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While I like this new watch range a lot I am torn because it is a Rado without being a modern Rado. What do I mean? Well for the last long while Rado watches have been mostly typified by having mostly ceramic cases. In fact Rado was pretty much the innovator behind ceramic watch. For […]

While it does not surprise me much, I can’t say that I would have guessed Rado would bring out a watch with the aesthetic of Tron. In a way I get it. Rado had a nice time in the 1980s when it started to popularize ceramic cased watches, and Tron came out in the 1980s. Both […]

“HyperChrome” sounds like a pretty cool name if you ask me. That could be the name a neat video game or anime TV show. But no, for 2012 the HyperChrome is going to be a new collection of watches from Rado. In this article I am debuting two of the new HyperChrome watches, but according […]

Rado has a long history of materials innovation in their watches, most famously with super-hard ceramics that hold a mirror finish. Here for review is something entirely new to me, a plasma-infused ceramic watch that looks like stainless steel. Let’s take a look. This watch’s name is the Rado D-Star Gents L, Plasma Ceramic. The […]

Rado is pretty straightforward in how they describe the 2017 Captain Cook models as “vintage replicas.” The Swiss brand under the Swatch Group makes it very clear that one of the two 2017 Rado Captain Cook models is a rather direct replica of the original 37mm Captain Cook models from the 1960s. At the same […]

Just a few weeks ago, I was fortunate to join Rado in Miami, Florida, visiting the Miami Open tennis event of which the Swiss brand is the Official Timekeeper. While there, I took the opportunity to wear for a few days one of their tennis-inspired sports watches, specifically from the Rado Hyperchrome XXL Court Collection. Since we […]

The Rado HyperChrome 1616 was unveiled at Baselworld 2016, and grabbed my attention as a very handsome watch from a brand a lot of “watch people” can often overlook. A powerful-looking watch inspired by the brand’s vintage Cape Horn collection of the late 1960s revisited with new materials and a contemporary movement, the Rado HyperChrome 1616 is worthy […]

Ask someone what they think of Rado right now, and they might mention Andy Murray (as a brand ambassador, the tennis star often sports the Rado D-Star 200). But there are some things going on behind the scenes at this company. Fans of Rado love the company because they love the designs, none perhaps more so […]

It was about 2012 when Rado first released the HyperChrome collection of watches which, in my opinion, represents an interesting character and dimension to the brand. Rado’s self identity has been in flux over the last few years as the brand seeks to position itself appropriately in today’s market. The Swatch Group-owned brand has had […]