{"id":1012991,"date":"2026-08-20T15:16:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1012991\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T15:16:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T15:16:18","slug":"ceramic-apple-watch-rumored-to-return-with-series-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/1012991\/","title":{"rendered":"Ceramic Apple Watch Rumored to Return With Series 12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Apple plans to resurrect its ceramic Apple Watch casing with this year&#8217;s Series 12 model, according to the leaker and prototype collector known as &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/kosutami\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kosutami<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ceramic-apple-watch-series-12.png\"   alt=\"ceramic apple watch series 12\" width=\"1672\" height=\"941\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1060281\"\/><br \/>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Kosutami_Ito\/status\/2090152386690211880?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">new post<\/a> on X, Kosutami said that the casing will return with the Series 12. Apple first introduced a ceramic Apple Watch Edition with the Series 2 in September 2016, replacing the original gold Edition model and bringing the line&#8217;s price down from thousands of dollars to a comparatively modest $1,249.<\/p>\n<p>The white ceramic finish, made from a compressed zirconia and alumina powder polished with a diamond slurry, was marketed as being four times as hard as stainless steel. Apple expanded the material a year later with a gray ceramic option alongside the Series 3, but the Edition line disappeared entirely for the Series 4 in 2018, with Apple dropping ceramic and offering no high-end case option at all that year.<\/p>\n<p>The white ceramic finish <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2019\/09\/10\/apple-watch-series-5\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">returned for the Series 5<\/a> in 2019 alongside an all-new titanium option, before Apple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2020\/09\/15\/apple-discontinues-ceramic-apple-watch-models\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">discontinued it for good<\/a> when the Series 6 launched in 2020. The material has been absent from the Apple Watch lineup for six years since. It has since become one of the more sought after finishes among collectors on the resale market.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this month, Bloomberg&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/guide\/mark-gurman\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Gurman<\/a> reported that the ceramic case option is expected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/08\/09\/ceramic-could-return-with-apple-watch-series-12\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to return either this year or in 2027<\/a>. Kosutami&#8217;s latest post suggests that the feature will indeed arrive this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Apple Watch Series 12 is expected to feature a new chip for improved performance, alongside a selection of other small upgrades. The device is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/2026\/07\/26\/apple-watch-series-12-ultra-4-features-rumors\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">expected to be introduced<\/a> alongside the Apple Watch Ultra 4, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macrumors.com\/roundup\/iphone-18-pro\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone 18 Pro<\/a>, \u200ciPhone 18 Pro\u200c Max, and first foldable iPhone next month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Apple plans to resurrect its ceramic Apple Watch casing with this year&#8217;s Series 12 model, according to the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1012992,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[18],"tags":[4124,1322,705,405386,158,67,132,68],"class_list":["post-1012991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-gadgets","tag-apple-watch","tag-featured","tag-gadgets","tag-kosutami","tag-technology","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117128502198328813","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012991","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1012992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}