Reading this article about titanium and its pros and cons as a material for wrist watches, I think I'll pass on that material. For me, the deal breaker is that titanium scratches more easily and cannot be buffed. It also cracks more easily and cannot be prepared.
For an sports watch, I'll stick to a rubber strap.
The author of that "guide" is misinformed. Apart from the fact that Citizen and Seiko are not "low-end" brands, the Japanese, being well aware of the short-comings of titanium, treat most of their titanium watches with a tough coating that is around five times harder than steel. In other words, scratch-proof; you could grate a steel watch on these coatings like a piece of cheese. I personally like the weight of a steel watch (and the price) but titanium is a viable alternative if you don't like excessive weight. Only the very cheapest and/or oldest models of titanium watches lack such a coating - that, and watches of Western or Chinese origin tend to skip the coating altogether unless you're willing to pay Swiss prices. It's the same with ceramics - if you buy cheap or fashion watch brands that use these novel materials the chances are high that they're shoddily implemented.
Posted by: Ulysses | July 08, 2012 at 05:53 PM