TITANIUM

The Anarchie Pilot is made from commercially pure Grade 1 & 2 Titanium.  We chose Titanium due to it's ideal properties in our watch design:

1. It is half the weight of Stainless steel so with a 48mm diameter watch case it makes the Pilot lighter than most smaller stainless steel watches.
2. Grade 1 & 2 Titanium are 99% pure Titanium and a hypo-allergenic material, ideal for medical devices or in our case just all day wearability.
3. Titanium is also used in marine and chemical devices due to its high resistance to corrosion and oxidization.
4. Also due to being commercially pure it is fully recyclable.

VEGETABLE TANNED LEATHER

Our straps are made from 100% Vegetable Tanned Leather.  Oh, so it's Vegan? No, Vegan branded leathers are usually made from plastic compounds which we try to limit in our products.

Veggie tanned leather is 100% bovine leather that has been processed using plant-based tannins in its tanning process as was done for thousands of years.  This is opposed to the more commercialize process using Chrome in the tanning process.  The later has been only used since the industrial revolution due to its speed and cost savings, but has also been the cause of many tanneries shutting down in the US due to heavy pollution that eventually made its way into the local water tables.

Therefore, vegetable tannins are much better for the environment and leather is a fully natural material which is biodegradable.  We also use only bovine leather as a byproduct of the food industry vs exotic leathers that their meat is a byproduct of the leather production.

SUSTAINABILITY

Each component built into our watch is chosen not only what is best for you the consumer, but what is also good for the environment in addition to the above we also added:

• Titanium internal spacers to avoid any plastic parts used used by most quartz watch manufacturers.
• Optional water-resistant strap which unfortunately is done with plastic fiber woven materials.  Therefore, we teamed up with Tide Ocean Material to ensure it was made from 100% recycled Ocean plastics.
• All paper biodegradable packaging. Packaging seems to last longer then some products nowadays.  Ours is just to get it safely to your hands and maybe be good firestarter when your camping.