OceanicTime RADO Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic DIVER in BLACK [the covert operator?]

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RADO establishes itself as the high-tech Swiss watchmaker to watch out for in 2022 with a stunning six model strong collection; each with its own killer look that is guaranteed to set you free from life’s monotony and into a world of adventure.
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Introducing the new Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Diver in a stealthy matt black for the night stalker in you! Its 43mm in diameter case has been executed in a matt black high-tech ceramic with a monobloc construction. Water-resistance is 300 meters.
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The case is topped with a polished hardened Stainless steel rotational diver’s bezel with a polished black high-tech ceramic inlay and engraved white lacquered dive-time scale in white Super-LumiNova.
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Further diver’s features include: a circular, brushed, black PVD coated Titanium case-back with 2 stamped seahorses and engraved: ‘DIVER’S WATCH 300M’ (recalling the 60s models), a polished hardened Stainless steel screw-down crown as well as a box-shaped Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides.
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All watches in the collection come with ISO 6425 certification, a first for Rado.
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Meanwhile a black, lacquered and polished dial with applied indexes with white Super-LumiNova featuring Rado’s iconic moving anchor symbol in rhodium (with synthetic ruby back-plate) to match the handset.
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Btw speaking of killer looks, you could literally slay someone with that hour hand – looks lethal!
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Powering the new Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Diver collection is the Rado caliber R763, automatic mechanical movement with 25 jewels, 3 hands, red printed date at 3 o’clock, 80hrs of power-reserve, antimagnetic Nivachron™ hairspring.
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This has been adjusted to 5 positions for a higher degree of accuracy.
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The watch comes on a high-tech ceramic bracelet with polished center links and matt black outer links as well as a Titanium 3-fold clasp with black high-tech ceramic openers.
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Or a matt black rubber strap with a Stainless steel extendable folding clasp with a matt black high-tech ceramic cover.MSRP is 3,300USD (bracelet) / 3,000USD (rubber).
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Thoughts? While the Rado brand isn’t quite as aspirational as some of its Swatch stablemates who names have a whole lot more cache; it is fast (re)establishing itself as the master of modernism and all things ceramic.
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These watches likely won’t have the same lasting appeal as their class Cpt. Cook shipmates but damn in this moment they are pretty damn covetable.
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I think they should have taken the stealth look a even further and matted teh entire case rather than included all those polished elements out but it’s still mightily tasty.
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