T-Shirt and Jeans as well as a view of the watch on your wrist and a view of the watch with a suit, all of these views we hope will make it much easier for you to make a decision on this item.

Key facts about the Emporio Armani AR1400

The black Ceramic bracelet and case are hard wearing, and perfect for anyone who is looking for a black watch that will stay black for the life time of the watch. The Ceramic bracelet has removable links which can be removed to make the bracelet fit anyone’s wrist, this can be done easily by using a couple of tools and following the instructions in the instruction manual, all you need to do is follow the arrows which are engraved on the inside of the bracelet. Always remember to keep a hold of your spare links just in case you ever need them again. The main thing to avoid with a Ceramic watch is dropping the watch from a large height avoid this and you will enjoy your Ceramic watch for years to come.

Although the watch is Ceramic, both the case back of the watch and the butterfly clasp are both made of stainless steel. Along with this the buttons on the AR1400 and the winder is made from stainless steel but all have the Emporio Armani logo etched into them.

How to use your AR1400 sports watch

The AR1400 has chronograph functionality or to the layman it has a stop watch. This is easy to use once you know about how to use it:

1.       To start and stop the stop watch use the button found at the 2 O’clock position

2.       How the stopwatch dials work

a.       Unlike many sports watches the AR1400 has a second hand accumulator in the 6 O’clock

b.      Once the seconds dial travels round 60 seconds the second accumilator dial starts off counting each minute which passes. This dial is found at the 10 O’clock position

c.       The AR1400 will time to the nearest second and will time up to 60 minutes

3.       There is a third dial on this watch this is found at 2 O’clock position and is 24 hour accumilator which can be used to tell if it is before or after mid day.