Great watch if you're careful with it
First the good news: this is a superbly designed watch. The advanced features (e.g. chronograph world time zone settings alarms) are easy to use and understand. Due to the Eco-drive system the battery lasts practically forever and it keeps accurate time. The titanium version is much lighter than the stainless and it really is waterproof. If you are a pilot the slide bezel works great for calculating fuel consumption speed etc. The safety clasp fastens securely and is easy to use.
Now the bad news: it's shockingly fragile. Granted I'm fairly hard on watches so the fact that the crystal got all scratched up was sort of a given. That happens to me all the time. What I didn't expect however is that the titanium case and band was abraded just as easily. Unlike a stainless band it's very obvious when the titanium one is scratched; the damage clearly shows up as bright silver lines on the matte titanium finish.
If I had this to do all over again I'd get the stainless version and live with the extra weight. In fact when this one dies (or I just get tired of looking at all the surface blemishes) I will buy the stainless one. It's a little cheaper too.
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