Rado may have forged its contemporary history with high tech ceramics but watch aficionados will likely recall the swinging 60s, 1957 to be precise, which marked the launch of the very first collection of watches under the Rado brand.
The 42mm PVD gold Rado Coupole Classic Quartz Chronograph is available in a trio of flavours – sunray brushed silvery dial, brushed blue dial and black dial, each with their curved applied hour markers usually found on high horology chronographs.Īvailability of the Coupole Classic Quartz Chronograph is expected in May with a retail price of SG$1,910Ģ019 Rado Tradition Golden Horse Limited Edition After 60 seconds, the hands all reset to zero and waits for the owner to “re-awaken” the quartz chronograph by pushing the crown inwards, the ETA E57.251 then drives the hands to their exact positions of the exact time at the moment
The 2019 Rado novelty enters “sleep mode” when the crown is pulled out, allowing the user to prolong battery life. The Coupole Classic Quartz Chronograph also takes the secret “retailer feature” of the Longines VHP and makes it part of its unique selling proposition. Nevertheless, Rado’s new chronograph features a Perpetual calendar accurate to the year 2399 and Gear train position detection (DPR) system which ensures analog hand indication remains precise even after heavy shocks and knocks: resynchronisation occurs at 3 a.m each morning moving the hands to its intended position similar to its sister brand’s VHP watches. Although the quartz chronograph doesn’t quite share the VHP’s vaunted ± 5 sec / year precision, it achieves a comfortable ± 10 sec / year precision for a sub-S$2,000 Rado quartz chronograph. The 2019 Rado Coupole Classic Quartz Chronograph is driven by the ETA E57.251 quartz movement with 4 year running time.įeaturing NTC or New Technology Chronograph functionality, the new Rado Coupole Classic Chronograph has a slew of abilities that one might recognise derived from sister brand Longines’ VHP quartz movements. Classic, minimalist styling of the Coupole Classic Quartz Chronograph is what draws you in before you learn of the cool, new fangled technology that comes shared from sister brand Longines.