#divingsportl catalog 2017 catalog 2019 Our Vision WHY DIVE AN OCEAN REEF IDM ....................................................6 - GCM DC2 .............................................................................................30 SPORT DIVER LINE / GIDIVERS – IDMS - CHOOSE A COLOR..........9 HARDWIRED COMMUNICATION ..............................................32 SPORT DIVER LINE / GDIVERS – COMMUNICATION & - ALPHA PRO X DIVERS ..................................................................32 ACCESSORIES .....................................................................................10 - CABLEING ...............................................................................................33 GSM GDIVERS ......................................................................................10 - CABLE FLOATER ..............................................................................33 DAMPER ...................................................................................................10 - GSM CUBE3 .........................................................................................33 GDIVERS SURFACE AIR VALVE ...................................................11 PARTS AND ACCESSORIES ........................................................34 GDIVERS M1O1A ...................................................................................11 - D-MIC ......................................................................................................34 GDIVERS M100 ......................................................................................11 - DAMPER ...............................................................................................35 PROFESSIONAL DIVER LINE ...................................................... .12 - NEW NACS...........................................................................................35 SPACE EXTENDER IDM – CHOOSE A COLOR ................12 - NACS .......................................................................................................35 SPACE EXTENDER 100 IDM .........................................................13 COMPARING UNDERWATER COMMUNICATION UNITS 36 PREDATOR IDM ...................................................................................15 PROFESSIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNCATION UNITS 38 IRON IDM .................................................................................................. 17 - M105 DIGITAL .....................................................................................38 1st STAGES & PACKAGING ..........................................................18 - M105 DIGITAL DC .............................................................................38 - SL35TX INT ..........................................................................................18 - GAMMA 105 ........................................................................................39 - SL35TX DIN .........................................................................................18 - GAMMA ALPHA .................................................................................39 - SL35TX NITROX M26K2 ...............................................................19 COMPARING SURFACE COMMUNICATION UNITS ......40 IDM ACCESSORIES ..........................................................................20 SPECIAL PRODUCTS, ACCESSORIES AND - EXTENDER KIT .....................................................................................20 CUSTOMIZATION.................................................................................42 - EXTENDER FRAME ..........................................................................21 - B2D BOAT 2 DIVER KEY WEST UNDERWATER - EXTENDER CAMERA & TORCH REMOVABLE SUPPORT ........22 COMMUNICATION SYSTEM ........................................................42 - VISOR LIGHTS - INTEGRATED HEAD LIGHT .................. 24 - LA Project ...........................................................................................43 - DRINKING DEVICE ..........................................................................25 - ALPHA UNDER WATER CELL PHONE ................................44 - OPTICAL LENS SUPPORT 2.0 .................................................26 - GSM VHF ..............................................................................................44 - OPTICAL LENS ..................................................................................26 - NEPTUNE SPACE 50/60 PSI ......................................................45 - GLACIER STRAP .............................................................................26 - ACM BASE UNIT ..............................................................................45 - DUAL TANK VALVE ......................................................................... 27 - M105 MIXER .......................................................................................46 - STANDARD 9/16” CONNECT ADAPTER ............................. 27 - CONVENTIONAL REGULATOR ADAPTER ......................46 - SWIVEL CONNECTION ............................................................... 27 TOOLS, MAINTENANCE & SERVICING .................................. 47 - EXTRAFLEX QUICK CONNECT HOSE STANDARD, - MEASURING KIT ............................................................................... 47 SECONDARY AND COMMERCIAL .......................................... 27 - NOZZLE ADJUSTMENT TOOL .................................................. 47 PROFESSIONAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UNITS (uw) 28 - IDM REGULATOR ADAPTER .................................................... 47 - GSM DC .................................................................................................28 - PORTABLE TEST BENCH ............................................................ 47 - GC 2008 ..............................................................................................28 - IDM TOOLS ......................................................................................... 47 - GSM G-POWER ................................................................................29 NEPTUNE SPACE TRAINING PROGRAM ............................48 - GSM G-POWER SL .........................................................................29 INSTRUCTOR KIT ................................................................................49 - NEW MHA2 .........................................................................................29 BECOME AN ITC ................................................................................50 - GC 2010 .................................................................................................29 NEMO'S GARDEN ...............................................................................51 3 Origins of scuba diving attracted a third famous personality: a young, The Gamberini family, at that time, owned a small tire Istrian refugee called Ludovico Mares, with whom, repair shop in the heart of Genova. Like many stories the Gamberini brothers would go on to found of success, hard work is supported by passion. Mares. It is passion that drove Giorgio and Ruggero Brands that not only have made the history of Gamberini. Passion that animated their scuba diving – they generated the scuba industry. experiments with rubber that ended up attracting The collaboration with these innovators is one of the attention of a mythical person at the time: the reasons why the Gamberini’s have specialized in Commander Ferraro – The Professor – who’s OEM production for rubber products for so long . story would deserve a book on it’s own thanks to his military scuba endeavours during the war. He A lucky mistake become one of very few, living, recipients of the History of mankind is full of lucky findings and Military Gold Medal – highest recognition of the discoveries, one of the most famous ones is Alfred Italian Navy. Nobel’s discovery of dynamite. Ferraro was in the middle of designing his first A much less gruesome story is that of how the rubber masks and fins for scuba diving and Gamberini brothers ended up creating a wrong swimming when he reached out to the Gamberini rubber mix, in the late 1950s, creating the first brothers because of their expertise with this new ever floating rubber. material. Shortly after, the two brothers (with Gianni Gamberini, disappointed and annoyed with the addition of the third brother – Gianni), were the result of his experiment, threw a test mix to cool contacted by Egidio and Nanni Cressi, as they, too, off in a water recipient. To his awe, the rubber piece, were caught up in designing their first products went right back to the surface and floated. to open up the underwater world to the masses. Shortly after, the first floating fins were on the From these first steps the Cressi brothers market. The first one to intelligently exploit this founded modern Cressi-Sub and Ferraro founded discovery was business-keen Cressi, who had great Technisub. These successful partnerships success with this line of products. 4 Talking about diversifying and flexibility Since then the Gamberini family has always been working with rubber, plastics and it’s derivates, mastering this category of raw material and continually findingnew potential uses and markets. After the three brothers, came Giorgio’s sons: Guido and Sergio, whom, 30 years later found themselves producing Binda’s historical intuition. Binda – the famous co-owner of famous luxury From the depths to the surface watch brands. Guido and Sergio produced