F.P. Journe

Jay (Eire)
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In your position, I think there is enough market data this weekend to support a honest discussion with the selling dealer of these two watches.

Good luck in your decision. And do please come back and post the watch when you acquire it.
There is no wrong choice here. As I said, buy the one you’ll wear the most.
Also, I thought to give you some insight to a similar decision I made several years ago.
I was looking to buy a CTS. I had slowly been captured by the watch, on first handling (the original Aluminum version) I wasn’t sold on the aesthetic but I was blown away by how it felt on the wrist and I was drawn to the movement.
Fast forward a few years and the titanium version was introduced.
I then had come to the point where I wanted to buy one. The watch’s aesthetic had grown on me.
At that point I had the choice between either the original aluminum or the titanium. I will add the prices were pretty much the same at that time. So this was a decision maybe somewhat like yours, as it was clear to me (and everyone collecting Journe at that time) that the aluminum CTS was “more collectible” but the titanium CTS was likely “more wearable” every day.
I spoke to several Journe collector friends at that time, just to ensure I was thinking about everything correctly.
My decision in the end was simple, I wanted this watch to be an every day watch. And so the decision was made to buy the titanium CTS.
I have not regretted this. And it’s been a watch I’ve worn quite a lot over the wears and it has been my most worn Journe by far.
Of course the right answer would have been to buy both; and some collectors did so.
(Oddly enough, after buying the watch and it being discontinued I found out that the titanium CTS on the bracelet is actually the most rare of any of Journe’s sport watches. The supposed numbers are 72 watches total, more than double that of the aluminum CTS were manufactured apparently. Despite this, I still believe the aluminum watch is more collectible for obvious reasons).