Tauchtechnik
The company from Eckernförde originally has started under the name "Tauchtechnik Grütter" as
importer of products from "La Spirotechnique".
Tauchtechnik (German for "Diving Technology") was a former diving equipment manufacturer
trading, in the 60s, at Niewark 10, 233 Eckernförde, a German town in Schleswig-Holstein on the coast of the Baltic Sea approximately 30 km northwest of Kiel.
Their products included single hose regulators and double hose regulators,
which were also offered by Barakuda.
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Tauchtechnik has manufactured the singe stages double hose regulators Passat
and Passat II.
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Tauchtechnik Passat I - Picture
1: Frank Werthwein
Pictures 2 and 3: http://www.seveke.de/tauchen/altes/herst-kompakt/tauchtechnik
Probably, they have had the Swiss regulator "Colombomatic" as a model. Initially, they have installed Colombo's mouthpiece in their regulators and, later, Tauchtechnik manufactured their own mouthpiece.
They look almost identical.
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Tauchtechnik
Catalog 1969
The label of the double hose regulator Passat I is yellow and
black, the Passat's II label is Blue and Gold and the Passat's V
label is black and gold.
Reference:
1. Tauchgeschichte Spezial
5/2015, Kapitel 11
2. Tauchtechnik Catalog
1969
3. http://www.seveke.de/tauchen/index.htm
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