Exactly fifty years ago, in the golden age of the Apollo missions, Japanese brand Citizen introduced a new material into watchmaking that had hitherto been used mainly in space exploration: titanium.

There is the minor complication that Citizen has hundreds of watches to ... but with a fumé dial and imposing DLC-coated Super Titanium build, it’ll more likely go with them to the office.

Citizen embarked on the research and development of titanium as a material for watches in the 1960s. In 1970, the brand unveiled the world’s first titanium watch: the X-8 Chronometer. itizen embarked ...

All three of their cases and bands are made out of Super Titanium, which Citizen is supplying to ispace as a component of the landing legs for its upcoming Mission 2, which is scheduled for launch ...