No, its automatic. It's a cool company, they make "instruments" for climbing and diving. You may want to check them out==http://www.lindewerdelin.com/
I know the company. So the watch is not tethered to the depth gauge. It's just a fancy SCUBA gauge and watch. Looks good, but I don't think that white on black LCD would be legible.
http://www.lindewerdelin.com/shop/spido/spidospeed-green They've done a good job with the forged carbon. My old RO was crap in terms of wear-resistance on the CF.
ok, looks cool. The movement doesn't much impress. I'd be interested to know what movement was skeletonized to produce this. The "loaner" is not a great idea. They charge you 6,300 CHF if you fail to return the watch. So 6,300*1.07 or $6,800 for the watch at their cost. Obviously the loaner charge, should you not return the watch, is your only true obligation. You have to assume they are internally-valuing the watch at something less than $7K USD. I doubt they are going to chase defaults around the World. My point is that it's a $7K watch that they're retailing at $22K. It says they will ship the loaners anywhere.
If they are selling for $22k, they really ramped the price up. Last I checked , they were all in the $5-10k range. $22k is ridiculous for those IMHO. I think the movement is just a reworked ETA or Valjoux. Nothing fancy for sure.
From the movement pic on the earlier link "spido" it clearly is a skeletonized and embellished 7750. The mainspring housing is a giveaway.
Holm Electric did it. Acoustic panels and there are bass traps as well. It's mostly interior design work to keep it innocuous.
Cool. I have a home project recording studio in which I did my own treatment using Ethan Winer's "The Audio Expert" and another book; "the Master Handbook of Acoustics, 5th edition" as my guides. Ethan actually competes with Auralex, but he's very generous with his knowledge. (I haven't gotten around to doing my entertainment room, yet...I don't use it much to be honest...and I'm embarrassed to say I have CS-903 Pioneers in there..yeah...they're over 20 years old). They still don't sound half bad when cranked, tho. The most remarkable difference I ever heard in audio in a room occurred after I built the bass traps, though the midrange and broadband absorbers are nearly as important. My room is ideal, ceiling slopes 8 feet to 12 toward the back...dimension is 20 by 20. My station is centered left to right, and at 60% from front to back. I have no reflection issues. I use Alesis monitor-two 3 ways (not the best studio monitors in the world...discontinued actually...had to replace the tweeters recently, but did find some that fit), and Avantone mix cubes (modern replacement for the old Auratones for fine tuning frequencies and checking overall mix in mono). I recently upgraded from Roland hard drive recorders to pro tools 11 vanilla, operating on a mac pro 6 core. Incredible increase in work flow. I want to get the JBL LSR 6332 monitors eventually, but I need to either get a more lucrative project or one hell of a good day in the EUR/USD. It's 3K for the pair. Eventually will get something like that when I upgrade to Pro Tools HD..but that's a ways off. I don't use headphones when I mix very often, but I have an old pair of AKG K240's if I want to check panning in the phones. When I go to the gym I use really cheap Sony phones...they're really small. I don't like the idea of sticking things in my ears + I sweat ALOT when I train. I can hear the bass and kick in them no problem, so I can live with them. For my pc's, I use Bose companions, which sounded horrible when I first listened to them, but then turned off the sound fields in the computer. Sounded good to me after that. I use Bose 802's in live performances. I like the near 180 degree spread, though they need a sub in large rooms. Dude, I'm glad you have a treated A/V room. I trust your recliner is in the sweet spot! I've been to so many people's houses who don't know what they're missing by not treating, even with just a few basic artistic panels...especially if it's a rectangle shaped room with tile floor!!! That's almost as bad as it gets! You do some recording, too, don't you? I thought you may have mentioned that in the past.