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Just recently picked up a great CA M-1, blue dial. It came on a blue dive pro, and I believe the buckle is titanium! I removed it and compared it to a SS one, and it is significantly lighter. I have never seen or heard of this before. This awesome, as I put my other CA on a dive pro and now this is a perfect match!

-Don

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Never seen that before. You sure its not just brushed steel? I guess weighing it is the only way to find out.

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-RJ

Hey Don,

Nice find and pick up on that Ti Buckle!! Perfect match to the M1 Love to see more shots of that piece when you can.

Talk soon man!!

Don

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Nice find!

I've never been sure about the one on the left Ti or SS?

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Al

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I have both of these buckles. The polished one in clearly stainless steel but I wasn't sure about the brushed, even though it came with my Ti Aerospace. I thought it might just be brushed steel as I have a brushed tang buckle that looks similar and the deployant isn't stamped Ti or Titanium, even though the steel one is stamped steel. But, as a magnet won't stick to it, I have to figure it's titanium.

LL

Stupid of me not to think of magnets.

Thanks LL

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Al

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I think you'll find that magnets won't stick to stainless steel either (yes I know it has iron in it, but from memory the stainless treatment eliminates magnetism). Weight would bethe obvious test.

I cook, so my kitchen scales do not reg that low.

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Al

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Correct. 316 SS is not magnetic.

Only way to really tell, as RJ said, would be weight )more specifically density)

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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” - Albert Einstein

Correct. 316 SS is not magnetic.

Only way to really tell, as RJ said, would be weight )more specifically density)

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“The only reason for time is so that everything doesn't happen at once.” - Albert Einstein

You could also use a multimeter. Different metals have different resistances.

Didn't know that. I guess that explains the lack of magnets on my kitchen refrigerator!

LL

Resurrecting this topic/post out of interest and curiosity....

so was it Titanium?

Titanium itself is an element. But titanium alloy is as it says an alloy developed for the aerospace industry and used for it's high strength and light weight. The two most useful properties of the metal form are corrosion resistance and the highest strength-to-weight ratio of any metal.
It's not much heavier than aluminium. I would have thought you should be able to feel the weight difference just by hand. We use a lot of it at work. Not sure what grade Breitling use though?

Grade 2