Pequignet Royale Titane watches

The Pequignet Royale Titane is the titanium, pilot-styled watch in Pequignet's Royale collection: a 44 mm brushed titanium case around the Calibre Royal, the automatic movement Pequignet designs, prototypes, tests and assembles in Morteau, France. Pequignet was founded in 1973 and has made the Calibre Royal since 2011.

Pequignet says the Royale Titane takes its cues from pilots' watches: large, contrasting applied indexes on a Luminova hour ring and luminous hands, for legibility. aBlogtoWatch described the white dial as part cockpit clock, part 19th-century pocket watch. Small seconds sit at 4 o'clock and the power reserve indicator at 6. The Calibre Royal beats at 21,600 vibrations per hour, has 39 jewels and a large balance with compensating screws, and Pequignet rates it at 88 hours of reserve, though aBlogtoWatch reports the brand recommends not relying on more than 72 of them for steady timekeeping. A sapphire display back held by six screws shows the movement.

The case is 12.5 mm thick and 52.3 mm from lug to lug, takes a 22 mm strap and is water resistant to 5 ATM. The titanium crown carries an embossed fleur-de-lys, Pequignet's Royal Lys. Titanium makes the watch noticeably lighter on the wrist than the steel Royale models.

The natural and DLC versions share that case and movement; what changes is the dial, the case finish and the strap. Dials on the natural titanium case include white, black, grey and brown, and the white 9032713 has a glossy lacquered dial with a day and a two-disc date. The DLC versions (9033843CN, 9034743/30) blacken the titanium and pair it with a black dial, and the DLC Phantom (9035443/CN) is limited to 15 pieces. The suffix marks the strap: CN and CM references are on fabric, /30 and /38 on rubber, so the 9032883CM and 9032883/38 are the same brown-dial watch on fabric and on rubber.