FreeDiver Helium-Safe Dive Watch Sapphire Crystal Automatic Diver Watch 1000M Water Resistant Diving Watch for Men

I found it impossible to not fall in love with this watch. This watch delivers beauty, functionality, precision, robustness and lumes galore. Granted, I could have waited months or years to leave a proper review, but given that the watch may not even be available years from now, I can only update this review at a later date if something changes. This watch either gains 0 seconds, or 0.5 seconds in the few days I have worn it constantly, including showers, dish-washing, sleeping, but alas, not diving yet. The precision blows my mind. I do have a 20 years old Eco-drive that basically keeps atomic time (no radio) and to get this kind of precision on an automatic is either luck or the stuff of legends. As others have stated before me, this watch is a tank. It even looks like a melted tank. Everything is so precise and gorgeous, including the bezel action. Simply delicious sound as you rotate it and it comes to a fully centered state. The lume, as imaged, I took from inside a closed closet and adjusted the camera to image as close to what my eye sees. The lume lasts through the whole night, all the way to the morning hours and is easily readable even then. I don't do anything special to charge it. The image was taken after 5 seconds exposing to direct sunlight, but even in office light, and then going to bed, it just shines, almost like it is an LED. Simply remarkable. There is no question that the watch can easily be upgraded to be even more gorgeous but clearly that would increase the cost without increasing functionality, and this watch is incredibly functional. Now, the silicon straps that it came it, I replaced with the nylon straps, but those too are far too short. If you have large wrists, like I do, I barely get to the very first hole without cutting the blood circulation and that is annoying and has nothing to do with the watch itself. It is also nearly impossible to get XL canvas or nylon straps (non Nato) from Amazon. Many brands say they have XL versions, but no option to select during ordering. So I wonder if this watch could survive for however long on the surface of Venus, with surface atmospheric pressure of about 92 bars and 600 degree Fahrenheit temps. Both the melting point of sapphire and steel are much higher, so who knows :)

Fantastic watch and case is heavy duty and the dial is gorgeous . The movement never requires battery so that’s a plus . The illumination works perfectly fine and the watch is a great fit . The strap is soft and easily adjusted and lastly the specs are awesome . Material of the watch is great.

Ok.... this is a very good watch...It keeps very good time, assuming you wear it for at least 8 hours a day. I also give it a good 30 second "shake" before bed.... I find it comfortable to wear and not very heavy (on line it says it weighs a pound... I weighed it and find it closer to a little over a half pound) I had a Seiko dive watch when I was 21 and SCUBA diving.. This watch comes close to that performance level. It keeps good time, is comfortable and seem to be well built... The reason I gave it 4 (4.5) stars is the setup of date, time, etc... is that the stem is a little "sensative" or tricky to set... Once set, it works... I just found it a tricky to setup. I included a picture of me wearing the watch... I am 70 years old, 6 foot and about 215 pounds. I wear the watch on the inside of my wrist based on how I was taught to wear a watch when I was diving. The band seems to be wide enough to accommodate a bigger wrist than mine.

I only leave two types of reviews. Usually the reviews are if products or support so bad I want to give people a heads up. Or in this case I am blown away by the product or services. This watch is phenomenal. I bought it as a work watch (I usually wear G-Shocks to work). I wanted something that looked a little classier and didn't want to subject my "nicer" watches to the beating that my work can do to a watch. I am blown away by this watch. I cannot find a single flaw. It's literally perfect. I can't comprehend how they can offer a watch like this that has such a nice finish, the Seiko movement and a mineral crystal. Crazy this watch has any bad reviews. I assume people just dont know watches that well. People complained about lum. The lum isnt mind blowing, but it is on par with my SKX's and Ecodrives. I get people having timekeeping issues, that would be frustrating. But this has a Seiko NH36 movement that can be easily adjusted to correct that, there are vids on YT showing how to do it. I love this watch, value per dollar is nuts. I will be buying more Ratio watches, hopefully before people start recognizing the brand and price goes up. Hope this helps

I’ve had and still have several dive watches over my 58 years on this planet. I still on rare occasion use two of them when suited in full scuba gear. I wasn’t expecting much for the under $200 paid. To my complete surprise this is a very impressive, well designed and constructed time piece. I’m a beefy 6’3” guy and the size is just right, time accuracy appears very accurate, the lumination is excellent, beautiful scratch resistant sapphire crystal, very stylish classic dive watch that’s built like a small armored tank for your wrist. I’m so impressed with the quality I’m thinking of ordering another color thanks to the price point.

I wanted an automatic as I know we are headed towards hard times, battery dependent is NOT what I want so far the watch is nice in terms of quality , even the band is comfortable. BUT , this thing is really small compared to every dive watch Ive worn since 1991 ... it's a lil mini .....I guess Ill have to get used to the small housing and package.... Compared it to my G shock.....it's NOT what many would be used to ....everything is shrinking today, must be the economy .lol ! It's a Beta Male watch UPDATED ! The watch loses 10 minutes every month .. I have to reset the time every month to keep it accurate as it's always behind and not accurate. UPDATE !!! A year later it last nite QUIT completely ...I cannot make it function So after a year of NOT keeping time it is a paper weight ! JUNK !!!!

I was a little wary about this watch bc of the case size (46mm) but I took a chance anyway since the price is unbeatable for a 1000M dive watch. I was pleasantly surprised to put it on and realize it wears small; in fact, other than the weight, it wears noticeably smaller than my 43mm resin Luminox. The watch is stout and the build quality is excellent. The bezel is solid and has excellent detents when rotating, my only complaint is that I wish the bevels had a smoother finish bc they are SHARP. I don’t doubt that it could leave a nasty cut if it somehow got caught in someone’s skin. The bezel markers don’t QUITE line up, but everything else lines up correctly, which is incredible for the price. The only negative I can say about the watch is that the sapphire crystal is an absolute fingerprint magnet. It’s worse than piano black in vehicles, I’m constantly wiping off the crystal surface. I will update this review if any issues pop up, but so far, I’m loving this watch! And the price is unbeatable, I will likely buy 1 more as a backup before the company realizes that they’re practically giving these away.

Love the styling, the gold dial face really stands out. Really feels solid and keeps good time too. My only regret is that the day dial is in English/Spanish, would have much preferred English/French day dial. The silicone watch band was nice, but I prefer a metal watch band so I changed it out for brushed stainless steel band with butterfly clasp. If replacing the band the 22mm size listed is incorrect, the correct size is 24mm. I also love the blue lume on the dial and watch hands, really looks nice. I don't dive so I will not be resting the 1000m depth rating, but considering that normal subs do not go that deep, it is not a bad thing. Anyway, nice watch, good solid build that can be used for every day wear. UPDATE I have had this watch for a while now. It has really bad time keeping. It runs about 2 to 3 minutes slow per day. That means in a week you will be 14 to 21 minutes behind unless you reset it constantly. I think it is the day/date complication that drains the mainspring faster then it should. Don't want to spend the time and money to get it serviced as this should not be an issue on a watch only a couple of years old.

bell'orologio da immersione di fattura robusta. Il movimento è preciso.

I have received the product and it is really amazing but I ordered for Ice Blue color but received mint color.

fantastic piece but big & heavy

What a bargain ! great looking dive watch with helium valve . I use it in a medical hyperbaric chamber so haven't got it wet yet, but it keeps great time and is not to heavy. It appears to be well made and has a solid feel to it which I like. The luminosity is great and its easy to ready at night especially if its been in a bright place during the day. It claims to be 1000m waterproof I cant comment on that but I would be comfortable and will be recreational and tech diving with it ,

重量はあるが、デザインとコストパフォーマンスに優れていて、素晴らしい。 ヘリウムエスケープバルブを装備する事で機能としては高級腕時計となんら変わらない性能を誇る。心臓部はセイコウの キャリパーが埋め込まれており、信頼性抜群。日差15〜20秒、とても正確に動いてくれる。32mmの風防は、やや小ささを感じるかもしれない。機械式時計のオーバーホール代より安い値段で買えるならこの時計は、ありだと思う