Franck Dubarry the founder of Technomarine watches was on vacation in Hong Kong back in 1996 when he came up with the whole idea of Technomarine watches. Franck has always loved sports, and the sea and he has lived the good life throughout his years with beautiful architectures. Franck began to be interested in technologically advanced watch designs that combined modern fashion with modern technology. TechnoMarine watch company was founded in 1997 built upon the ideas of his lifes pleasures. Francks thoughts were to design a watch that embraced a way of living to appeal to watch lovers on many levels. Active sports oriented watch connoisseurs while including pleasing aesthetics and luxury designs. TechnoMarine watches started with a single well designed elegant watch. It was made of stainless steel chronograph style watch having translucent synthetic plastic watch band, he called the TechnoMarine Raft. The TechnoMarine Raft watch was so awesome that there were over 50, 000 Raft watches sold in its debuting year. The attraction of TechnoMarine watches is that they are the perfect combination of luxury and sportiness. TechnoMarine was designed to be a lifestyle brand covering the wide range of activities one goes through on a day to day basis, and is sure to fit the elegant and active at any age.