Dive deep with Rado and Mido dive watches
Chart a course for the horizon with the Mido Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer Special Edition, a watch that packed a ton of fun and personality in one. An irresistible high-performance piece, the Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer inspires the travellers of today to ride on the success of a Mido legend of the Sixties. The original Mido Ocean Star Skin Diver Watch was released in the 1960s and gained a cult following with its quirky multicoloured decompression scale for divers embarking on technical dives.
While watches like these are usually designed with an air of seriousness, Mido opted for a gamut of colours to inject a touch of casualness. It served as the perfect reference for Mido’s latest offering, a neo-vintage execution and a pop of colours make the Mido Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer Special Edition the perfect summer watch. Despite the watch’s casual guise, it is a resolute dive watch thanks to a 200m water resistant case and Mido’s expertise in water resistance that dates back to 1934.
The decompression scale takes centre stage on the watch dial and is flanked by a world time bezel that can be read with the red arrow GMT hand. Mido’s calibre 80 and the Nivachron balance-spring provides anti-magnetic properties and 80-hours of power reserve for optimal performance.
In 1962, Rado debuted the Rado Captain Cook, named after the 18th-century British explorer James Cook. The watch was an oddball, if you will, as Rado mainly produced dress watches unlike the dive watch that enjoyed a brief moment till 1968. It was not until 2017 when the Rado Captain Cook resurfaced and became an overnight cult favourite.
Numerous iterations of the vintage-esque dive watch were produced after, the latest of which being the Rado Captain Cook High-Tech Ceramic Skeleton. Widely known as the Master of Materials, Rado demonstrates their pedigree in material engineering as their proprietary plasma high-tech ceramic case is paired with stainless steel elements. The deep anthracite coloured case is complemented by a matching plasma high-tech ceramic bracelet with a row of lighter-shade links down the centre.
Warm shades of rose gold are applied to the other watch parts as an ode to the fiery environment needed to treat plasma ceramic. Within the watch lies the skeletonised Rado calibre R808 that is part of the new Rado “Art of Skeletonisation” series. A striking openwork execution lends a glimpse to the visual geometry made possible by the smoked sapphire crystal dial.
Once you’re done with this story about the Rado and Mido dive watches, catch up with the rest of our April 2023 issue here.
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