About Freestyle Watches

Freestyle makes a variety of durable sports watches geared toward action sports enthusiasts. The company offers an extensive line of watches marketed toward diving, surfing and mountain sports in both men's and women's styles.

  1. History

    • Freestyle began making action sports watches in the early 1980s. The company has since sought to combine fashion with high performance functionality in making a line of watches that could stand up to the rigors of some of the most demanding sports. It has been a leading name in the production of affordable sports watches.

    Benefits

    • Key principles in the design of Freestyle watches, according to the company, are durability and dependability. All Freestyle watches are depth rated to 100 meters, providing reliable protection from water and moisture encountered during many action sports. Freestyle also offers a limited lifetime warranty to guarantee its watches.

    Types

    • Freestyle offers watches in several different lines, including Shark, Signature, Men's, Women's, Groms, Tide, Dive and Classic. Some of these categories are sport-specific while others are broader. Dive watches are depth rated to 200 meters and designed for full sport performance. Tide watches display tide data such as height, direction and time for 75 beaches worldwide. Data has been pre-programmed for 15 years. The Nomad, a Men's watch, includes comprehensive features like altimeter, compass and chronograph.

    Function

    • Freestyle watches include various design features that make them user-friendly and performance-oriented. Features vary by model but include NightVision backlight display, luminous hands and screw down crown. Some watches also include more advanced functions like chronograph, barometer, altimeter and stopwatch.

    Features

    • Freestyle watches provide fashion in addition to sport performance. The line includes both analog and digital watches in a variety of fashionable styles. Freestyle watches are also moderately priced for performance time pieces with the advanced features included on various models.

    Geography

    • Freestyle watches are widely available online and in retail stores. Online retailers include Dogfunk and Surfboards. Major retailers like The Sports Authority and smaller dive, surf and sport shops carry Freestyle.