We make extreme demands of the materials we use. Hardness alone is not enough: innovation, durability, brilliance and skin-friendliness are equally essential. In the mid-1980s, Rado engineers discovered a substance that fulfilled all these requirements, but had not been used in the watch industry before: high-tech ceramics.
Extremely resistant, it had been applied in medicine, Formula-1 motor racing, and on the heat shield that enabled the Space Shuttle’s re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere. Our pioneering application of this material led to the iconic Rado Ceramica watch.
HT-ceramics (1.1 MB)