Dennis, it’s anything but boring (And I don’t say this as a Ti owner). You should visit the titanium thread, The black titanium actually can change shades of black depending on the lighting if you’re outside with natural sunlight or more ambient lighting if you’re indoors, it’s really unique. I’m telling you this, probably because you don’t have much experience with the black titanium given what you’re seeing based off one or two photos in this thread.
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Graphite Steel vs Space Black Titanium
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Dennis, it’s anything but boring (And I don’t say this as a Ti owner). You should visit the titanium thread, The black titanium actually can change shades of black depending on the lighting if you’re outside with natural sunlight or more ambient lighting if you’re indoors, it’s really unique. I’m telling you this, probably because you don’t have much experience with the black titanium given what you’re seeing based off one or two photos in this thread.
From just those pics with the Milanese loop definitely the graphite. The whole thing just looks so good.
the space black Titanium in real life looks completely boring.
unless weight is a real issue I’d stick with the SS
It’s boring imo. I speak as i had the S5 black titanium and went through a few weeks with it before i swapped it for the basic titanium which I simply loved.
As for changing colours with different lightening, I think from the videos and pictures I’ve seen the graphite does that more than any watch.
I mean we have videos of it where it looks gold, and then some where it looks like regular SS and some where it is as dark as the older space black.
it’s simply a beautiful watch
when I returned the S4 SB titanium last year the apple store staff said she was seeing a lot of swapping for the basic Ti
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It has do to only with taste ....
“S4 SB titanium last year the apple store staff said she was seeing a lot of swapping for the basic Ti“
Apple Staff is talking „with“ you to make a good sense for your choice....
“S4 SB titanium last year the apple store staff said she was seeing a lot of swapping for the basic Ti“
Apple Staff is talking „with“ you to make a good sense for your choice....
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She didn’t have to do any talking with me. mate. I wasnt there asking her opinion I had already made up my mind. She was just commenting she had seem a lot of swaps come from the black
This is so backwards it's making my head spin. You keep saying the graphite will scratch badly...it has a DLC coating! Diamond Like Carbon is an extremely hard and durable coating, just look at the space black SS models from prior years and see how pristine they look now. It's the same coating, just a different colour.
In 6 months from now the natural Ti watches are going to look like garbage in comparison to the graphite SS. You should do some research before you go around telling people your opinions.
Yeah, the DLC is always going to be the most scratch proof. That being said, I disagree about the bare titanium looking bad over time, and I’m returning my Graphite Watch. Gradual wear in a bare metal watch looks cool, whereas this shiny Graphite finish looks too much like a fashion watch finish, to me.
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Yeah, I don’t understand why Apple has two watches that look alike.
While there are some things in life which I enjoy seeing in matte finish, Apple Watches aren't one of them. I think they look lesser with just about every band extent, and, as has been pointed out it looks way too close to the aluminum finish. Add in the fact that Ti scratches and it's a hard pass for me.
Hello. One year with my SBTi S5, I am a fairly active person, i have use this watch for almost every activity there is, As of today, not even a hairline scratch on mine.
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Good for you! Don't forget to check out the photo of the banged up Ti a few comments prior, not to mention the photos all over the forums of similar results.
I honestly can't see it. They look identical to me, no matter how many times I look at the photos side by side. I know from reviews that they are, in fact, different, but I absolutely cannot see it in the product pictures on apple.com.
SBTi has a DLC finish, which contributes significantly to it's scratch resistance.
The complaints appear to be more common with "plain" Ti which, like "plain" SS, does not have any protective coating.
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Layer these photos on any editing software, or even your browser, and jump between each of them. The color is the exact same. But I think in person it's different - people have already posted comparison pics.Series 6: Graphite SS
Series 6: Space Black SS (Hermes only)
Series 5: Space Black SS
I don't see any difference between Space Black (S6) and Graphite (S6) and not much difference between S5 and S6 colors either, just save the money and go for the graphite
Yeah I think most agree Apple did a terrible job showing it off on their website. It looks much different in person.
You mean the pic of the watch the guy dropped five feet onto concrete?
Not sure that's really a representative scenario.
And granite countertop, fwiw:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/titanium-aw5-thread.2197528/page-59?post=28143109#post-28143109