r/TitaniumWatches

got this diver on a trade and figured I would wear it around today, I have alot of mixed opinions on it. This one probably won't be worn much after today.

The new titanium Farer Pilot Series II Hewlett on a white rubber strap; my summer go-to.

Began collecting watches roughly 15 years ago. Feel deep into the rabbit hole as many of us have over the years. Had a constantly rotating collection, oscillating between 6 and 20 pieces at any given time. A few years ago, due to external factors, decided to go watch free for period of time. When it was time to come back to the collecting hobby, decided it was time to just simply buy according to my tastes, eschew internet influence, apply what I learned throughout the years, and develop something of a personal collecting philosophy. Pictured here is my four watch collection, none of which will be leaving me, nor will they be accompanied by any new purchases for the foreseeable future.

Echo Neutra Rivanera
Hamilton x Engineered Garments Khaki ltd. 1999pcs
Seiko SBDA001 Japan Exclusive proto-Samurai
Porsche Design Eterna Diver

All titanium, all keepers.

The Titanium Field Guide website is amazing! Congratulations to owner/creator u/green-gray for his idea and hard work! Up to 846 watches catalogued? Are you kidding me???

Visitors can filter and compare titanium watches in all grades and sizes. I love that site! Please contribute to the effort.

From dress to pure field looks!

Titoni Airmaster Titanium. 43mm diameter, 13.1mm thick; Grade 5 titanium case; 500 gause antimagnetic; 10bar water resistance; Automatic Sellita SW200-1, COSC certified Chronometer; Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective coating (both sides of glass); Superluminova-filled indexes.

$2,300 usd

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.

Arnold and Son Longitude 5°W. Ref. 1LTAT.N01A.N0262U. 42.5mm diameter, 12.25mm thick; domed sapphire, with an anti-reflective coating on both sides; 10bar water resistance; grade 5 titanium with bezel ring in 18-carat red gold (5N); A&S6302 calibre movement, 4hz, 60hrs power reserve.

$33,000 usd (limited edition of 38)

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?

I was browsing the mall to look for a dress watch to complete my 3-watch collection, a collection of watches that I am thinking of personally keeping for a long time. Then I remembered this Citizen titanium dress watch. I’m on the edge of either selling or giving this away, but I tried to give it a chance of just replacing the strap, and thank god. It looks gorgeous in a matte blue leather strap. Now it’s part of that 3-watch collection.

Hypebeat x Citizen Zenshin celebrates Hypebeast’s 20th anniversary and 50 years of the Eco-Drive technology. Ref. AW0138-59A. Integrated sports watch, 39.5mm diameter, 10.3mm thick; J800 Eco-Drive solar powered movement; grade 2 titanium hardened with Duratech Platinum. Limited to 600 pieces.

$625 usd

Watchdives WD007 v4 titanium homage to the SMP300 with a generic AliExpress tri-color NATO strap.

The only caveat would be that the date doesn't flip automatically. 😅

My daily beater. Scratched hardlex and all