RALF TECH X AMPHIBIAN COLLABORATION

The term amphibian (from the Greek ‘amphi’ meaning double, and ‘bios’ meaning life) indicates that these animals live in both aquatic and terrestrial environments. More generally, amphibians go from an aquatic larval life to a terrestrial adult life following a metamorphosis. But this path is reversible and amphibians sometimes find themselves in the water even during their adult life. Independent, amphibians learn very early on to adapt to all situations, enabling them to navigate between two distinct worlds.

As humans, we all lived for 9 months in a liquid before breathing air. In the course of our lives, we sometimes go back into the water, but always come out again.

In short, we are all amphibians.

Designed by RALF TECH and customised by Jeff Scott, former US Navy diver and editor of DEEPSEAMGZN, the new ‘Amphibian’ is the story of our lives… And it’s also the name of the new model in the THE BEAST family, a veritable compendium of French technology and expertise.

But the story doesn’t end there! The dial of this new BEAST features the inscription ‘AMPHIBIAN’ accompanied by a logo designed especially for this series: an octopus carrying a trident.

The octopus, although scientifically a mollusc and not an amphibian, generally lives at depths of up to 100 metres in our seas. But it is also incredibly intelligent and capable of rare forays out of the water. Like amphibians at birth. Clutching between its tentacles the trident, symbol of Neptune and Poseidon, mythical masters of the waters, it reminds us of the origins, the DNA, of RALF TECH.

This new series takes up the aesthetic codes of the other Electric models. One of the model’s most remarkable achievements is the fact that the thickness of THE BEAST has been kept to 17mm, a record given the pressure resistance on offer. From its design to its launch, everything has been thought out to ensure that THE BEAST, with its reasonable dimensions (47.7 mm in diameter), is suitable for everyday use by professional divers and lovers of fine watchmaking.

It also features a professional ‘Diamond Shape’ rotating bezel. Unidirectional, graduated over 60 minutes, it rotates in 120 clicks, providing exceptionally accurate timekeeping. This bezel is fitted with a matt ceramic insert, making it impervious to scratches and rough treatment sometimes encountered when working underwater. Last but not least, the shape of the bezel, designed in collaboration with our professional divers, ensures a perfect grip in all conditions of use. This makes it safer for divers to read dive and decompression times accurately.

Like the other versions, the new THE BEAST Electric ‘AMPHIBIAN’ features a ‘case back’ with an integral ‘encapsulation’ system. This system, inaugurated in 2019 on the WRX, is perfectly integrated into the back of THE BEAST. This innovation makes it possible to seal the back of the watch to the case, guaranteeing a perfect seal.

THE BEAST Electric ‘AMPHIBIAN’ is of course equipped with the recent RALF TECH electric movement.

Developed in Switzerland for our company, this innovative movement uses a micro-hybridisation system. It combines precision, reliability and energy savings. The RTE001 movement reduces the number of moving parts and makes powering the quartz as simple as possible.

It has a power reserve of up to 100,000 hours, i.e. almost 12 years, whereas most movements offer a power reserve of 40 hours for automatic watches and around 2 years for traditional quartz watches.
Tested water-resistant to more than 3,000 metres, this new model reinforces RALF TECH’s position in the race for extreme depths, since THE BEAST is one of the 3 watches in series that go the deepest in the world.
in the world.

Assembled in France, the new THE BEAST Electric ‘AMPHIBIAN’ should logically become the benchmark in ‘Tool Watches’ for adventure professionals, whether military or civilian. Its performance and design should also appeal to enthusiasts of alternative
alternative watchmaking.

THE BEAST Electric ‘AMPHIBIAN’ is produced in a limited series of 50 pieces
for the World.