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It’s fair to say that since its reintroduction in 2017, Rado’s vintage dive watch reissue, the Captain Cook, has been a runaway success.
The design, which turns 60 next year, authentically hit all of the touchpoints popular with fans of the vintage watch aesthetic without having alter its original design and has since been realised with stainless steel and bronze models in a choice of 37mm and 42mm cases and a number of colorways as well as the Captain Cook MkIII.
Now comes the turn of ceramic, the material people most associate with Rado, to create four new references with a new 43mm case and two finishes, a regular matt finish High-Tech Ceramic and plasma-treated ceramic, which is visually indistinguishable from polished metal. Each watch features a hardened stainless steel rotating bezel with a ceramic ring insert, features a transparent dial revealing the automatic Rado Calibre R734 movement inside and offers 300m water resistance.
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G-SHOCK is taking its reputation for near indestructible watches to new extremes for its latest collaboration with the British Ministry of Defence.
The Royal Navy x G-SHOCK Frogman combines a Carbon Core Guard with a monocoque case made from carbon fiber-reinforced resin while water resistance of 200m is guaranteed by sealing potential ingress points with three gaskets. Despite the oversized proportions of the irregular case (56.7 x 53.3 x 19.7mm) the Frogman weighs just 119g.
The asymmetric Frogman case has been designed with comfort in mind and is offset away from the wrist to allow for full range of motion when dexterity is required.