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Rado Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy Automatic: Singapore Price And Review

Rado embraces a deep red hue.

Rado Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy Automatic

We’re calling it—burgundy is the colour du jour. Already we’ve seen some handsome timepieces drenched in the deep mesmerising hues of a good vintage and this latest offering from Rado is no exception.

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Fresh from its highly successful Captain Cook Bronze collection last year, Rado is rolling out a new family member from the Captain Cook series, this time in burgundy with matching high-tech ceramic bezel. It’s a well-known fact red hues are one of the hardest colours to produce in ceramic, often coming out too light or uneven. But in the hands of Rado, known for its expertise in ceramics, the burgundy here is flawless.

Rado Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy Automatic

Yellow gold-toned applied indices provide the perfect complement to the red sunray-brushed dial, while Super-LumiNova on the hands, markers and indices take this firmly into tool watch category while retaining its vintage essence from way back in 1962 when the first Captain Cook was launched.

Rado Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy Automatic

Beating inside the Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy Automatic is the 11½ Rado Calibre 763, with a very respectable 80 hours of power reserve, which will get you through at least a three-day hike in the great outdoors.

Rado Captain Cook Bronze Burgundy Automatic

Unlike the previous bronze models that came with leather straps, this version gets a burgundy NATO strap with gold-coloured line down the middle, accentuating its rugged demeanour. In fact, we think this may be the sportiest looking bronze model of the lot and the ideal weekend watch. At S$3,890, it aims not to put too big a dent in your wallet and offer solid value at the same time. Weekend warriors, this one’s just right for you.

 Case

42mm brushed bronze with bronze bezel high-tech ceramic insert

 Dial

Burgundy with sunray finish, applied yellow gold-coloured indices with Super-LumiNova

 Movement

Self-winding 11½ Rado Calibre 763

 Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds, date

 Power Reserve

80 hours

 Strap 

Burgundy NATO strap with gold-coloured centre line, brushed bronze pin buckle and loops, and Easy Clip system

 Price

S$3,890

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Like most people these days, Melissa tells the time with her phone. She considers serious timepieces works of art and thinks the perpetual calendar is the handiest complication to date (pun not intended). She's also a Grammar Nazi but promises not to judge if you can't tell the difference between "guilloche" and "guillotine".


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