Rado Captain Cook Chronograph

RUGGED, ATHLETIC AND DEVASTATINGLY GOOD LOOKING

The new Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph attains the unattainable... For one, that’s because it might just be the most dynamic example of the entire Captain Cook family of timepieces, already well known for its rugged good looks and utilitarian functionality, thanks to its chronograph. For anyone that needs precision timing on or under the water, on the slopes or at the racetrack, we got you.

But it’s also undeniably stylish, presented here in two contemporary colourways that help it flex from the great outdoors to life in the big city. For 2025, choose from black and rose gold, like the urban skyline at night, or plasma and dark green – a first for the Captain Cook series – that captures the look and feel of the concrete jungle.

Perfect balance

And that’s the point of the Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph – a performance watch that can be relied upon in the wildest of locations, yet which also looks great with workwear, in social situations and even during more fashion-oriented occasions, because it doesn’t look overly sporty. Almost impossibly, it effortlessly bridges different worlds.

Its athletic credentials emerge through the choice of materials. Both watches represent the first time a hightech
ceramic monobloc case has been deployed for Captain Cook chronographs. And with high-tech ceramic across bezel insert and bracelet, it’s unbelievably lightweight – wearing it feels like second nature as well as being incredibly scratch resistant. Its box-shaped sapphire crystal is similarly impervious to scratches and the case is water resistant to 30 bar, featuring a screw-down crown and two screw-down chronograph pushers to prevent water ingress. So it’s great in the field, capable in almost any scenario.

Contemporary opulence

Beyond its sporting kudos, discover fashionable aesthetics. The black and rose gold-coloured Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph boasts ‘two-tone’ black ceramics: a polished high-tech ceramic bezel insert and polished middle bracelet links contrast with a matt high-tech ceramic case and
matt outer bracelet links. Along with a black dial, it’s all beautifully shadowy. Rose gold-coloured embellishments – across bezel, hands, indexes, pushers and crown – bring contemporary style.

Its plasma high-tech ceramic sibling also features dual finishes on the bracelet, with polished plasma middle links flanked by matt components. Add in the stainless steel bezel, crown and pushers and the
rhodium-coloured hands and indices, and it offers up an intriguing mix of metallic finishes. But it’s the bezel’s ceramic insert, in a dark, sumptuous green, with a polished finish, and a dial in a matching shade, that signals pure opulence.