Circuit board camouflage design,
featuring a super-hard titanium alloy!
External components are made with TranTixxii®, a new titanium alloy that offers intense hardness, to realise a beautiful mirror finish on a titanium surface. An original camouflage pattern abstracted from the circuitry of the no. 3459 module of the GMW-B5000 is rendered in black IP and laser engraving.
A camouflage design incorporating patterns from the actual circuitry of the module decorates the bezel and band. Laser engraving applied both prior and subsequent to the black IP creates impressions of shading to achieve a sense of depth in the pattern. Meticulous attention to detail has gone into the watch design, with laser engraving extending to the sides of the bezel, the buckle, and more.
External components are made with the TranTixxii® titanium alloy developed by Nippon Steel Corporation. While retaining titanium’s lightweight and rust-resistant properties, it delivers roughly twice the surface hardness of conventional titanium. Although it has typically been difficult to apply mirror finishes to titanium, this material makes it possible to produce polished surfaces with a high degree of smoothness, down to the most challenging spots in the watch’s complex form.
