Rip Curl Men's A1001-WHI Ultimate Titanium Oceansearch White Polyurethane Tide Watch

The future of watermen's watches is here. The Ultimate Oceansearch TI from Rip Curl features a programmable tide mode with 200 preprogrammed beaches, a compass mode, and a future tide mode in addition to the chronograph, heat timer and alarm function. It also has a 100% titanium case with a screw in case back and a hardened mineral crystal face. A polyurethane strap and 200m depth makes it the quintessential digital ocean watch.

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8830 in Watches
• Brand: Rip Curl
• Model: A1001-WHI
• Band material: polyerethane
• Bezel material: Titanium
• Case material: Titanium
• Clasp type: Buckle
• Dial color: white
• Dial window material: Mineral
• Movement type: Quartz
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Features

• Preprogrammed Tide Function: Electronically stored tide charts for 200 preset locations world wide.
• Automatic Tide System (ATS): Rip Curl's patented averaging tide system. Easily set to thousands of beaches worldwide.
• Dual Time, Light, Countdown Timer, Stop watch, Alarm, and date functions
• Digital Compass
• Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M)

Amazon.com Product Description
The black and silver tones of the Rip Curl Men's Ultimate Titanium Oceansearch Black Polyurethane Tide Watch offer an edgy modern style. The comfortable black and silver polyurethane band complements the silver-tone titanium case and bezel, giving it a smooth look. A white digital dial features a light for easy reading along with the day, date, month, year, and moon phase functions. 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 pre-programmed 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 protected by a durable mineral crystal. The watch is water resistant to a depth of 660 feet (200 meters).

The Rip Curl Story


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...

Most helpful customer reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Quality watch
By Robert
Best tide watch I have found. Does it all. If you ever have a problem, like a scratched crystal, repair is excellent.

0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
Best Tide Watch
By kung-fusion
This is the best tide watch. The Titanium case and digital compass are great features that make this watch stand out from the other oceansearch models. It is up to you if you think that makes it worth the extra money. Rip Curl spared no expense on this one. Everything about it feels quality. It wears rather large, so be mindful of that.

I have had both the black display and the white display. Both the very legible and so it is a matter of preference which one you get. I will say the most recent version of the white display is very sharp looking. The background is not a grainy gray color like you may be accustomed to with digital watches. It is a smooth, almost metallic color that is somewhere between a traditional LCD display and a mirror. When you hit the backlight, the numbers light up (not the background), similar to what happens on the black faced version. I've never seen a white face display LCD that does this, so it was quite a surprise.

Rip Curl repair is excellent. Save your receipt and send to them. Once they receive it, they usually repair and get it out the next day or two. You only pay for shipping one way. I've never had a problem with this watch, but I had a battery die on one. I had another analog/digital tide watch (not this model) with a smudge under the crystal and Rip Curl cleaned it under warranty and I got it back right away. If you get this watch and the battery dies, don't bother trying to open the screwback and replace it yourself. Send it in to Rip Curl. They will replace the battery and pressure seals (which is recommended any time the watch is opened). If you open it yourself, you void the warranty.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
Great Sport Watch!
By Sand 'n Surf Guy
Bought the watch primarily to get tide information for paddle surfing local inlets and waterways. Excellent, easy-to-see tidal flow information. Only wish it included my specific beach in the 200 programmed but the closest listed isn't that far away so I just add 40 mins to get exact time. I use the tide info to also get high tide data for fishing. The chronograph, timer, alarm and compass are great tools as well. I set the watch to an atomic timer a month ago and the variance today is only 14 seconds! Overall- great visibility, durability and functionality. I wear the watch all the time.