Titanium has been used to build aircraft, battleships and it’s even in the International Space Station but did you know that it can also be used to make great looking watches? It makes perfect sense to use the world’s hardest known element to build precision timepieces. Titanium is strong, lightweight, hypoallergenic and it doesn’t tarnish. And that’s why fine watchmakers everywhere are getting excited about Titanium watches.

Named after the Titans of Greek mythology, Titanium was first discovered in 1791 by a clergyman named William Gregor. Pure Titanium has never been found and must be extracted from other metals. Isolating Titanium was an expensive and labor intensive process until 1946 when William Justin Kroll invented a new, more efficient way to extract Titanium. The process would become known as the Kroll process and it’s the reason why Titanium is much more readily available.

Titanium has many desirable properties that have made it the metal of choice in many different industries. Watch makers like working with the metal because it’s so durable, yet so light weight.