My wife Anne came home the other day eyes shining, all excited and placed a small box in front of me. Go on open it, she said. I did so and found a beautiful dive watch. It was the Ratio Free Diver Helium Safe Men’s watch. As a marine biologist, I spend much of my hours in the salty waters of the deep blue sea. Most of the times it is research around the shallow waters but occasionally it is deep sea diving as well. A dive watch is an essential part of my work gear and I also own…
The Ratio Free Diving watches are not the usual professional dive watches that you see in the crowded watchmaking industry. True, they are created to take to the waters, but they are particularly designed for folks indulging in the extreme sport of free diving. For those not familiar with free diving, it is diving without the scuba gear or breathing apparatus. Although free divers dive unencumbered without the heavy diving equipment, a dive watch is something they cannot do without. The dive watch should be able to endure the rigors of the harsh environment, just like the free diver himself….
Free diving involves diving without scuba gear, that is, without the use of breathing apparatus. In other words, you dive free and unencumbered without being weighed down with diving equipment. However, a diver watch is a must even for the free diver and that’s what this article is about. Free diving is one of the extreme sports and those indulging in it must condition themselves to endure its rigors. In such trying circumstances your dive watch should also withstand the pressures of the harsh environment. The Ratio II FreeDiver Helium-Safe 1000M Automatic 1068HA96-34VA-01 Men’s Watch is built to withstand exactly…
