Everything You Need To Know About Titanium Watches: Part Two
To say there are important watches in titanium is to not say very much.
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Image: Rolex
Continuing from our previous article on titanium wristwatches, we continue to talk about the material properties of this metal.
The heavyweights of the lightweights
Titanium is so popular as a material in watchmaking that it is sometimes thought of as a serious alternative to steel. No novelty material this, unlike this tricky sentence. As seen in the segment on material properties, titanium is not the new steel because watches in either material wear very differently indeed, even if they can be made to look similar.
As mentioned from the outset, there are no hidden downsides to titanium, or outright concerns. Desirability as far as it relates to titanium has a few distinct areas, ranging from unobtainable pieces to non-existent watches, and then onwards to a variety of mixed material nirvanas.
Happily, we do have some significant watches to discuss this year, and a few from recent years, so we will not need to get into fantasy and fiction. We will address one point very quickly though, and that is the case of the special edition from Patek Philippe. Now the Geneva brand does not feature titanium in its collection, and various books on the manufacture omit it entirely.
This includes “The Authorized Biography of Patek Philippe” by Nick Foulkes, which we enjoy workin...
The post Everything You Need To Know About Titanium Watches: Part Two appeared first on LUXUO.
Image: Rolex
Continuing from our previous article on titanium wristwatches, we continue to talk about the material properties of this metal.
The heavyweights of the lightweights
Titanium is so popular as a material in watchmaking that it is sometimes thought of as a serious alternative to steel. No novelty material this, unlike this tricky sentence. As seen in the segment on material properties, titanium is not the new steel because watches in either material wear very differently indeed, even if they can be made to look similar.
As mentioned from the outset, there are no hidden downsides to titanium, or outright concerns. Desirability as far as it relates to titanium has a few distinct areas, ranging from unobtainable pieces to non-existent watches, and then onwards to a variety of mixed material nirvanas.
Happily, we do have some significant watches to discuss this year, and a few from recent years, so we will not need to get into fantasy and fiction. We will address one point very quickly though, and that is the case of the special edition from Patek Philippe. Now the Geneva brand does not feature titanium in its collection, and various books on the manufacture omit it entirely.
This includes “The Authorized Biography of Patek Philippe” by Nick Foulkes, which we enjoy workin...
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