Are people hesitant with titanium watches?

Some people get a skin reaction to titanium. Does the steel version have the same dial and hands?

Titanium is softer so is scratch prone, and is often hardness coated and/or has that bead blasted finish. Personal preference I guess.

Apart from changing steel to titanium the only thing they changed are the hands, which I like better than the previous version.

Check out their Biarritz diver, same colours , kind of, prob cheaper and SS

Thanks, doesn't speak to me as much for some reason.

I just don't like the finish on titanium watches. I prefer highly polished SS.

I suspect the reason there are still watches left is the price. It's a $2K USD chronograph in "different" colours, by a microbrand.

They'll sell, but for most people a $2K watch isn't an impulse buy.

It's a harder material than steel and is popular with people who react to steel. It's lighter but much harder to work and more expensive. Price is usually why people prefer steel. 🤷

I guess that's true, at least not an impulse buy for me 😄

Absolutely HATE titanium watches! Really dislike the feeling, the lack of weight. Just feels cheap and nasty and the finish is usually "tooly".

Love titanium on my bike, perfect for many applications,just not my cup of tea on my wrist.

Plus wild colours, microbrand and expensive - very much limiting their potential customer base.

@palicar isn’t titanium supposed to be hypoallergenic?

Personally, I really like titanium. I only have 1 titanium watch, an affordable Lorus Field Watch. It is definitely not premium feeling but it wears wonderfully and it just disappears on wrist.

I think the reason this one hasn’t gone very fast is more the colors and the price rather than the titanium. It’s a bit loud and some people like that. But for 2k which is quite a bit of change, non-watch enthusiasts would likely go for something safer, something they can wear most of the time.

Not sure, but these are super fun colors with a very good brand. I have 2 Ti watches and wish I had all of them in Ti. Grade 2 looks moody and darker than steel, really saves weight, especially on something larger like a chronograph, and is easy to buff out minor scratches with on your own.

If you like these, do it. There is no “better value” or “best chronograph”, only what’s best.. for YOU. I believe @Edge168n has, or had, the Carnegie blue dial Farer Chrono. You could always DM him about the brand or wearability if needed.

In my opinion, Farer watches look much better in person. In photos, especially with the colors they choose, it might make a potential purchaser pause. But in person, I was really impressed. They are finished really well. I personally don't love their design aesthetic and haven't found a watch in their collection I felt compelled to buy, but they are very high quality for the price when you see them in the metal. I agree that the cost, material, color and lack of brand equity could be holding some people back.

Nope, I love a Titanium watch I particularly like the grey colour it offers.

I love titanium because I know first-hand how much more complicated it is to work with. You grind it fast, and you can start a fire and ruin your tools. Lol It's a nightmare to machine.

I have 1 Titanium watch, a Citizen.

The finish is very good and don't have any issues with it. I use it as any other watch in "a sort of" rotation.

It's lighter but not super light as if it was plastic.

I'd say you're good with it, just avoid mountain biking or working on the farm, as with any other expensive watch.

BTW, sometimes I use it for regular work on our little farm, but if things go overboard, I'll put it in the pocket or the truck.

The lightness is a sort of selling point but I think a lot of people appreciate a certain heft to their watches at this price point. It's a bit like preferring solid to hollow links or a milled clasp to stamped. Heft = quality.

What are you trying to indicate with this link?

At least from my research standard Ti is easier to scuff up and show up vs. 316 SS. Now as others have said, I’m sure this depends on the grade of Ti.

Only have one titanium watch on the higher end side. It is the most comfortable watch in the collection, but probably more due to bracelet design. Retains body heat better.

I love Farer, my favorite micro, though I don’t own any micros. I’d love the titanium but right now the price is an obstacle. I’m sure it’s worth ever penny and if I wasn’t trying to downsize then I’d seriously consider it.

Titanium is typically hypoallergenic.

Not hesitant at all. As long as you realise that Titanium doesn't mean scratch or ding resistant. Unless, you buy a grade 5 Titanium watch. Very expensive I believe because of how hard grade 5 is to work with. Most Titanium watches are grade 1 or 2 I think. I like them for the lightness.

It is a personal preference thing. I have a full titanium watch and it is super comfortable. The downside is my grade 2 bracelet gets scratched all over. Also, titanium is generally dull and grayish so it doesn't give off this luxury feeling. Most often associate the weight, polished edges, and color of the watch with premium/ luxury. Titanium is very light and dull so therefore it feels cheap.

As I said, it is a personal preference thing.

Titanium is always advertised as hypoallergenic so that’s interesting

I guess some people like to feel the weight of a watch on their wrists. Sometimes when I wear one of my titanium watches, I even forget that I have a watch on because of its feather-like weight. If you like it, just go for it. I can tell you that you will either enjoy it or hate it at first wear.

I wouldn't jump to, "Do people not like titanium?" as your opening gambit. I would suggest that, as a small, and relatively new microbrand, Farer probably don't sell LOADS of watches to begin with. So not selling out of 150 of these, especially when the colourway is pretty polarising, doesn't seem that unusual to me. So again, I wouldn't consider titanium being an issue at all here. I think this is a microbrand, selling a micro number of watches.

Some people perceive lightweight as cheap I suppose, it’s psychological.

I don't think it's the titanium that keeps the sales slow. It's a bold color and look. The market for a purely white watch is already small. And this is one of the more expensive ones on top of that. It's a fair price for an automatic chronograph, but a harder sell at $2000 for a very funky, playful watch. You're competing with cheap corful G-Shocks, cheap Zodiac divers, and even the Swatch collabs for something that is not going to be worn everyday.

I considered it myself, but ended up with a little more versatile but extremely limited edition instead. I think the limited edition has much broader appeal, and Farer would have done better to switch the two models around. But taking risks like this is also how they've gotten where they are, so what do I know.