Citizen Super Titanium Watches

The Citizen Super Titanium Collection

The use of Super Titanium makes these Citizen watches particularly robust timepieces. That's because Super Titanium is 5 times harder than steel and 40% lighter than steel. The Super Titanium gets these properties from the combination of very light titanium (TI) with ion plating (IP). This makes the surface of the Super Titanium watches from Citizen particularly scratch-resistant and at the same time the material is so light that the Super Titanium watches are very comfortable to wear. However, the Super Titanium are not only super hard, super light and super comfortable, but of course also nickel-free.

Citizen Super Titanium: The Perfect Combination of Strength and Lightness

What is the ideal material for a watch that comes into contact with the skin throughout the day? Super Titanium is CITIZEN's answer to this question. Super Titanium, a material that only CITIZEN can produce, is produced by treating solid titanium with the company's proprietary surface hardening technology, Duratect. Super Titanium retains all the positive properties of titanium, but offers a higher level of beauty, as well as a hardness and strength that is far superior to that of stainless steel. These properties make it an ideal material for the watch you wear every day.

Citizen's proprietary technology: Solid Titanium x surface hardening = SUPER TITANIUM

Super Titanium™ is produced by treating solid titanium, which is inherently soft and difficult to machine, using the Duratect surface hardening technique. This technique achieves five times the surface hardness of stainless steel, which protects your watch from scratches and keeps it looking like new for a long time. In addition, Super Titanium™ is about 40% lighter than stainless steel. This lightness makes the watch hardly noticeable on the wrist, which significantly increases the wearing comfort.

Titanium Watches - Gentle on the Skin

Super Titanium™ is anti-allergic and gentle on the skin. Due to the special surface hardening, the watch remains compatible even for people with sensitive skin, who normally have to avoid any kind of metal. Super Titanium™ is resistant to salt and fresh water, which means that the watches can be worn in any everyday situation, whether professional or private.

From processing to completion

The manufacturing process of Super Titanium™ involves several precise steps:

• Pressing: Titanium is pressed into a mold to create different parts. Precise temperature control prevents cold welding and allows for a variety of designs.
• Machine processing: Through experimental optimizations, CITIZEN has developed stable processing methods that ensure precise cuts and high-quality surfaces.
• Polishing: Experienced experts polish the titanium by hand to a shiny, mirror-smooth surface.
• Cleaning: Before surface coating, the titanium is thoroughly cleaned to ensure unmatched quality of curing.
• Surface hardening: Duratect adds extra hardness and beauty to the surface, matching the technical requirements of each model.

Super Titanium™ in space

Super Titanium™ from CITIZEN has made the leap into space after 50 years of continuous development. As part of the HAKUTO-R program of the Japanese start-up ispace, Super Titanium™ is being used for the development of a lunar module and a lunar rover. The lightness and strength of Super Titanium™ make it an ideal material for spacecraft that need to withstand the extreme conditions in space. This cooperation underlines the extraordinary quality and versatility of Super Titanium™.