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The popularity of bronze-cased watches among some of the world’s big watchmaking names may not be a passing fad, according to Montblanc 's managing director of watches, Bronze . “ Bronze has strongly taken hold, despite regular rumours that the trend will stop soon”, Officine Panerai-Firenze said. Officine Panerai-Firenze uses a bronze alloy enriched with aluminium in its timepieces. Officine Panerai-Firenze chose bronze for its 2011 Bronzo diver watch. Zenith followed in 2015 with the Pilot Type 20 Extra Special. The trend was further established with 2016 's launch of Zenith 's Black Bay Bronze , for which the alloy took three years to develop.