The Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch is for them who love to avoid excess. At the same time, they want everything else useful tucked into one.
It is a watch with much higher water and shock resistance than others in the urban realms yet not as ludicrously high to appear as a show off at regular work. It is readied to respond if you ever get yourself into an environmentally challenging situation straight from a plush surrounding.
It is a watch that keeps you calm and composed throughout the day and into the day again, even if you are not involved in work involving a lot of water exposure and exertion of muscle. You're not worried about hurting it. It's a great relief especially for growing teens and active young adults.
6 reasons why you should go for the Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch
- A well-done watch that's solidly constructed, the Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch is an all-around instrument for marine enthusiasts and desk-divers alike. It's among the first Freediver series that made to the scene. They became instant hits and soon went past its teens and young adults demographic and extended to the matured adults, some into hard-hitting jobs.
- This is an excellent tool watch for urban surroundings involving outdoors. It is for the everyday use of the lab assistant as much as for the snorkelling instructor at the bay side. A pleasure to wear when you want to stick to utility without acquiring things that you'll never need.
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The Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch is all about heavy-gauge surgical steel that doesn't turn the watch heavy yet turns it heavy duty. Its construction (case, screw-down crown, engraved case-back w/image of a free diver and the deployment clasp) gives it the weight. It pleasantly assures its presence with its heft while increasing the momentum of your hand's movements, rather than tying you down with its weight. The thick gauge, surgical-grade stainless steel and the sapphire crystal offers high resistance against damaging water pressure (equivalent to pressure exerted by a 200m high water column on the watch's surface area), physical impacts (including violent tugs) and magnetic resistance to handle magnetic fields from electronic and electrical equipment we come across in daily life
The crystal, the case and the Freediver-etched case back together protect the Japanese mechanical movement (with its own shock/antimagnetic features) together against violent knocks, bumps and drops.
- A large sized dial made of brass and painted using silkscreen technique; a big date window and prominent hands and hour markers offer maximum visibility under murky environments and when under pressing situations, you do not have to squint to focus on the dial to read the time (or the bezel/timer reading). A big advantage is the Japan lume-filled prominent hour markers (especially at 12, 6 and 9); they are big, bright and with an almost infinite longevity. It also ensures longer hours of illumination.
- The serrated bezel and the grooved crown facilitate a firm grip with wet fingers, with or without gloves on. It is advised not to operate the crowns under wet conditions.
- The hour and minute hands of the Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch are unique in their shapes. The hour and minute hands are a mix between arrow and syringe shapes while the seconds-hand is an improvisation on the sword-style with a circle at the tail-end. All the hands are sumptuously filled with Japan-made lume the hour markers alike. The lume dot on the bezel ensures you do not miss out on the correct time-reading.
Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch: A sum up of time and personal experience
The Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch is a great tool watch to which anyone who takes freediving seriously should give a thought. Its specs match that of any pro-grade diver watch but the cost doesn't. The Ratio FreeDiver Blue Dial Sapphire Crystal Stainless Steel Automatic RTB202 200M Men's Watch wears a tag that's unbelievably lower than the rest in its league. You'll be hard-pressed to find another watch from another brand that offers the same at the cost.
Prime points
- Generous use of solid, surgical-grade stainless steel and lume material.
- Visually appealing watch face with uniquely shaped hands.
- A proven, reliable movement (Seiko NH35A) with its own magnetism/shock resistant properties.
- Sapphire crystal
- 200m water-resistance
Luminescence
Ratio uses Japanese luminescent paint for the luminescence in the Freediver 200m watch. It is a non-radioactive, radiant paint that's applied generously on the hands and the indices of the Freediver. The paint exhibits greater intensity and longer-lasting luminescence. Its output duration doesn't let you compromise on visibility; let it even be for a few extra hours in the dark! A 10-minutes long exposure to 500 lux or higher intensity light will charge the lume for the next 3-5 hours. A continuous 8-hour exposure to Sunlight on a normal summer day will let it glow for 10+ hours. The longevity of the paint is semi-permanent, ensuring full functionality of the watch even after years of active use.
Water Resistance:
- Water resistant up to 660 ft.
- Suitable for professional and everyday use.
- Suitable for Skin Diving, Scuba Diving, Deep diving, Swimming, Snorkeling, Surfing; spear-fishing; moderate to high-intensity land sports.
Movement
- Caliber: Seiko NH35A
- Jewels: 24
- Beat Rate: 21,600 bph
- Accuracy: +20 seconds/day
- Shock protection System: Diashock
- ISO764 Anti magnetic standard compliant
- Winding system: Magic Lever (Bi-directional rotor)
- Power Reserve: 41 hours
- Hacking/Hand-Winding
Dial
Analog, Blue dial with large, prominent hour indices, covered from the top with a sapphire crystal.
Case, case back and bracelet material
316L Stainless Steel w/ Deployment Clasp
Other features
2 and 4'o clock crowns: The 4'o clock screw-down crown is for time and date adjustments while the 2'o clock screw-down crown is the helium escape valve. They are placed in a manner that minimises damage to the watch in case of a frontal impact and eliminate the chances of bites if your palm folds against your wrist