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Decoration

11 October 2012

The sapphire is more and more used in luxury products. Thanks to his extraordinary properties (hardness close to that of diamond, very good transparency, insensitive to UV light as to acids or other solvents), this material finds its place in luxury products. It is mainly used in the watch industry (glass, pieces of movement like plates and bridges, back of case), the jewellery but also in the last luxury mobile phones (screen, keys, front panel).

The actual methods of decoration of these pieces are:

  • technically limited (design with line and only black and white drawing)
  • not very stable in time (varnish, paint, or tracing sensitive to UV light and humidity)
  • made of non noble materials

ARNANO introduce an innovative solution to create and decorate luxury products “in another way»

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The sapphire is more and more used in luxury products. Thanks to his extraordinary properties (hardness close to that of diamond, very good transparency, insensitive to UV light as to acids or other solvents), this material finds its place in luxury products. It is mainly used in the watch industry (glass, pieces of movement like plates and bridges, back of case), the jewellery but also in the last luxury mobile phones (screen, keys, front panel)


Innovation

10 October 2012

AN INNOVATION TO DESIGN AND DECORATE SOME OTHER WAY LUXURY PRODUCTS

The ARNANO Company offers a new solution to “print” or engrave pieces of sapphire. This technology allows working at micron scale on sapphire and thin platinum coating. So high resolution decoration (25,400 dpi) or micro-text can be turned out.

In agreement with luxury codes, quality of the materials, perfect execution, discretion and originality, this technology opens the way for new creative fields to decorate sapphire pieces from 10 to 200 mm in diameter. The surface to be decorate (readable through transparent sapphire) should be flat without «pillars” but holes are accepted.

Design manufacturing with high resolution and gray levels combined with the ability to integrate content (message discreet or secret) contribute to give an exceptional character to the final product. It becomes unique (can be customized) and unforgeable.


Examples

10 October 2012

EXAMPLES OF « DECORATION PIECES» ACHIEVEMENT

We have already carried out several products for unique applications

 

A customized back case with customer signature

Fond de boitier - GTI - Le mans - winner 2010 

A back case for limited edition

Cadran en verre minéral 

A glass watch dial

Platine 

Sapphire plate supporting watch movement

Batument des industries integratives 

A mini-flyer (5X5 cm) sapphire made with a synthetic image, graphics and reproduction of building plans

disc-arnano 

A customized commemorative medallion


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Manufacturing process

15 June 2011

MANUFACTURING PROCESS

ARNANO is able to provide a complete service to its customers to develop new applications in the world of luxury.