Now Rado, the Master of Materials, has taken its ceramic technology and created a 43mm high-tech ceramic cased Captain Cook in four versions. And then came the Revolution Editions, my favourite of which was the Ghost Captain, with super-cool ‘faded’ ceramic bezel. The 2019 release was a true 21st century reimagining of the Captain Cook, in a 42mm case with a number of colours. The 2017 HyperChrome version was a very faithful reinterpretation, including the spinning anchor logo and 37mm case size, that caught a lot of journos and collectors off guard and became one of the biggest hits of the year. This had no mechanical merit but was just a natty aesthetic touch!Īs many brands now do, Rado looked back into its catalogue and revived the Captain Cook line in 2017, after the original watches were discontinued after six years’ production in 1968. One of the coolest elements, in my mind, of the vintage pieces was the applied logo, the shape of an anchor, that rotated with the movement on the wrist. A relatively diminutive 36mm cased dive watch, it featured a date complication a good few years ahead of some of its competitors and featured highly legible painted luminous hour markers and a large arrow hour hand. Rado was a player in this age with the launch of the Captain Cook in 1962. Truly a tool of the trade, hence the general term ‘tool watch’. This was many years before the advent of wrist-mounted dive computers and a dive watch was truly a life-saving piece of kit. As recreational diving became ever more popular and scuba diving was undertaken by professionals and amateurs alike, the one thing all divers needed was a way to time their dive. The 1950s and 60s were the golden age of dive watches.
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Now the brand is giving its Captain Cook line the full ceramic treatment and it’s a winner! In fact, Rado’s CEO Mr Adrian Bosshard has been wearing his Rado Ceramica for over 20 years and believes that it gets better with age and looks as good as the day he bought it. Whilst many brands shout from the rooftops about their ceramic innovations, Rado has been quietly going about its ceramic business since the launch of its Integral in 1986, with its scratch-resistant high-tech ceramic bracelet.
Rado is known as the Master of Materials, primarily thanks to its iconic ceramic watches that have been a staple for the brand for over thirty years.
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