iceheller 1945 ✌️
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New or exotic material is good.
But the watch companies should not go too far to use it as selling point and charge a premium unless they make it a generic feature on all their watches. I guess high end watch companies also want to max profit by replacing precious metals with titanium alloy that are cheaper.
Titanium
Specific gravity (SG) of 4.5, the metal is light and strong. Why am I seeing the metal used for the construction of rotors in automatic watches where high SG metal (gold pt, etc) is the desirable option at the high-end? Clive
Moment of inertia vs mass
I don't know which watch in particular you are talking about but most titanium rotors are paired with a heavier pm or tungsten outer mass on the rotor so it's really about maximizing moi and maybe saving a little $ by using less pm. It's the same principl...
New or exotic material is good.
But the watch companies should not go too far to use it as selling point and charge a premium unless they make it a generic feature on all their watches. I guess high end watch companies also want to max profit by replacing precious metals with titanium a...
