Apple Watch Ultra 2 Black Titanium has surprising limits to scratch resistance in new video
The recent Black Titanium refresh might seem like the greatest act of fan-service possible for Watch Ultra aficionados - apart from an actual hardware update, that is.
Furthermore, JerryRigEverything host Zach Nelson opined that the fancy new finish looked more Space Gray than the Jet Black of the iPhone 7, another series-first Apple colorway that ended up famous for all the wrong reasons.
However, the Cupertino giant asserts that Black Titanium version of its rugged 49-inch wearable will avoid the same fate as it has DLC. Not the DLC you might expect, though: a "diamond-like" coating achieved using a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process.
Accordingly, it is backed to avoid showing the normal old natural titanium underneath at all costs, and did indeed hold up well in a durability test when compared to its standard Apple Watch Ultra 2 counterpart and a Garmin Fenix 7X by vlogger Chase the Summit.
That test pitted all 3 smartwatches against everyday things such as keys and concrete, only for all residues to simply rub off the Black Titanium coating as it was apparently the harder surface.
That line of testing was taken even further on the JerryRigEverything channel by bringing the Black Titanium surface in contact with other, less predictable things - hollowpoint bullets included.
However, that all came to an end when Nelson got the traditional razor blade (contained in a branded knife) out. It did put some standard titanium scars in the coating, even though it could do nothing to the Ultra 2's sapphire-augmented screen.
All in all, it might indeed be advisable to take more care with an Apple Watch Ultra 2 finished in its latest color after all - maybe the Lite Fit Pro case (currently $24.99 from Amazon) from Spigen would help with that.
