Rado Press Room | Materials & Manufacturing

Warranty Upgrade. Feel Anchored

20 November 2023

We have good news for you: all new Rado watches now benefit from a 5-year International Warranty. At Rado we have always made watches that are built to last – not just for a few years, but for a lifetime.

Master of Materials

14 August 2023

Wonderful things can be said, quite justifiably, about the special, unmistakable feel of Rado High-Tech Ceramic, under human touch.

The Art of Ceramic

10 December 2021

The denomination "Master of Materials" did not happen by chance. It is the result of unrelenting research and development, backed by a courageous desire to experiment and imagine all things possible.

HIGH-TECH CERAMIC

07 November 2017

As Rado's signature material, high-tech ceramic stands out among luxury watchmaking materials for its remarkable marriage of lightness and hardness. Learn more about the benefits and production of Rado's high-tech ceramic timepieces.

High-tech ceramic colours

07 November 2016

Favoured by luxury watchmakers for its incredible marriage of hardness and lightness, Rado’s high-tech ceramic also offers the opportunity to make a unique style statement thanks to its range of seven captivating colours.

PLASMA HIGH-TECH CERAMIC

05 September 2016

Imagine if you could take a piece of white high-tech ceramic and transform it, magically, into a gleaming watch case with a metallic glow. Now imagine you could do it without actually using any metal. Sounds impossible, but Rado didn’t just imagine it: we made it happen.

BIRTH OF A RADO

23 August 2016

Follow a Rado high-tech ceramic watch on its journey from raw material to finished masterpiece. This article originally appeared in True Design #2, the official Rado magazine.

RADO: MATERIALS MASTERED

19 August 2016

An in-depth examination of Rado's range of materials innovations: high-tech ceramic, plasma high-tech ceramic, silicon nitride ceramic, hardened titanium, hardmetal, high-tech diamond and sapphire crystal. This article originally appeared in True Design#1, the official Rado magazine.