Had the good fortune to get to handle this one (Straum Jan Mayen Frozen Metal) at a recent event and was really impressed.
But, I’m a bracelet guy and they only had the strap available at the time.
Now, they’re launching their bracelet and it looks very good.
Anyone who has a chance to check it out, please report back. If it’s like the rest of their stuff, guessing it will be impressive.
New here, and a little annoyed it took me this long to find this sub. I have been around r/Watches and r/microbrandWatches for years, but this is the room I should have been in.
Here is what I have been building. I have a nickel allergy, so titanium is one of the few things I can wear all day, and I kept getting burned: watches sold as “titanium” that quietly put a steel caseback against your wrist, or a steel crown, or never tell you the grade at all. So I started a list. The spreadsheet got out of hand, so I built a website over the past while and launched it recently. It is now more than 650 current-production titanium references across 230+ brands, every price tier, from sub-$200 quartz to six-figure art pieces.
The rules I gave myself: a watch only goes in if titanium is verified on the maker’s own spec page, and the case has to be the titanium part. A titanium bezel, or a “titanium PVD” coating on a steel case, does not count. Every entry flags the real grade, the caseback material, a whole-watch nickel-free verdict, and weight where I can get it. Free, no login, no ads.
Here it is: https://titaniumfieldguide.com (how I verify each entry is at /methodology, and readers who suggest watches get credited at /contributors).
Where I need this community: I am always finding out about new watches and I’m guessing this is the kind of community that will even know the obscure stuff. I am missing pieces for sure, especially smaller and newer brands, JDM and EU references that do not get much English coverage, and anything where the maker actually states the grade. Drop them below and I will verify and add them, and credit the suggestion on the entry. What should be in here?
Picked this one up at the recent Windup in SF where I had the chance to try it on in person. Just as fantastic in the metal/ceramic.