Hey Gals and Guys
Do you recall a time, not too long ago when Titanium was all the rage.
There was the Apple Powerbook in Titanium. Indeed I still have one though its' hinges are a little worse for wear and it has long since been mothballed. We had titanium models in the Seamaster range of course. There was a Ti SMP diver and the Ti chronos and the X-33 is in titanium as well. Expensive of course but Titanium offers a superior strength to weight ratio in metals and is inert so anyone allergic to nickel would be able to wear Ti bracelets for instance.
However you see very few examples of it in watches these days. This is probably associated with cost but I recall a dealer once advising me that Ti scratches easily. Armed with this knowledge, I thus make my Ti Seiko my beater of course :001_rolleyes: I can barely see a scratch on it unless I look really hard by which time all that staring has made my eyes sore. A seller of a X-33 recently claimed that Ti was less susceptible to scratches. So I'm a little confused here.
Would you know pals? Is Ti more scratch-resistant than stainless steel?
Y'all be well now
ZIN
Do you recall a time, not too long ago when Titanium was all the rage.
There was the Apple Powerbook in Titanium. Indeed I still have one though its' hinges are a little worse for wear and it has long since been mothballed. We had titanium models in the Seamaster range of course. There was a Ti SMP diver and the Ti chronos and the X-33 is in titanium as well. Expensive of course but Titanium offers a superior strength to weight ratio in metals and is inert so anyone allergic to nickel would be able to wear Ti bracelets for instance.
However you see very few examples of it in watches these days. This is probably associated with cost but I recall a dealer once advising me that Ti scratches easily. Armed with this knowledge, I thus make my Ti Seiko my beater of course :001_rolleyes: I can barely see a scratch on it unless I look really hard by which time all that staring has made my eyes sore. A seller of a X-33 recently claimed that Ti was less susceptible to scratches. So I'm a little confused here.
Would you know pals? Is Ti more scratch-resistant than stainless steel?
Y'all be well now

ZIN
