Rado Captain Cook Chronograph
The new Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph attained the unattainable... For one, that was because it might just have been 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 needed precision timing on or under the water, on the slopes or at the racetrack, Rado had them covered.
But it was also undeniably stylish, presented in two contemporary colourways that helped it flex from the great outdoors to life in the big city. For 2025, collectors chose from black and rose gold, like the urban skyline at night, or plasma and dark green – a first for the Captain Cook series – that captured the look and feel of the concrete jungle.
And that was the point of the Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph – a performance watch that could be relied upon in the wildest of locations, yet which also looked great with workwear, in social situations and even during more fashion-oriented occasions, because it didn’t look overly sporty. Almost impossibly, it effortlessly bridged different worlds.
Its athletic credentials emerged through the choice of materials. Both watches represented the first time a high-tech ceramic monobloc case had been deployed for Captain Cook chronographs. And with high-tech ceramic across the bezel insert and bracelet, it was unbelievably lightweight – wearing it felt like second nature, as well as being incredibly scratch resistant. Its box-shaped sapphire crystal was similarly impervious to scratches, and the case was water resistant to 30 bar, featuring a screw-down crown and two screw-down chronograph pushers to prevent water ingress. So it performed well in the field, proving capable in almost any scenario.
Beyond its sporting kudos, it offered fashionable aesthetics. The black and rose gold-coloured Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Chronograph boasted ‘two-tone’ black ceramics: a polished high-tech ceramic bezel insert and polished middle bracelet links contrasted with a matt high-tech ceramic case and matt outer bracelet links. Along with a black dial, it was all beautifully shadowy. Rose gold-coloured embellishments – across bezel, hands, indexes, pushers and crown – brought contemporary style.
Its plasma high-tech ceramic sibling also featured dual finishes on the bracelet, with polished plasma middle links flanked by matt components. Added to this were the stainless steel bezel, crown and pushers and the rhodium-coloured hands and indices, offering up an intriguing mix of metallic finishes. But it was the bezel’s ceramic insert, in a dark, sumptuous green with a polished finish, and a dial in a matching shade, that signaled pure opulence.
