Rado Festive Collection Showcases Plasma High-Tech Ceramic
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Rado Festive Collection Showcases Plasma High-Tech Ceramic

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At a glance
Price
USD 5,050 (Captain Cook), USD 4,150 (Centrix), USD 3,600 (Tr
Case size
43mm (Captain Cook), 35mm (Centrix), 38mm x 44.2mm (True Squ
Thickness
14.6mm (Captain Cook), 11.1mm (Centrix), 9.7mm (True Square)
Case material
matte plasma high-tech ceramic (Captain Cook, True Square),
Movement
Rado Caliber R808 (Captain Cook), Rado Caliber R734 (Centrix
Power reserve
80 hours
Water resistance
300m (Captain Cook), 50m (Centrix, True Square)
The brief

Rado's festive collection highlights the brand's expertise in high-tech ceramic, featuring three distinct watches that utilize plasma ceramic for unique aesthetic and tactile qualities. This material, created by altering white high-tech ceramic at a molecular level in a high-temperature furnace, offers a metallic appearance without metal content, retaining ceramic's scratch resistance and lightness.

  • Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton Price: USD 5,050
  • Rado Centrix Open Heart Diamonds Price: USD 4,150
  • Rado True Square Open Heart Price: USD 3,600
  • Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton Water Resistance: 300m
  • Rado Centrix Open Heart Diamonds Water Resistance: 50m
  • Rado True Square Open Heart Water Resistance: 50m
  • Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton Power Reserve: 80 hours
  • Rado Centrix Open Heart Diamonds Power Reserve: 80 hours
Across the sources

Plasma ceramic is created by heating white high-tech ceramic in a furnace with gases at nearly 20,000°C, altering it at a molecular level to achieve a metallic sheen without any metal content.

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The Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton features a monobloc plasma ceramic case and bracelet, a skeletonized movement, and a stainless steel bezel with rose-gold-colored PVD coating and a blue ceramic insert.

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The Centrix Open Heart Diamonds uses polished plasma ceramic links alongside rose gold tones, a mother-of-pearl dial, and diamond hour markers, with an open-heart aperture revealing the automatic movement.

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The True Square Open Heart showcases plasma ceramic in Rado's recognizable square case, contrasting the geometry with a skeletonized movement and accented with diamond markers and yellow-gold-colored bevels.

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The Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton has a brushed blue dial visible through a gray-tinted sapphire crystal, with brushed rose-gold-colored indexes filled with white Super-LumiNova.

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The Centrix Open Heart Diamonds has a light silver mother-of-pearl dial set with 86 diamonds and diamond hour markers.

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The True Square Open Heart features a rhodium-colored dial with a sparkling diamond powder-like decoration.

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