Divers
Ralf Tech
Hard To Follow
Making no bones about their aquatic inspiration, RALF TECH’s owners are passionate about watches – if not marketing, since they don’t even have a marketing department or employee. “Our mission is to create technically accomplished watches
without marketing’s dictates and without belonging to a school of thought or a story
already written” says one of the owners, Frank Huyghe.
According to Huyghe; “RALF TECH is not intended as a brand for the general public.
You will not find our timepieces in every department store, jewelers’ shop chains,
airports ... However, you will discover them in true horology connoisseurs and watch
specialists, you will find them in the shops at the avant-garde of fashion and in those
shops for whom being different is a Lifestyle”.
Variations on the aquatic theme orbit around a cushion shape that adapts to a
variety of dial and strap combinations – but each one is built to last to military
standards. Case in point: the WRX edition is rated water resistant to an impressive
300 meters thanks in-part to a sapphire crystal no less than 5.9 mm thick! Engine
options include tried and true automatic mechanicals – as well as a ‘hybrid’ quartz
movement similar to the Meca Quartz that uses a rotor to generate electricity to run
the movement for as long as 180 days from full charge.
Prices range in the $2,000-$4,000 price range. Now that you’ve discovered RALF
TECH you can dig in deeper at www.ralftech.com
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