# Fancy (titanium) pocket watch chains **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 26, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854 "2012-03-26T16:46:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/1 "2012-03-26T16:46:05Z")
So, I’m getting married. (I’m told the ladies have scheduled a mourning session for later that afternoon.) We’re doing the destination wedding gig and going super casual - I’m wearing a dark brown vested suit and she’s wearing a tea-length ivory dress. I’m also getting a titanium wedding band, since a lot of metals cause irritation issues (and, hey, $20 wedding band). The aforementioned irritation also lead me to wear a pocket watch instead of a wristwatch. The girl has bemoaned that she can’t buy me a fancy pocket watch for the wedding because I already have several watches. It occurred to me that a double albert watch chain for the vested suit that matches my wedding band might be a good thing to desire out loud. Before I send her off on a wild goose chase, I looked around and couldn’t find any of the fancy watch chains being produced in titanium. Anyone know anything? Thanks in advance! ---
**Author:** ![Hermitian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hermitian/32/470_2.png) [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/2 "2012-03-26T18:25:32Z")
I’m confused. Why can’t you wear a titanium wrist watch? Titanium wrist watches are going to be [much easier to find](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dwatches&field-keywords=titanium). ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/3 "2012-03-26T18:33:46Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I’m confused. Why can’t you wear a titanium wrist watch? Titanium wrist watches are going to be [much easier to find](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dwatches&field-keywords=titanium). Because a wristwatch would look silly hanging from a chain. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/4 "2012-03-26T18:36:17Z")
Because a pocket watch probably will match his monocle better than a wristwatch. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/5 "2012-03-26T18:44:24Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Because a pocket watch probably will match his monocle better than a wristwatch. Well, that does simplify matters just a bit. Just contact the company that makes your titanium monocle chain and commission a matching watch chain to be made. Problem solved! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/6 "2012-03-26T18:56:32Z")
Also, congratulations on the marriage! ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/7 "2012-03-26T20:30:44Z")
> [@Hermitian](#): > > I’m confused. Why can’t you wear a titanium wrist watch? Titanium wrist watches are going to be [much easier to find](http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dwatches&field-keywords=titanium). That’s true, and it’s an option. The main reason I’m asking is because she’s been giving me a bit of a hard time on how hard I am to buy gifts for and has mentioned wanting to get me a watch a couple of times, except that I already have a couple, and grumble what a bad guy I am. 😉 So if there was a way for me to help her maintain her original idea that she just didn’t know about, I’d like to plant the bug in her ear. (Plus, it would match my wedding band and I’m told that girls find such things adorable, mainly by her.) Also, wristwatches are for suckers (and it’s usually the button on the stem that gives me the most trouble so since those are stock parts it’s sometimes a crapshoot whether the all-titanium watch is actually all-titanium). > [@Covered\_In\_Bees!](#): > > Because a pocket watch probably will match his monocle better than a wristwatch. I’m strictly [single use, unlubricated](http://www.yeahbutisitart.com/post/11607304500/the-gentlemans-single-use-unlubricated-monocle) in the monocle department. But if such things aren’t readily available, it’s no big deal. I’ll wonder aloud about the availability of something else soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/8 "2012-03-26T21:01:22Z")
During a quick search I found plenty of titanium pocket watches but they usually came with a steel chain. Is that an acceptable compromise? ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/9 "2012-03-26T22:45:12Z")
I’d happily take a look at them. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/10 "2012-03-26T23:39:22Z")
**[Here](http://www.thingsremembered.com/product/Wedding/Groom/Designer-Mens-Gifts/Stainless-SteelTitanium-Pocket-Watch/pc/2114/c/2825/sc/2627/158175.uts)** is a titanium watch with steel chain that looks very classy and awesome, just like a pocket watch should. You can even get the front engraved. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/11 "2012-03-27T01:11:44Z")
Metal wrist-straps make mincemeat of shirt cuffs. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/12 "2012-03-27T11:37:53Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > **[Here](http://www.thingsremembered.com/product/Wedding/Groom/Designer-Mens-Gifts/Stainless-SteelTitanium-Pocket-Watch/pc/2114/c/2825/sc/2627/158175.uts)** is a titanium watch with steel chain that looks very classy and awesome, just like a pocket watch should. You can even get the front engraved. The front of the watch contains titanium, but the chain does not. ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/13 "2012-03-28T00:14:43Z")
Yeah I said that, titanium watch, steel chain. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/14 "2012-03-28T00:36:20Z")
Ask a jeweler. I 'll bet any decent jeweler can make you a nifty titanium chain. ---
**Author:** ![si\_blakely](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@si\_blakely](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/si_blakely)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/15 "2012-03-28T07:57:05Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > The girl has bemoaned that she can’t buy me a fancy pocket watch for the wedding because I already have several watches. It occurred to me that a double albert watch chain for the vested suit that matches my wedding band might be a good thing to desire out loud. Before I send her off on a wild goose chase, I looked around and couldn’t find any of the fancy watch chains being produced in titanium. You do realise that the Titianium pocket watch chain is going to cost your fiancee her hair, and those combs you buy for her with the proceeds of the pawned pocket watch are going to be useless for a while… [O. Henry, The Gift Of The Magi](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gift_of_the_Magi) Good luck on the wedding. Si ---
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/16 "2012-03-28T12:03:10Z")
It’s cool. She needs a haircut anyway. I’m actually getting her a soap dish from Mr. Hooper’s Store for her rubber duckie, though. ---
**Author:** ![Lare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/53a042/32.png) [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/17 "2012-03-28T19:12:30Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > I’m actually getting her a soap dish from Mr. Hooper’s Store for her rubber duckie, though. And they say romance is dead. 🙂 Seriously, congratulations to you both. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/18 "2012-03-29T14:18:43Z")
> [@Ace309](#): > > It’s cool. She needs a haircut anyway. I’m actually getting her a soap dish from Mr. Hooper’s Store for her rubber duckie, though. Awww I wish you weren’t getting married, I’d hit on you hardcore right now. But congrats anyway 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fancy-titanium-pocket-watch-chains/616854/19 "2012-03-29T15:14:29Z")
Titanium wedding band? Bah. Real men wear tungsten carbide.