Ideal for surfers, scuba divers, and anyone enchanted by the sea, the ultra-lightweight Rip Curl Men's Trestles Oceansearch Midnight White Tide Watch provides tough durability and impressive functionality. The sturdy black case is made from acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) plastic, a strong, high-impact material that's lightweight and compact. It surrounds a digital white dial, offering dual time display, a countdown timer, a stop watch, an alarm, a date window, and even a light so you can tell time in the dark. Impressively, the watch is pre-programmed with tide charts from 200 locations around the world and features a patented automatic tide system that averages tide tables and can be easily set to thousands of locations worldwide. That will come in handy on your next trip to the beach! The black polyurethane watch band is comfortable to wear and secured with a buckle clasp. Equipped with reliable quartz movement, the Rip Curl Men's Trestles Oceansearch Midnight White Tide Watch is water resistant to 330 feet (100 meters). The year: 1969. A man called Armstrong is about to walk on the moon.(In fact, the day he does so, Bells Beach is ten foot and near perfect. Two Torquay locals, Charlie Bartlett and Brian Singer, surf their brains out before going home to watch the other momentous event on black and white TV.)In Australia, surfing is at a curious stage of its development. The “short board revolution” of 1967 has created a frenzy of experimentation in surfboard design and surfing technique. In the cool climate of Victoria, sanity prevails in design and technique, if not in the temperaments of the surfers. The cold, always a great leveller, has created a hardy breed of surfer who has no time for the hoopla and hype of the glitter beach capitals of the world. And by 1969 these like-minded souls have begun to gravitate towards the equally no-frills seaside town of Torquay, just a couple of kilometers away from Bells Beach, home of some of the most challenging waves in Australia.And it is into this environment that Doug “Claw” Warbrick and Brian “Sing Ding” Singer decide to pitch their fledgling surf company, Rip Curl. And yes, it will be called Rip Curl. Rip Curl Surfboards did well in a highly competitive market which had opened up in response to the revolution in design. Pioneers like Gordon Woods and Barry Bennett in Sydney and George Rice in Victoria had been joined by hundreds of wide-eyed hopefuls operating, like Rip Curl, out of garages and tool sheds.In many cases enthusiasm and innovation overshadowed technical expertise and quality, but Rip Curl concentrated on producing a small number of functional surfcraft for local waves. In 1970, however, Warbrick and Singer made the decision which changes forever the nature of their fledgling company. Looking at the essential needs of their fellow surfers in cold-water Victoria, they see that one – a board to ride – is being serviced by too many companies, while the other – a wetsuit to keep out the cold – is being serviced by only two, one of whom makes wetsuits for divers and has only a marginal commercial interest in surfing. Rip Curl took over an old house in Torquay and the partners made a small investment in a pre-World War II sewing machine. They put together a crew of locals and went into production, cutting out the rubber on the floor and handing the pieces to an over-worked and underpaid machinist. By today’s standards, the prototype Rip Curl wetsuits were primitive, but they differed from others on the market in that they evolved through interaction with surfers. The people who ran the company were – and still are – the test pilots. There can be no more direct line of communication...
M**.
Great Tide Watch...umm, on 2nd thought...NOT
2nd Review Update: going through the manual indicates that Rip Curl would rather you didn't change the battery out...there is no battery specification. I emailed the service center, and they wrote back stating, "The battery replacement will be $19.50 plus $9.00 shipping for a total of $28.50 (assuming the battery is the only issue). I didn't want to spend that much only to find out it wasn't the battery, so I broke out my Jewelers Precision Screwdriver Set and removed the watch back (for the first time, ever). I found that it uses a standard 2025 battery that costs $4.29. Replaced the battery, watch is still dead. So now I have a watch just out of warranty that is unusable. This watch is NOT RECOMMENDED.******************15 month review update: I was surfing this morning and the watch totally crapped out. Bad battery? Unsure at this time...will write update once I change the battery out.*******************I previously purchased the Casio Men's WS210HD-1AVCF Tough Solar Powered Tide and Moon Stainless Steel Watch from Amazon, an inexpensive watch that provides very basic tide functionality. Unfortunately the watch failed after 10 months (however it has since been replaced by CASIO under warranty).I searched other tide watches and found this good looking watch which has improved tide graphics and details - this watch displays actual time and height of high tide and low tide. I would give this watch five stars, however the watch crystal is susceptible to scratches - I made one shortly after I began using the watch, which tells me over time the crystal could get beat up.In summmary, this is an attractive tide watch with excellent tide graphic/data display.
E**X
I would give this zero stars if I could! ...
I would give this zero stars if I could! I bought this watch for my husband less than a year ago as a Christmas gift. After 3 months the backlight stopped working, the band broke and now the watch display is blank so it's completely broken. We tried to find a way to fix the strap when it broke but couldn't even find the parts sold anywhere. Do NOT buy this watch!!!
M**T
Awesome!
Bought it for my boyfriend's birthday August 2015. He LOVES it! He is always out kite surfing and never knows what time it is. It's a really good size, no large watch face. He has had no trouble with anything yet. I looked for hours online choosing between this and other watches. I chose this one because of the size and rip curl is a good quality brand. Also because the numbers on the front are bigger than other digital watches and he can see it when kiting. The booklet does have small print when reading directions. It does have only a select number of beaches programmed already. You can look those up through the online manual prior to buying the watch. I believe its on the rip curl website. Also if something breaks or goes wrong there are certain warranties for this watch. Overall no issues yet but I will post to let you know if something goes wrong.Update August 2016: after a year use my boyfriend tells me that when he tries to use the light function the whole screen blanks out (picture shows this). Also after he gets out of the water there is still moisture left in the screen. He is probably in the ocean 3x a week or more. Watch still functions correctly otherwise.
J**B
Nice Watch
It is a cool watch. The programming is not the easiest but with some patience can be done.The booklet sent to learn how to program is by far the smallest font ever produced so have a magnifying glass near by.The watch itself scratches easy, which can be disappointing for a waterproof rubber band watch.I bought it for the tide feature which works really well once it is programmed.
S**S
Looks good works fine Not very durable the band breaks shortly ...
Looks good works fine Not very durable the band breaks shortly after purchase, a 15 to 20 $ Casio would be the way to go for water enthusiasts.
F**4
Rip Curl Men's A1015 tide watch
Love the look of the watch, but setting the tide is very difficult! The instruction booklet comes in tiny print that is almost illegible. I have been trying for two weeks and still do not have the tide for my area set and I don't know how to get help??? Any ideas would be appreciated.
M**D
Rip Curl Watch For Tides
I had the A1015 watch a few months back and the strap simply disintegrated! And the battery died sent it back to Rip Curl and Alan Burgonio replied:Hi,I apologize for the miscommunication. The watch maybe functional however, because of the watch crystal fractures it is no longer waterproof. We have extensively tested the watch with specialized equipment and unfortunately, it has failed our waterproof testing. Due to the age of the Trestles A1015, we no longer have the parts to repair the watch. Consequently, you were not billed for any service repair.Which was a total bulshit as I put in a battery and a cr3025 closed it and dropped it in a glass of water! I got a Casio strap and put it on after cutting away the old strap and I am enjoying it here in Hawaii! Such a sorry state of repairs I never have seen!
V**R
Worst of all is the band
Hard to read. Battery does not last. Worst of all is the band. It is uncomfortable and will break after a short time and there is no replacement that I have found yet.
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