After 2 years of development and experimentation in the natural environment - with the assistance of the French Navy, RALF TECH has launched a new generation of WRX dive watches combining technical modifications and new finishes. These WRX are, among other things, equipped with a new “Electric” movement, new “Sandwich” dials and an innovative encapsulation system guaranteeing a real waterproofness up to 1000 certified meters.

The new WRX Electric features a new sandwich type dial. Composed of two thicknesses they allow the application of a large quantity of SuperLuminova® on a disc placed under the main dial. Thanks to this stencil technique, readability is excellent by day and visibility is exceptional at night. This novelty also adds relief to the dials which gives them a style without equivalent.

The new WRX Electric inaugurates a new type of movement at RALF TECH.

Developed and made in Switzerland exclusively for RALF TECH, this new movement works according to a system of micro hybridization. It combines precision, reliability and energy savings. Built from the mechatronic base of the hybrid movement equipping the previous generations of WRX, the RTE001 movement reduces the number of moving parts and simplifies the quartz power supply as much as possible. Its autonomy can go up to 100,000 hours, i.e. almost 12 years, whereas most other movements offer a power reserve of 40 hours for automatic movements and about 2 years for traditional quartz.

Another major change is that the new WRXs now have a case back with a special “encapsulation” system. This innovation allows the watch back to be sealed to the case, guaranteeing optimal water-resistance. In order to secure the maintenance of WRX watches, only RALF TECH has the specific tool to open and close the case back of new models, thus guaranteeing, revision after revision, the original water-resistance of WRX watches.

Since the majority of WRX users are professionals, the idea was to make their lives easier. Often absent, evolving in degraded conditions, their watch must remain a powerful and safe tool. Thanks to the new movement and novel waterproofing system, minimal maintenance is required for these latest generation WRX watches. A visit every 10 years will allow RALF TECH to check the watch’s energy system, change all the seals and re-encapsulate the watch, thus ensuring the peace of mind of WRX users for the next 10 years.

The WRX is intrinsically a high-performance tool, with the thickest scratch-resistant sapphire crystal on the market (for a standard watch) with a thickness of 5.9mm, 10mm thick caseband at strategic points, large straps held by anti-tearing threaded rods, Ceramfine bezels for the most extreme conditions, and water resistance guaranteed up to 1000 meters for certain finishes.

The new WRX features make them monsters of efficiency.

Operating in a range of use from -10°C to +55°C their resistance to shock and vibration is exceptional. With 12 years of power reserve, their autonomy reaches record levels. Their dials make them ultra legible. These technical characteristics, validated by sea trials, are the sum of all RALF TECH’s know-how.

Assembled in France (in Morteau, French Jura mountains), complementing the Hybrid and Automatic versions, the new WRX should logically become the essential reference as a “Tool Watch” for adventure professionals, whether military or civilian. And their performance and design should also appeal to alternative watchmaking enthusiasts. The new WRX will be available in 6 different finishes.

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