Ratio II Free Diver Helium Safe 1000M Quartz 1038EF102V Men's Watch: Heavy on Performance, Light on the Price

To them who dive watches interest the most: The Ratio II Free Diver Helium Safe 1000M Quartz 1038EF102V Men's Watch is a new brand with subtle twists to the traditional diver formats!

The Ratio II Free Diver Helium Safe 1000M Quartz 1038EF102V Men's Watch is the type that has been found to be an absolute favorite to many! As a dive watch, it has various tool-like qualities primarily due to the case and the bezel, in better materials and built with superior manufacturing methods.

The Ratio II Free Diver Helium Safe 1000M Quartz 1038EF102V Men's Watch catches attention by not being a copy or a homage to any model by stalwarts like Rolex, Omega or Seiko though exhibiting many of the good points of these mega-brands at a price that wouldn’t may land the crystals covering their faces. The Ratio II Free Diver Helium Safe 1000M Quartz 1038EF102V Men's Watch, moreover; offers a Helium Valve, which is another big reason behind for others to hike the price. Here, it’s quite opposite and proves that capabilities and quality don’t need to come for a hefty price. There’s no assurance that the price is going to stay the same after the brand establishes itself among the top players in the horological arena – which it probably is going to be – but as of now, it would be a wise move to get hold of one and watch the fun later.

The Ratio II Free Diver Helium Safe 1000M Quartz 1038EF102V Men's Watch is not a particularly large piece despite its 1000 meters rating. Capability doesn’t always depend upon the size and this Ratio free diver is a good example to that piece of philosophy.

Inside, it’s a Seiko Epson VX42E, Japan-made quartz movement that runs the show and quite efficiently! There’s no song and dance and bells and whistles about it; just a basic quartz movement with a workhorse capability and no jewels; built strong and simple to deliver excellent precision and reliability. 10 seconds a month – that’s the maximum fluctuation that you’ll get on either side.

With a perforated, comfortable, polyurethane black dive strap and a case design inspired by the most efficient dive watch models in the market, the great tool-like design of the Ratio Watch is one of the best, budget quartz dive watches you will ever come across!

Bottom line: Not everyone wearing a chunky diver’s watch is associated with deep-sea affairs and while most stay happy sporting a piece with just a resemblance to the real thing, there’s always a handful who do not settle for anything else other than the real thing! But a real-life Swiss or Japanese diver watch capable of going down real deep almost always comes with a high premium; it’s a pleasure knowing that something as substantial as the Ratio II Free Diver Helium Safe 1000M Quartz 1038EF102V Men's Watch exists!

Ratio II Free Diver Professional 200M Quartz 22AD202 Men's Watch: Simple and Sturdy, no way nerdy

Gone are the days when wearing a dive watch pointed you out to be someone actively involved with water sports or as a marine professional. Now, it has become more of a style statement than a work- or activity-related requirement and given some of the designs, the reasons are not too hard to see. Not just they are solid pieces that would require attention maybe once in a lifetime, but also look pretty darn cool on your wrist; a bonus that added greatly to their popularity.

The Ratio II Free Diver Professional 200M Quartz 22AD202 Men's Watch complies with this particular role reversal of sorts. Thanks to its timeless styling; I is something beyond the comprehension of the unfortunate crowd who can’t even tell a deco influence from a decaf latte. Those who will be; shall look upon with admiration sprinkled with fair amounts of envy, for appreciating the genius of a well-crafted timepiece, you always need to face the challenge of whatever life throws at you.

Not just tracking your diving time, the unidirectional rotating bezel of the Ratio II Free Diver Professional 200M Quartz 22AD202 Men's Watch can be used to keep check upon the duration of your any activity. That includes making sure about your parking meter not running extra time, or not over cooking the meat over the bonfire or even not over-jogging. If you got a certain span to keep check on, your Ratio II Free Diver Professional 200M Quartz 22AD202 Men's Watch is going to take care of it.

Putting the Hattori Caliber VX42E quartz movement inside the Ratio II Free Diver Professional 200M Quartz 22AD202 Men's Watch has helped to eliminate unnecessary weight up to a great deal. It is a very reliable movement from Seiko, low on power consumption and accurate to the dot! The metal parts used are anodized in black; however, the solid, curved-around-the-edges, solid stainless steel case back doesn’t allow you to see that. But definitely, the cauldron shaped case back rests the watch very comfortably on your wrist.

Lastly, the Ratio Watch doesn’t come with all the modern gimmicks. But well, it is a solid, reliable piece that keeps the faith and will also suffice for a tool lest you find that piece of gold buried into the coral reef!

Bottom line: Though a newcomer into the freediving instrument market, the Ratio II Free Diver Professional 200M Quartz 22AD202 Men's Watch is nothing short of the vital features that are needed the most when you are into the waters; especially for those times when you are not in a mood to carry a super-complex piece of equipment along just to keep track of the dive timing. And once you are up on the land again, wear it to complement your best casual outfits.

Ratio II Free Diver Professional 500M Automatic 32GS202A Men's Watch

Pre-tidings

There are times when a piece allures you with its historical significances but you can’t always stay embedded in history. Reasons are many; they can stretch from the budget to the blatancy of the designs and beyond; these are the times when you need something that pulls in the good points of the bona fide divers of yore and recreates them with aid from modern technology.

This is about what?

Sadly, there are many that fit the bill but the Ratio II Free Diver Professional 500M Automatic 32GS202A Men's Watch stands out bringing all that within a price that surprises! As a matter of fact, it remains quite a mystery; how does the brand offer such quality on a near-shoestring budget? Which means, you don’t need to go for low grade materials or movement; also, a design. The whole unit is shaped and formed the way, perhaps even tad better than all those on the higher side of $1K. Let’s start with the movement.

Strengths at a glance:

• Self-winding, Miyota caliber 8215 movement with 21 jewels with an indirect, sweep-seconds design.

• Classic, stainless steel case topped with a scalloped, unidirectional, brushed stainless steel bezel.

• Prominent, sharp markings and large luminescent markers.

• Thick, curved-metal, screw-in case back.

• Screw-in crown to ensure an effective water resistance.

• Somber look with bare essentials inscribed visibly.

Inner info carried out

This too, doesn’t go down too deep in history, but you may trust it deeply deep beneath the sea. The Ratio II Free Diver Professional 500M Automatic 32GS202A Men's Watch becomes more affordable because of it but makes it appear expensive. That might sound strange but oh, the simple rule in the horological world is: An expensive-looking exterior doesn’t always guarantee great innards but great innards do ensure a – if not great – decent look. The Ratio Watch wins for its high-grade diving features and which you won’t regret if lost.

Why this Ratio Freediver?

Taking that you already know about freediving (if you know swimming, then most probably you do), there is an ocean of excellent choices to be made for prices thousand dollars and up. Just not the good things at this range! The Ratio II Free Diver Professional 500M Automatic 32GS202A Men's Watch gets all that together into a technically fit freediving timepiece with a workhorse mechanical movement. Its sapphire crystal ensures maximum resistance against impacts (against rocky cliffs, mostly) while the PU strap clings like your second skin. There are also few other pleasant bits and pieces of surprises strewn all over. Some of these resulted from the brand’s own brainstorming and no, it doesn’t claim to be the Rolex Submariner or the Omega Seamaster. But it works nearly as good as these mega-expensive models.