True Square Skeleton
Rado True Square Skeleton
DISCOVER THE SECRETS OF AN INTRICATE HEART
Rado is rightly renowned for its mastery of materials, cutting-edge design, and the Art of Skeletonisation. The new True Square Skeleton combines the collection’s iconic square case with 12 baguette-diamond indices framing fascinating views of the skeletonised movement. The discreet elegance of the baguettes directs the eye through cut-away apertures into the heart of the mechanism, allowing the owner to make an intimate, emotional connection with their watch.
Sophisticated, slender, and timeless, 4 of the trapezoidal baguette diamonds frame the dial at 3, 6, 9 and 12 o’clock, while 8 mark the hours. The clear, spare design enhances their shine beneath the sapphire crystal glass, antireflective on both faces. These elegant baguettes seduce with subtle, dancing reflections, lighting up the dial and drawing the eye into the heart of the movement. The dial side features a horizontal brushed finish and anthracite coating, while the reverse – easily visible through the titanium case back’s sapphire crystal – is the colour of nickel. Parallel lines divide the dial into three sections, highlighting geometric harmonies and key parts of the movement. The monobloc case and bracelet in smooth, polished black high-tech ceramic provide a splendid backdrop for the black lacquered dial, baguette diamonds and skeleton movement, all the while offering incomparable wearer comfort.
This enchanting, soft-cornered square timepiece is powered by the artfully skeletonised Rado calibre R808. This 25-jewel, 3-hand automatic movement is fitted with an antimagnetic Nivachron™ hairspring for enhanced resistance to shock, temperature fluctuations and magnetic fields, and features a remarkable 80-hour power reserve. Testing in five different positions secures and enhances the built-in accuracy and reliability of the watch.
The new Rado True Square Skeleton reaches out to you with an open invitation to enter a world of fascinating movement. Feel the tingling, sparkling emotions rise up within you when you discover the secrets of this intricate and enchanting timekeeper. Look, listen, and feel the rhythms – the beating heart of the watch on your wrist, and with it your own racing pulse.
About High-Tech Ceramic
High-tech ceramic truly embodies Rado’s experience and status as Master of Materials. Not only is it a material of astonishing durability, with remarkable scratch-resistant characteristics, but it is also beautifully light and silky to touch, with the ability to quickly match a wearer’s body temperature, so it feels like an extension of themselves. That's why we say, ‘Feel it!’
High-tech ceramic was first introduced by Rado in 1986 following extensive research and development, and can only be produced under exacting conditions. The process starts with extremely pure and finely calibrated mineral powders of zirconium oxide, which are mixed with a specially developed plastic carrier medium and injected into precision moulds at pressures of around 1,000 bar. The moulds are baked, then allowed to cool and the plastic carrier agent dissolved chemically. The ceramic forms are then heated again, this time to 1,450°C. This precisely controlled sintering stage causes powdered particles to fuse together, resulting in a density and hardness that far exceeds regular ceramic. The reward is a material that stands at 1,250 on the Vickers scale and which can be machined and finished, using diamond tools, ready to be assembled into a Rado timepiece.