Steinhart Ocean 1 Steel vs Titanium 500 Comparison Watch Review 

Steinhart, please make a stainless version of your Steinhart Ocean 500 and please make an improvement on your bracelet clasp to compliment the quality and beauty of your bracelet, I will wait for it. This Ocean 500 is the start of your own identity in the watch world design, congratulations!!!

No offense, but the Ti 500 is by far a better looking watch. All the "homage" thing about the Subs from Rolex are getting a bit long in the tooth. The Ti 500 is a "unique" watch, it's Steinhart's "design", yeah, with cues taken from the Subs maybe, but if we are going down those lines, nearly all watches are copies of other watches somewhere down the line.

Steinhart! Please make a stainless steel Version of the ocean one 500. You have hundreds of customers ready for the preorders.

That's a thought... a 500 in stainless,.. I would be very interested!

stainless is much better looking

Very good job on the review. I was very close to taking the plunge but finally realized what has been holding me back. The matte finish of the watch appeals to me greatly. The glossy bezel is the show stopper for me. If they could do a bezel in the fashion that Omega did for the Gen 3 X-33 (which is to say it is not glossy at all), I would be all over this. Thanks again for the great review.

Great value for money. All watch companies copy each other . Rolex copied Seiko at one point. SO WHAT!

the scratch marks on the satin titanium finish are an absolute turn down. would buy the new 500 face in a blink in a ss setup .. do you have long therm experience with the titanium regarding scratches?

I want the 500 in stainless steel. That would be a hell of a watch.

Good you show us the different colour and appearance of steel and titanium.

Both are equally good and I ended up buying both of them. The Plus side for the Titanium is that this watch is very accurate. Accuracy is about 10 seconds a month.Downside is the titanium scratch easily .

Titanium 500 by a mile. The fully lumed ceramic bezel and the SUPER BRIGHT loom (even competes with my tritium TWTEC) can view it all night, so unless your going caving this is an amazing watch bang4buck its unbeatable! The A10 is better than 2824's (any grade) too. On par with the 283x models, factory regulated to

I would love to see a comparison of the steinhart titanium and the christopherward titanium tridents when they are released

Nice review, newer ocean 1 titanium have a top grade Eta movement. It looks much darker on your video than anywhere else I've seen.

very informative, thank you

Absolutely true. I love my Steinhart timepieces and they aren't as costly as my Fortis or Oris timepieces. I do wear my Steinharts more; I own the OVM and the GMT.

Great review, thanks^^

I'm partial to a distressed leather strap on sub-type dive watches, so the bracelet on the Ti doesn't bother me at all. Plus it's got a perfect amount of originality while keeping that classic aesthetic.

Great review.. I've just ordered the Titanium 500, now with the ETA 2892-A2 movement. €521 ($aud823) delivered to Australia.

Nice Review

Wow, the titanium looks really dark in this video. Much darker than a titanium Tempest commodore i had for a bit. Is it really that dark in-person?

Great comparison. Can you please clarify if Ocean 1 used in this video has an optional ceramic bezel or not? Many thanks

Hi! Can you please give us a link there where we can find this Steinhart Ocean 1 watch for that price? Your vides are great by the way. Much better than many others.

Titanium isn't really stronger than steel, just less dense thus lighter, and has better corrosion resistance. That said, I personally prefer the features of the new model but am not wild about the Ti color. Now maybe with a black PVD finish ...

I already have a Squale 1545 20 atmos classic so I have little interest in the Steinhart ss model. But that titanium 500 is different and beautiful. I hope they stay in production for a while because I can picture myself buying one.

The Ocean One is also available with a ceramic bezel :)

In looking at both watches (and the Ocean 39GMT, which has the same wide sword hands, I think (to me), that the wide hands draw too much attention to the hands, and not the watch. I am wondering whether Steinhart would put Mercedes hands (or equivalent) thinner hands on the Ocean GMT. Just me, but still beautiful watches.

Does the bracelet on the steel Ocean 1 taper?

There's a uneven titanium finish between the case and bracelet.. I'd change the bracelet and put on the steel bracelet and it looks awesome it blends in well

love them both

Does the bracelet of the Ocean One rattle a lot? Because the more luxurious watches never rattle, and rattling of the bracelet make the watch feel way cheaper in my opinion. Thanks!

The big thing a titanium watch has going for it is comfort. In the summer it don't hear up as a stainless, and so in the winter you don't get that Cold steel feeling against your skin. It's really the only reason why I would buy it, but this finish is going to wear off so fast.

Recently bought a ocean one TI, mine has the ETA 2892-A2, watch is short about 10 seconds in a month. Love the bracelet, clasp could be better, If tis watch had the same, or similar hands and face as the the Ocean one 39 ... This watch would be a 10 out of 10. I have spent a lot of time with a few Rolex watches, Tags, IWC even a Patek, im not comparing this watch to a Rolex or Patek, But ... I honestly cannot believe the quality of the TI one for the money, completely blown away. Tags are shit compared to what this Ocean one TI is.

Bring that Ti 500 out in 39mm and im in.

I have a Ocean 1 Green and I love it but I would also like to have a 500 but in Steel!!

The Titanium 500 is nice, but the satin finish would show all the tiny scratches in a very visible manner. Would have been nice to offer the same watch with a brushed finish like the Ocean 1.

cant you make this watch review: Steinhart TRITON 30ATM pls,Thanks

It's amazing how much the price of Titanium has come down since this video. Not only that but a lot of watches are now made with Gr 5 Titanium which looks very close to stainless steel. Back when this video was made Titanium was very dull and dark grey.

where did you get if from for under 300? Its 315£ in uk. Thx

A stellar value. If it said Tudor on the dial it would be $3K. Same movement and materials.

This watch looks fantastic

What is your wrist size?

I didn't realize Steinharts used to be that much cheaper back in 2016.

The blue dial elements in the Titanium 500 are showstoppers for me. Maybe in green?

I prefer the steel

Where do I buy this?? Do they ship in the U.S?

As you sayed !! You hear this Steinhart ??! Do a SS version for Ti500 !!

Suggestion - try keeping your left hand out of the video - you are waving, shaking and making finger gestures a lot - which disturbs watching . Apart from that, very interesting comparison, thanks.

I like that it's so dark

316 is best for watches if you have allergies / 904l has extra copper and chromium which can irritate the skin . All rolexs were 316 untill the 80s . But divers complained the backs of the watches were impossible to remove for servicing ( if you were a submariner ) nothing to do with pressure more the chlorine scrubbers that filtered the air .sealed the backs to the watches . Hence 904l copper and a higher chromium helped with chlorine oxidation . To say its harder than 316 is a misconception theyre very similar in rockwell hardness but 904l is harder to produce hence 3 times the price with copper and 3 times more chromium than 316 .is purely for acidity resistance . Although some people do have a reaction to allergies than 316 .which has a higher stress rating less succeptable to bending when they state 904l has a higher tollerance to acid than 316 , thats not a bad point for 316 , as your hand would disolve before the 316 would even be minorly affected ..

Both... get both ;)

The 500 looks MUCH better.... imo

Should've turned the lights off to show the difference in luminescence!

nice

is this titanium easy to have scratch?

whats your wrist size, man?

3:53 "Because it's titanium, ultimately it is stronger than the steel." This is actually false. Titanium is not stronger than steel. This is confusing for most because titanium has a greater strength to weight ratio. For the titanium watch to be as "strong" as the steel one it would need to be made much larger in every dimension (think at least double the size). To put it simply, "Titanium is just glorified aluminum."

I own the titanium but in the video it looks soooo much darker than in person

Steinhart please leave the magnifying window on the date for the Batman and leave the date at 3’oclock

I just can't understand how people complain about steinhart "copying" Rolex while Tudor make it too! And while steinhart seels for 380€ Tudr sells for 3500€.

theyre basically saying, he's rolex's one, it's crap. he's a better one we designed ourselves

IMO the stainless steel Steinhart looks vastly better than the titanium version - and will look even more so over time as the titanium will be an absolute stratch magnet. At this price-point I think the stainless steel watch is no-brainer. For this type of watch, to get a decent finish on the case and bracelet in titanium you're really looking at a Grand Seiko diver or the Tudor Pelagus - but of course they're 10x the cost of the Steinhart. At this level the titanium looks like junk.

when it comes to aesthetics the steel looks better in my opinion but I love the titanium material.....I think I'll take the titanium since it doesn't remind me of Rolex.

Im sorry but since when is titanium "stronger" than steel? Cuz thats not true at all

i take titanium anytime, just because the work involved to make extract and mold cut and polish a block of titanium, and at night titanium had a very particular satin shine glow only particular and noticed in titanium metal of gods,the ones who knows , know you are wearing a titanium watch, stainless steel watches are anywere, titanium watches are very hard to find and cost more. plus if you wear a gold ring or leather bracelet it blends beautiful, no clash.

Unfortunately the Titanium on this watch is not high grade and looks quite unappealing imo.

I tried them a lot of problem on quality control! Most of the bracelet do not line-up with lug hole so if u change the bracelet ! Good luck if u want to put it back happen to me on two watches! Dust under the class just not worth the money!!!!!! Put a pit more and buy your self a c60 Christopher ward I did and it worth evreay dollar

Titanium 5 is lighter but absolutely more prone to scratches and scuff than stainless steel. Only treated titanium is more resistant. That one is not treated .

500 in steel would be a steal for me.

With a nato

Next time maybe show the watches in a dark environment to show the lumens :)

Homage or rip off?? SS looks like 90's sub.

All are the same ! After 5 years,10 years , 15 years than you will know ,which are still be with you ! I say, moneys are better !solid than steel! Harder than titanium

JMOO... I would research both ETA and soprod-a10-2 movements. Just stating that you do not know about soprod-a10-2 movement makes the review biased and uninformed. Compare both equally.

Wow this guy is a star ..have you seen him beat the crap out of a watch changing the bezel insert , its piss funny , he actually seems like hes normal at the beginning with his butchers gloves on and loads of watch tools ,, then bam he attacks his watch with all his tools .haha hilarious , the difference between a genius and a numpy ,a genius has limits

No lum shot....Fail........

And the results are in. Test results say - both are shitters.

stop waving your hands and get to the points..

What is your wrist size?