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Omega Planet Ocean GMT vs Titanium Model - Weight Comparison & Comfort Discussion

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I have a 43.5 PO GMT. It is a favorite, but lately the weight has been causing me issues with my wrist. At 220gm (or thereabouts) on a bracelet it's my heaviest piece. It's a little easier on deployant rubber, but I'm contemplating selling it for a second hand Titanium version on bracelet. I don't have this issue with my Speedy or AT on bracelet so it's probably a weight issue.

I'd contemplate a new Ti 300M, but I'm not a fan of the split hands. Feel free to convince me or suggest Omega alternatives.

Before I proceed, it occurred to me to ask the brains trust here - can anyone advise me on this course of action?

If you have (or had) the Ti PO, what was your experience? After some 30 odd years of watches, this would be my first Titanium watch.

All suggestions appreciated
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I have a 43.5 PO GMT. It is a favorite, but lately the weight has been causing me issues with my wrist.

The Oreo? Get the OEM leather deployant, drops the weight by almost 50% (same at the Ti PO on bracelet), or on the NATO > 50%
 
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I enjoy wearing it in wet areas and am worried that a leather strap would get damaged. I have it on a rubber deployant presently, but prefer the bracelet.

I think it feels a bit lopsided without a bracelet to act as counterweight. The bracelet is around 100g on its own.

It's not the Oreo by the way....
 
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Don’t own that version of planet ocean so can’t comment on that. However I will say that I love titanium as a metal. Some people dislike it as it makes a watch feel “plastic like” but personally I regard it as a premium metal over stainless steel.

My Planet Ocean LM LE has largely sat in the watch box since I bought my Seamaster Titanium Chronograph 2298.80 over a year ago. It’s an extremely comfortable watch metal and consequently I have acquired a mini collection of titanium Omegas including the X-33s (1st and 3rd gen) which all get more wrist time than any stainless steel watches I own.
 
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The ceramic models wears even lighter than Titanium ones.
 
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I enjoy wearing it in wet areas and am worried that a leather strap would get damaged. I have it on a rubber deployant presently, but prefer the bracelet.

I think it feels a bit lopsided without a bracelet to act as counterweight. The bracelet is around 100g on its own.

It's not the Oreo by the way....
huh, what's the reference? I'm not familiar with the older ones
 
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Just an update while I wait for the OB to complete the service on my PO ahead of a sale. I thought I'd better try a titanium watch, and picked up a lightly used Pelagos in a trade.

It's a poor comparison I know (and not really that light), but it has taught me one thing - a light(er) watch is no guarantee of comfort.

Giving me pause for thought
 
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Just an update while I wait for the OB to complete the service on my PO ahead of a sale. I thought I'd better try a titanium watch, and picked up a lightly used Pelagos in a trade.

It's a poor comparison I know (and not really that light), but it has taught me one thing - a light(er) watch is no guarantee of comfort.

Giving me pause for thought
You might consider looking for / addressing whatever the physiological core cause of the discomfort is, if possible, as the watch may just be the symptom.

My PO is 3x+ the weight of my ceramic speedy on leather (with ceramic/Ti clasp even!) and I have no issues swapping between them, and my wrist is rather small (6.5").

Just today I put on the PO after having daily'd the ceramic speedy for 2 months and I didn't even notice the weight until I read your post, so maybe there's something else going on?
 
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Quite possibly. Something I need to raise with my healthcare people.

I tend to wear my watches loose, so having them bang about a bit doesn't help I suspect. Time to try something new perhaps?
 
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From online pictures here and elsewhere it appears that most people wear their watch on the wrong side of their wrist bone protrusions (radial and ulnar styloid), too close to the hand. Watches with metal bands, and in particular above 130 - 150 gram you need to wear on the forearm side of those bones.
Otherwise they can lock or at least restrict movement of your wrist, in addition to the crown digging uncomfortably into the back of your hand.
 
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