“If we can imagine it, we can make it”
Quite clichéd is the phrase ‘Necessity is the mother of invention’. We often forget, sometimes all brilliant inventions need is just getting back to basics.
Basics is what brought RADO’s latest design ‘HYPERCHROME ULTRA LIGHT’, most coveted Australian Good Design Award – the brand’s second design award this year for its simple & minimalistic yet cutting edge design following the Rado True Open Heart’s receipt of the Red Dot design award earlier this year.
Keeping its pioneering tradition alive, the uberlight watch indeed weighs mere 56 G, quite a revolution and game-changer for watch making industry, its sure to make its Swiss counterparts run for the TIME and money. Zen-inspired design and high-tech components with the use of incredibly light high-performance materials – silicon nitride ceramic, anodized aluminium, and hardened titanium fortifies the exteriors making it scratch resistant and of-course corrosion free.
ANATOMY OF HYPERCHROME ULTRA LIGHT
Movement: 11 ½ ETA A31.L01, automatic, 21 jewels, 3 hands, date at 3 o‘clock, black oscillating rotor, decorated movement, black anodized aluminum bridges
Case: Silicon nitride (Si3N4) matt ultra-light high-tech ceramic case, monobloc construction, sandblasted hardened grade 5 titanium inserts, silicon nitride (Si3N4) matt ultra-light high-tech ceramic case back with sapphire crystal, sandblasted hardened grade 5 titanium crown, curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides, water resistant to 5 bar (50 m) special engraving on case back: LIMITED EDITION ONE OUT OF 500
Dial: Dark grey, Dark grey flange, Moving anchor symbol, Black printed Rado and Automatic logos
Hands: Black
Braclet: NATO strap, hardened grade 5 titanium pin buckle
Dimensions: 43.0 x 50.5 x 11.2 (WxLxH in mm)
FLASHBACK FACT
MATERIAL-ISM: Speaking of inventions, RADO pioneered the scratch resistant technology in 1962, now a world leader for its innovative designs and scratch proof watches using unique materials such as tungsten, titanium carbide, ceramics, lanthanum and sapphire crystal.