# ISO/TS 18684:2015 — Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards For ISO/TS 18684:2015, item title is Timekeeping instruments — Watch external parts made of hard materials — General requirements and test methods; status code is 9599; successor is ISO 18684:2020; withdrawn / published date is 2015-09-02, recorded from its source on 2026-08-05. - **Identifier:** ISO/TS 18684:2015 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Item title:** Timekeeping instruments — Watch external parts made of hard materials — General requirements and test methods _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Status code:** 9599 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Successor:** ISO 18684:2020 - **Withdrawn / published date:** 2015-09-02 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > 63205,TS,,ISO/TS 18684:2015,Timekeeping instruments — Watch external parts made of hard materials — General requirements and test methods,Instruments horaires — Habillages de montre en matériaux durs — Exigences générales et méthodes d'essais,2015-09-02,1,['39.040.10'],ISO/TC 114,9599,,[70090],"['en','fr']",8,"
ISO/TS 18684:2015 concerns whole watches, in which all or some of the components of the external parts are made of hard material, with the exception of watch glasses.
It applies to all elements made in massive material whose hardness is greater than or equal to 1 200 Vickers.
ISO/TS 18684:2015 describes the performance in terms of resistance to mechanical and thermal sho ## Source - https://isopublicstorageprod.blob.core.windows.net/opendata/_latest/iso_deliverables_metadata/csv/iso_deliverables_metadata.csv Last verified: 2026-08-05. Review by: 2027-02-01. Part of [Withdrawn and superseded ISO standards](https://referencesource.org/iso-standard-supersessions/).