Crystallized titanium
Crystallized titanium dials with unique patterns and bold, anodized colours.
Crystallized Titanium: A Material with a Hidden Story
Crystallized titanium is a modern material, but it shares more with meteorite stone than one might expect. Both metals go through slow, precise changes in structure. Both develop visible patterns as a result of how atoms settle during cooling. And both carry a unique surface that reveals the history of how they were formed.
Meteorite and crystallized titanium differ in age and origin - one comes from space, the other from a lab. But the result is visually similar. The surface of each is shaped by heat, time, and transformation. What might seem like a decorative pattern is actually the result of how the material cooled and changed. Both materials form visible structures over time - one in a lab, the other in space.
How the Crystals Are Formed
Pure titanium is heated to 1200°C and slowly cooled under pressure, letting atoms form visible crystals, which are then revealed by acid etching - no two pieces are alike.
Colour Through Oxide Layers
The dial’s color is created by anodizing, forming an oxide layer that refracts light; crystal texture and color shift with the light, making each dial unique.
A Shared Principle: Titanium and Meteorite
Both crystallized titanium and meteorite patterns are formed by slow cooling and acid etching, revealing internal crystal structures shaped by time and temperature.
Unique
patterns
The true appeal of crystallized titanium dials is their unique, shifting crystal pattern. Unlike meteorite, which forms over millions of years, crystallized titanium achieves this natural complexity in just days - a man-made meteorite stone of sorts.
