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Rado Swiss brand has released a limited edition Diastar (or so-called original) for Baselworld: the D-Star Rado Basel2011 Special, 1.111 copies.

If a brand is really unloved by well-meaning, it is Rado, both in terms of design and technology.
The fact that she belongs to Swatchgroup as Omega moreover, is a tiny detail in the history of the Swiss watch brand, two words come to mind when I think it: purity and sobriety .

diastar modèle années 60

It’s really the ultimate anti ostentation, wearing a Rado wrist, she is discreet, but elegant, thistimepiece stands out for its quality and beauty, not the place it occupies in space .

calibre standard années 70-80

The Diastar is one of the iconic models of the history of watchmaking.

woman model  60’s

Born in 1917, Longeau under the name Schlup and Co., Rado initially designed movements.

In 1957, she became Rado, by developing his own models.

The Diastar, developed by Marc Lederrey, born in 1962: made in tungsten carbide cobalt, a first for the watchmaking world, at the time.

Specifications( in bidorby.co.za):

caliber  60’s

“The watch has a high quality Swiss Draft (ETA) mechanism with 25 jewels. It has a micro-regulator above the beam, thereby achieving excellent accuracy. It also has ball bearings in the rotor machine, making it more durable. After settlement, it now keeps time with an error of only one or two seconds per day! “

If you are dragging your watch in a pocket, to put it on your bedside so you can …

you can do everything with Diastar since its inception, it is designed not to move.

Mine actually has no scratches, it can not be done for Rado, which is a disadvantage in the world of watchmaking coast, where too many stripes kill the vintage and the absence of aging disturbs.

diastar model   80’s

The Swiss brand since its creation uses techniques developed materials such as tungsten and titanium carbide, ceramics, lanthanum and sapphire … These indices show the highest hardness in the world.

chronometer 2005 (subject)

In addition, this use allows incredible intense reflections, for example, shaded blue iridescence.

the Original

The Original, rebuilt and renamed in 2005, incorporates these concepts by adapting the model to current technologies.

Waterproofness at 100m, a reserve of 38 hours. For technical characteristics, let us talk Rado:

“(…) hard metal Lunette, steel case 34.9 mm by 42.6 mm (L) or 38.6 mm by 46.2 mm (XL), brushed steel bracelet and polished buckle Titanium (…).

The Original version is equipped with a chronograph movement with Swiss quartz precision. 60-second and 60 minutes by central hands, 1/10th of a second to 2 hours, 12 am to 10 am, ADD and SPLIT functions. Hours, minutes, small seconds at 6 o’clock and date window at 4 o’clock. Hard metal bezel, steel case 38.6 mm by 46.2 mm, brushed steel bracelet and polished titanium buckle. Dial with logo appliques Rado offered in black with bright orange and index counters orange and white, black with white luminous index counters and white, or black with bright yellow index and white and yellow counters. “(Press Release 2005).

caliber diastar chronometer 2002

For this Basel 2011 serie , the dial is oval, ellipse (42 by 46mm) as the first model, and brushed so that the reflections enhance the design, v has 3 counters, tachymeter base 240. The date does not overlap with the timers and turns up at 4:30, the skeleton hands are white and the second hand is red, a nod to the original anchor red shifted (a characteristic Rado).
The inserts are also superluminova same point in the first row of the Diastar, as you see in the photographs.

It should be noted that Rado watches shall be certified by the Observatory of certification Swiss watches and therefore has the same accuracy that a Breitling … … 4-6 seconds of variation in extreme conditions ..

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