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21 February 2008, 02:31 PM | #1 |
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Titanium vs Stainless Steel
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Looking to get a beater watch.... what are your opinions regarding Titanium vs SS? Which scratches easier? Which is better for a beater? Thanks again.
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What are you looking for in the watch, other then it being SS or Ti? Also if you don't mind me asking, what's your price range? Maybe we can be a little more helpful.
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Titanium vs Steel
Titanium is easier to scratc and harder to remove scratches from due to oxide film on titanuim cases.
It also looks like plastic IMO. but some will like it is light weight) For durable good look i would go fo brushed SS Good look in search! |
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I'd have to disagree slightly with this. It seems that some manufacturers' watches scratch very easily, while others do not. My Citizen Eco-Zilla has been given no special handling, and I have yet to put a mark in the titanium. I love the look, very close to bead-blasted stainless. If you like the look but for some reason want steel, get a bead-blasted watch or have one blasted. |
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23 February 2008, 12:42 PM | #5 |
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Ti is softer that SS. I have never owned one because I don't like how light they feel but from friends of mine that have owned them they tell me they are scratch magnets.
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Titanium is easier to scratch yet is stronger than steel when it comes to withstanding water pressure, etc. Also, Titanium has a slightly "brownish" color. If you are a diver, I would go for Titanium, but if not, my guess is that SS will be easier to maintain and will attract fewer scratches.
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I'm not sure I would agree that Ti is stronger than SS. It has a higher strength to weight ratio but I don't think it is any stronger.
As far as diving the strength of SS or Ti is a non-issue. Both are plenty strong for what any of us will ever need.
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Tit is stronger
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Again, I would say it has a higher strength to weight ratio compared to SS but I don't believe it is any stronger than SS. If you can refute this please provide references.
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My six yr old CA (Ti) had some scratches and a dig, this was removed by the AD service team with no issues.
Any watch when it meets the the edge of the door frame or something hard, will get dinged or scratched up.
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FROM WEBSITE RE: WATCHES...
It's strong: Titanium is 30% stronger than steel. - It's light: Titanium weighs in at 47.90 on the atomic scale, nearly 50% lighter than steel. -It resists corrosion: When exposed to the atmosphere, titanium forms a tight, tenacious oxide film that resists a variety of materials that corrode other metals. It is especially resistant to salt water corrosion. Here, Ti is stated as being 3x stronger than steel, which its tensile strength will attest to:http://www.galleries.com/minerals/el...m/titanium.htm Of the 3 Ti watches I've owned, none scratched more easily than steel. Ti does not shine like steel, but it is MUCH lighter. |
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"titanium has been shown to be a strong aluminum-like metal; light weight, non-corrosive, able to withstand temperature extremes (especially its high melting point, 1800 degrees C) and it has good strength (as strong as steel and twice as strong as aluminum)." This article in Industry Week states they have the same strength. http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArti...CID=KNC-IWTRAF "For example, in comparing identical size samples, titanium is as strong as steel, but only a little more than half its weight. Titanium is 60% heavier than aluminum, but twice as strong." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanium states: "Commercial (99.2% pure) grades of titanium have ultimate tensile strength of about 63,000 psi (434 MPa), equal to that of some steel alloys, but are 45% lighter.[5]"
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'Strong' is a nebulous term...
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Makes you wonder why the SD HEV valve is made of Ti
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Good question. More corrosion resistant?
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Here's another article on Titanium
http://www.timezone.com/library/arch...04753221240074
One distinction that has to be made is that titanium alloy is what's generally used in the manufacturing of watches, bicycles, etc. So it is difficult to compare the tensile strength of pure titanium to steel with the expectation that it applies to wristwatches, since it doesn't. In any event, my experience has been that Ti is substantially lighter in weight (I've owned two of the same watches in both Ti & Steel), and has been no more prone to scratches than my steel watches. Just my experience, naturally. |
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Makes sense since this is a valve and if it didn't function properly due to corrosion the crystal could pop off which is never a good thing.
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Could very well be
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I have to agree with the comments that titanium looks plastic-like. But it's much lighter than stainless steel.
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I've got a Piaget polo 45 and certainly it seems the titanium is easy to scratch even I didn't have noticeable bumps or clashes with anything to cause it
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I daily a pelagos and it has held up extremely well. As well if not better than my SDc. It's a watch I virtually never remove for fear of damage and I highly recommend it
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