Following the success of the original Rado True Square Open Heart watch in white-tech ceramic with diamond hour markers, the Swiss watchmaker has now expanded the collection to include two new models with the same design details – this time in black high-tech ceramic and plasma high-tech ceramic.
Rado True Square Open Heart Diamond Watches - Credit Rado
Rado and ceramic watches are synonymous at this point. The material propelled the brand into fame during the 1990’s, attracting the wrists of those with a love of minimalistic, lightweight black ceramic watches. Rado has no shortage of ceramic designs in their portfolio – in fact I think every single collection of theirs incorporates the material in one way or another. They don’t call themselves the “Master of Materials” for nothing.
One popular family is the Rado True Square which revives another iconic square-shaped watch from the brand’s past, the Ceramica from 1990. On its launch in 2020, the True Square combined this square aesthetic with their new high-tech ceramic injected-monobloc technology, a first in the industry. The collection has since grown to include men’s and women’s cases and dials left classic or skeletonised.
Rado True Square Open Heart Diamond Watches - Credit Rado
A popular model on the collection’s debut was a white high-tech ceramic True Square Open Heart Diamond watch. Now for fans of this sparkly, polished, square-shaped watch, we’re treated two new editions with the same design codes. The first wows with a polished black monobloc high-tech ceramic case and crown with a black PVD sandblasted titanium case back fitted with sapphire crystal. It completes its all-black look a black high-tech ceramic bracelet and a vertically brushed black skeletonised dial with yellow gold-toned bevels.
The other addition utilises Rado’s plasma monobloc high-tech ceramic which has an industrial grey hue. The ceramic case is highly polished and paired with another sandblasted titanium exhibition case back and matching plasma high-tech ceramic bracelet with a titanium clasp. For the dial to match, Rado has elected a vertically brushed grey skeletonised centre with rose gold-coloured bevels.
Rado True Square Open Heart Diamond Watches - Credit Rado
Like their predecessor in white, the new Rado True Square Open Heart Diamond watches measure to 38mm wide and 9.7mm tall with a 50 metre water resistant rating and sapphire crystal glass with anti-reflective treatment on both sides. On the very outskirts of the dial, they have sparkling hour markers made of 12 Wesselton diamonds with a combined weight of 0.096 carats.
Put on display at their centre, the Rado True Square Open Heart Diamond watches are powered by the automatic-winding Rado calibre R734. It impresses with an 80-hour power reserve and an anti-magnetic Nivachron™ balance spring. As mentioned, you can witness the movement hard at work through the case back including circular grain decoration and Côte de Genève striping.
The Rado True Square Open Heart Diamond watches are available to order now for a retail price of £2,950.
Technical Specification:
- Brand: Rado
- Model: True Square Open Heart Diamond
- Price: £2,950
- Material: Black high-tech ceramic or plasma high-tech ceramic
- Movement: Rado calibre R734 automatic winding
- Complications: Hours, minutes and seconds
- Dial: Black or grey vertically brushed with gold bevels, skeletonised
- Size: 38mm wide, 9.7mm tall
- When the reviewer would personally wear it: This is a watch you wear as a statement. The square case, shiny ceramic and skeletonised dial is going to demand attention, so I’d wear this whenever I needed a statement accessory.
- A friend we’d recommend it to first: A female watch wearer who enjoys automatic movements and ceramic cases.
- Best characteristics of the watch: The cases are beautifully shaped and lightweight. I also love the openwork detailing on the dial, it stands out to most other skeletonised watches.
- The worst characteristics of the watch: I don’t know why, but the small skeletonised aperture at 3 o’clock has always bugged me. It almost looks like a date window without any date. Anyone else get this?
