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Originally Posted by Mortis
Madam Teazer, my understanding is that most watches are not in fact made from Ti, generally they are plated and this will wear off given time, exposing the base metal, usually brass or steel. I worked with a guy that had chromite poisoning, this will cause the skin to react quickly to metals, why am I mentioning that? He told me that the best watches for that condition were plastic watches, he almost always wore a swatch, but I looked and all the Swatch's I have seen have a metal back so they won't work.
Can you handle leather against your skin? If you can and don't mind the look, there are many straps that would cover the back of the watch making it easier to wear.
My 2 cents 
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My skin gets irritated very quickly. I've got 2 special watches by Swatch which don't have a metal back or battery cover but I still react to it, same with plastic watches. I suspect my skin also doesn't like it when it can't "breathe". The only 2 watches I have been able to wear is a pewter watch and a G-Shock where the fabric strap continues underneath the watch and the buckle is made of plastic. But they don't make the latter any more and mine is rather bulky and inelegant.
My mother also wants a watch by the same manufacturer and I can try hers out before buying one myself.
These are the watches I'm talking about. This afternoon I'm going to the shop that sells them, hoping they can tell me more.
The metal allergy thing is so annoying.