10 Affordable Titanium Watches That Are Crazy Good
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- Опубліковано 9 лип 2024
- In this video we take a look at 10 affordable titanium watches that are crazy good value for money.
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00:00 - Why Choose Titanium?
00:36 - RZE
01:42 - Swiss Watch Co.
02:50 - Islander
03:56 - Formex
05:02 - Tool Watch Co.
06:14 - Bertucci
07:17 - Boldr
08:25 - Victorinox
09:27 - Lorus / Alba
10:44 - Citizen
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The Boderry Voyager is also top notch and should be on everyone's list. Especially now since they swapped over to the Seiko NH35 movement.
and Sapphire Crystal
I have had one of those Lorus titanium watches for 15 years or so, I am a retired tech teacher so it got lots of abuse. They get nicer with age, the sharp edges and sandblast finish wear to a smooth dull polish but with no visible scratches, the get nicer with wear. They're so light you can hardly feel them and if you wear nice shirts they are slim enough to slip under the cuff without fraying them.
So far I have bought 4 of the buggers; a spare for me when I thought I had lost mine and two for the kids. If they put a solar movement in them they would be perfect.
Casio Lineage LCW-M100TSE-1AER (nice short name...) is my favorite Titanium watch. Looks professional, looks sporty. My go to watch!
Nice information
I have titanium Lorus, Phoibos and Zelos. In my opinion steel is better as is more durable, easier to work with so you get better finishing for the money and easier to repair damages. I'd rather have a stainless polished/brushed watch with the same metal characteristics in the core than a watch protected by thin coatings
Is there a smaller case size alternative to the Citizen BM8560 watch? Maybe 42mm is too large for my wrist…
An interesting video about Titanium watches. I have two of the Lorus Titanium field watches of both the beige coloured dial and a military green dial version the green version however is brushed Titanium. I also have the Lorus version of the Alba one you showed but that is stainless steel. I paid £60,99 each for the two Lorus Titanium watches but only £29.99 for the Lorus stainless steel watch. Great value for money watches which I wear often.
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Thanks mate, a hell of a lot of time goes into making one of these videos so I'm glad it's worth it!
Appreciate you watching and I appreciate your kind words 🙏
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That Lorus field watch always catches my eye whenever I see it. It looks sooo good for a cheap and simple watch.
Such a good watch mate. Super thin and ridiculously lightweight. You should try one out at some point!
@@TopTierTicker Maybe I will if I can get one for a mega cheap price!
I will continue my habitual shout out to Boccia for super affordable watches in a wide range of titanium offerings.
I hear you. Good designs. Too bad their movements are crap. Mine lasted a month. Was replaced under warranty. Lasted 2 months the second time. Didn't bother returning it further.
I think you should have included Boderry in your list. They have a diver and field watch in titanium that are both great watches for aroud $150 and $100 respectively. I have one of each and love them. Great video though. Loved your video on the bronze watches. It was great to see some love for Glycine. I have three and they are great watches. One is a bronze watch.
I just posted about Boderry as well. The Voyager knocks it out of the park.
I like that RZE GMT and the Citizen pilot looks good too. I'd probably go for the Lorus though because I like a bargain.....and I'm a tight arse! 😊
Great selection of watches here, thanks mate👍
Good picks there! I'm looking at picking up a Boldr very soon. I love the look of the flat cases! Thanks for watching mate 👍
Lorus also inherits the seconds hand missing the markers from Seiko too.
Notice the ads don't show the Citizen ticking. I own one, and the hands do not line up to the indices. I tried to have Citizen fix the problem, but they couldn't be bothered.
Great video
Thank you my friend! Good to have you on the channel!
I've got the alba AQPJ402, paid about £90 for it. It's a good beater / field watch option 👍. That boldr chrono though is really nice
Do you have the one with the fully Lumed dial? I might pick one up myself!
@@TopTierTicker I did consider the white lumed dial option, but opted for the black dial with white hands & numbers. Only the hands are lumed. If the numbers were lumed too, it would be next level, but for £90 it'd be pushing my luck.
It's got perfect dimensions for my twig wrist too...38mm diameter / 45mm lug to lug & only 10mm thick (18mm lug width).
Can you please do a Video with slighty more eypensive watches?
I have some titanium watches and I have to say, the SWC Bunker is top of the pops. I am on the waitlist for a Helm Vanuatu Titanium. Let’s see. :D 🎉🕐🍸🍸
i cant find the lorus watch anywhere, does anyone knows?
It's readily available here in England. It might be worth importing one if you cannot find it.
I believe that Lorus is British subsidiary of Seiko, so it might be super hard to find one elsewhere. Maybe try looking for the Alba?
The Citizen Challenge Diver is excellent.
Tons of good models from Citizen in Ti! That new challenge diver model is pretty cool.
I have to Bertuccis. They´re amazing for the price.
But can't put two-piece straps on them because of fixed springbars 😢
I prefer the Victorinox!! What a style!
Tough as they come! too big for me but I think they are definitely cool!
4:31 you should never use magnetic straps with mechanical watches unless its an anti-magnetic case. Learn from my mistakes. I did this and my seiko mm200 had to be de demagnetized after it started to run slow. That strap went right in the trash. 😂
More expensive watches have anti-magnetic features built in to them. I've also had this experience with a Seiko getting magnetised.
@@TopTierTickermost modern mechanical watches claim to be (and to some point are) anti-magnetic, including my mm200. The typical sellita or eta powered watch will definitely become magnetized. The magnetic field from a neodymium can magnetize those movements. I make a conscious decision to keep most of my mechanical timepieces away from magnets. Whether its my omega speedmaster sapphire sandwich or my inexpensive skx.
Lorus comes with a titanium case and bracelet as well at less than 100EUR
The bracelet on them are only folded links so they may have a war with your arm hair, beware!
Unbelievably comfortable on a nato strap though
The Islander has a 9039 hi best I believe
I find it hilarous how Victorinox makes extremely small pocket knives and then desides to make exstrimely big watches
Only the Citizen. Best of the best.
Indeed they are fantastic! The first titanium watch is a good accolade to hold!
No 'Ray Mears' then...
I hate that that Lorus doesn’t go for &40 anymore :(
I nearly got one for $30 on eBay but fell asleep right before I had to put in a bet
Yep! I picked my original one up for £20 from argos couple years back. Now they are like £70 brand new. And the older discontinued ones are super hard to find.
@@TopTierTicker sorry for saying so but you lucky bastard! That and bc Lorus is a UK subsidiary, shipping on eBay is (what I think to be) an exorbitant $35! Even the stainless steel full lume ones went for $40 originally but cost a ton now
So here’s the problem with titanium… If it doesn’t have a hardened coating on it, it’s scratches extremely easily, and looks like crap after a short period of time… That is, unless it’s grade 5 titanium, which is not found in budget or inexpensive watches.
Yeah, I try to mention the grade of titanium in the video, and if the watch has a hardness coating. But yeah, untreated, low grade titanium sucks for durability
Are titanium watches the kinds that won’t give u a rash or skin irritation?
Titanium does not tarnish, therefore does not react with the skin
@@TopTierTicker they don’t sell tantalum watches on Amazon, correct? I looked it up on Amazon, it doesn’t say about tantalum unless if I read it wrong.
@@TopTierTicker , titanium watches are not cheap, correct?
Tang buckle
No Boderry !
Why ?👎
Boderry wasn't a prominent player when this video was made. They've boomed in popularity since.
No dive bezel = no dive capability.
OMG horrible recommendations.
Feel free to share your affordable recommendations here then...
@ddebou002 Did you even watch the video?
No point in buying Seiko and citizen anymore.
one problem with swc. the optional ti bracelet is almost NEVER available.
Yeah I've noticed that it's rather scarce. It's good to see a fellow Walsh on my video! thanks for watching mate.