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Equipment - The ScubaPro Automatic Decompression Meter 1966 in original box

  • The ScubaPro Automatic Decompression Meter 1966 in original box has a round dial compartment above a rectangular body with a wrist band and buckle to allow it to be worn on a diver's wrist.

    Decompression Meter

  • Red cardboard box

    Top view of the original Box for the ScubaPro Automatic Decompression Meter

  • The ScubaPro Automatic Decompression Meter 1966 in original box has a round dial compartment above a rectangular body with a wrist band and buckle to allow it to be worn on a diver's wrist.
  • Red cardboard box

Historical information

First available in ScubaPro’s catalogue in 1966, the ScubaPro Automatic Decompression Meter was a break through in diving technology and a forerunner to the modern dive computer. The meter attempted to calculate nitrogen absorption based on dive time and depth. This was done mechanically instead of electronically, and without the benefit of any actual computing. The Automatic Decompression Meter was introduced just a year after ScubaPro’s most successful product – the ScubaPro Jet Fins – which still remain popular today.

Significance

Used by divers since 1966

Physical description

The ScubaPro Automatic Decompression Meter 1966 in original box

Inscriptions & markings

Automatic Decompression Meter Number 4323 made in Italy

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