You know exactly when and where the surf's up because you have a Rip Curl Trestles Oceansearch Watch on your wrist. This digital watch comes pre-programmed with tide information for 200 locations--and if your local beach or the one you plan to travel to next week isn't on that list, you can add it in. The black case, band, and dial of the Rip Curl Men's Trestles Oceansearch Midnight Tide Watch offer an edgy modern style. The comfortable black polyurethane band complements the black plastic case and bezel, giving it a dark smooth look. A black digital dial features a light for easy reading along with the day, date, month, year, and moon phase. An ideal watch for surfers, this timepiece features Rip Curl's patented Automatic Tide System (ATS), which allows it to be programmed to average the tide for thousands of beaches worldwide. It also includes preprogrammed tide charts for 200 preset locations. Other features include, a dual time display, countdown timer, stopwatch, and alarm. This timepiece offers reliable quartz movement and is water resistant to a depth of 330 feet (100 meters). P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); 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... See more
B**E
great watch
I wanted a watch to wear in the water to avoid the parking meter tickets. super cool and light weight. awesome digital display and southern California beaches are loaded in the tide tracker. my only comp,aint is I don't know how all of the functions work. I received it a few days ago and need a magnifying glass to read the book ~ lol ~ not old or blind. great peice
J**A
Great watch, but poor battery life?
This watch is fantastic - I really like it. It's a bit bulky but that's fine. All the modes are pretty easy to navigate. It's very stylish and I get a lot of compliments on it.Tide is pretty accurate, I've used it in Delaware, VA, and San Diego. Overall an excellent purchase.Unfortunately, I bought this watch in August and the battery died two weeks ago (the watch stopped working). No biggie. I sent it back and just yesterday I got a replacement.Problem? It's already dead again. I don't know if it was mis-sealed or if there's a short circuit inside it but it seems like this shouldn't happen - hopefully when I send it back I will get a more conclusive result.
F**F
Great
Great watch: practical, clean, good size, easy to switch functions. A bit too dark (inside a room, need to use the light button in order to check the informations), but still very good.
B**B
Last try with Rip Curl watches.... Never again.
I was hesitant to order this watch simply because the last 2 Rip Curl watches I have owned both failed mechanically just out of warranty date (one year on both watches). Since this watch had the longer warranty, I thought I would give Rip Curl a try one more time, because frankly I like the styling and functionality of these watches.Well here I am again, like clockwork (pun intended), a little over a year out from purchase date, and I have a Rip Curl watch that is non-funtional. I thoroughly enjoyed the watch while it was working, but I'd expect at this price point, these watches would hold together better. Fortunately, for the first time, this watch is still under warranty. Now I get to find out how well Rip Curl's warranty/customer service department is run. I'm sending the watch off for repair today to their service center in Costa Mesa. The watch has lost it's ability to keep water out of the case, and has condensation obscuring the view through the glass. It was purchased in March of last year, so this occurred in just over a year of regular use and care in Florida surf.In the meantime I'll be watchless. Rip Curl has an opportunity to make things right in this situation. I'll report back my experience with their customer service department. Until then, my rating will remain a 1-star, since I paid good money for a watch, and am currently without one.Jun 1, 2014I just tried to post a review on the Rip Curl website. Not surprisingly, there is only one review of this watch. For some reason I was unable to post a review. The "submit review" button is non-functional.July 5th, 2014 Update:To nobody's surprise, I still have not received my watch back from Rip Curl. Furthermore, I have tried to contact the Rip Curl Warranty "Service" Center to get an update on the status of the defective watch. However, I have yet to hear back from anybody at Rip Curl. It appears thus far that Rip Curl assembles customer/warranty service about as well as they assemble their watches. Very disappointing to say the least.July 14th, 2014Ok, so I received my watch back in the mail yesterday. Well, not "my" watch, but a new replacement. Nothing from Rip Curl as far as communication. No "we're sorry for the inconvenience" etc. Just a new watch. Can't really complain about that, but wonder why, if Rip Curl just sends a new watch out, it takes 6 weeks to get it? As it is, I now have a working tide watch. Fingers crossed that this one does not fail in 12 months like the last one. We'll see. And I'll be sure to update if it does.Update Aug. 24, 2015:So a few months after receiving my watch back from Rip Curl, it began to leak water again. The functionality of the watch remained intact, except on cool mornings when condensation would obscure the face. I learned to live with that inconvenience just so I would not have to go without a watch for another 2 months.Sadly, I just returned from a trip to Costa Rica, where the watch band broke in average sized surf. Thus, this saga, and my consumerism of Rip Curl products, ended with this poorly constructed watch resting on the ocean floor in Costa. Good riddance.
M**K
Stiff band, scratches easily, but nice watch
This watch could be improved, but I do like it. I wear a watch everywhere, all the time. The illumination is short on this watch as another review says, and the face will scratch. I can't say it scratches easily, as I'm working on engines and boats and I have my hands in tight places, but none-the-less, I have a few noticable scratches on the face in 6 weeks. The band on this watch is somewhat stiff and uncomfortable compared to nixons or steel/titanium bands, but I can wear it all day without a problem. The size is nice, it isn't huge and in the way. The face is easy enough to read, and the moon phase section is nice rather than just tide. I prefer the nixon version, to get an idea what the tide is doing, but I have had two similar nixons fail - so this watch has won.UPDATE, 11 NOV 14 - out in the water and on the boat all day, got home, had some fogging, and watch was off the next morning. Contacted Rip Curl support 13 Nov, we'll see how this goes. RMA went through, wasn't blazing fast but was reasonable. Watch ended up failing again a few months later where it just makes a long beep and resets. Disappointing. I have replaced it with an A-1083 stainless version.
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