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Does anyone know what grade of titanium Breitling use for their cases and bracelets?

It seems a lot tougher than the titanium used on my Tissot T-Touch

I think the cheaper makes such as Seiko, Tissot etc use a titanium alloyed with a lot of aluminum, probably for ease of manufacture

Sorry if this has been asked many times before, but I have extensively use the search function to no avail

Very good question indeed..... and not one that's been asked on here before as far as I'm aware.

I'd be interested to know the answer to this as well as I find material technology really interesting (sadly! ).

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I think ive read that the higher grades are much more difficult to work with than the lower grades, so its not necessarily just the raw materials that cost more.

Jewellery grade Titanium is usually Commercially pure 1 or 2 so around 99% pure Titanium.


FYI Sandvik Avesta supply the stainless steel used in Breitlings!

The level of knowledge here never ceases to amaze me

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Found this out when I was REALLY into Engineering Design, engineering materials can be interesting

But commercially pure grade 1 and 2 titanium are typically softer than other titanium alloys such as Ti6Al4V, which is the most common of the titanium alloys, and as far as I know offers the highest tensile strength (at least it did 4-5 years ago). It is used extensively in airplanes and knives, which is where I learned about the stuff. I was under the impression that Ti6Al4V titanium which is grade 5 was the toughest stuff... ?

I'm actually semi-working on a section for my knife site that will have this information, but I haven't gotten that far yet, and probably won't be for a bit yet..

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Yer I know but comm 1 and 2 is easy on tooling etc etc

What's the URL of the knife site?

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Sandvik Avesta??? Swedish steel? That made my day...

Heja Sverige!

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This seems to be throwing up a few interesting facts and in the mean time I've been searching the net for the info, but found nothing relating to Breitling materials

The only watch specific titanium info I could find was relating to a Panerai Luminor, stating its made from Grade 5 Ti

Yer they showed a Breitling in their Stainless brochure!

They sure aren't going to use Corus

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Bry

Interst in materials technology, can calulate number of seconds in a year from the cuff.....Gee D8, bet you are the life of the party!!!
Just kidding big fella! I find your scope of knowledge and interest both envious and slightly disturbing!

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I use to hate material engineering at college

But as I actually grew up and got interested design engineering you start to realise, different materials do have their uses.


Tis amazing how Stainless steel in general conducts 1/3 as much as say your average carbon steel.


Did you know that Silk is most likely the first bullet proof vest material, effective against low-velocity bullets, those traveling at 400 feet per second or less.



Regs

Bry

Cheers Boney!

I also have a pretty big interest in beer and casinos as well, so that helps a bit if the materials technology and seconds calculations get a bit too much for folks!

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