Then again, the brand’s challenge in maintaining strong resale value for its watches means that it is highly difficult for it to command a sound price for its watches as it scales towards the $2000 mark. The vintage style is matched with an impressive 80 hour movement and a limited edition of 1962 pieces.Ī brilliant piece to add to its collection, the Rado Hyperchrome Captain Cook gives the brand a new market, independent of the fashion forward crowd. For some entertainment on the dial, the large rhodium colored anchor is a moving piece.ģ7 mm on the wrist. Good choice of color contrast, for a burst of life on the dial while maintaining the subtlety of the design. A nice touch of red is added to the anchor symbol housing and the date wheel font. The fonts used on the Rado logo and Captain Cook in italics are not the most congruous, although that remains a matter of preference.
The hands and indices use patina colored Super- LumiNova®, which emanates a yellowish tinge. After all, the market seems to have a strong fervor for homage dive pieces (think Tudor Black Bay). Then again, Rado is like the abovementioned brands, also a Swatch group brand and it is ironically refreshing for the alternate portfolio to occasionally revisit classic designs. The hands, it is hard to escape the comparison to the Omega Broad Arrow and Blancpain’s Seconds hand, although some might say it is too narrow minded to associate these design features purely to a single brand. The watch is fit with printed indexes and on its periphery a railroad minute marker rehaut. The Rado HyperChrome Captain Cook is fit with a brown vintage leather strap with a stainless steel pin buckle.įor the dial, the Rado uses a black sunbrushed dial, which has an interesting character with color variations when viewed from different angles.
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