Rado r5.5 Watch

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed)
Nov 30th 2009 at 12:01PM

This is not the first Rado watch I've seen that actually looks like a TV screen - but it does look a lot like one. Applying their new style of minimalism (but not too much minimalism you can't easily read the watch dial), the new Rado r5.5 line is another all ceramic beauty from the brand that doesn't try too hard to look good. These designs are all created by artist Jasper Morrison.The square shaped case gracefully edges into a solid lug structure for the also all ceramic bracelet at the ends of the case. The dials are done with a sunburst polish and the watch comes with gold or steel tone hands and indexes.

You can opt for a chronograph or three-hand variant of the r5.5 watch (I still don't get the name). The thin cases have Swiss quartz movements in them. Rado didn't mention how wide the cases are, so I can't share that with. Crystals are of course sapphire. One thing I have noticed about most all Rado ceramic watches are that no matter how old they are, the watches almost always look new due to the brand's particular good use of the highly scratch resistant ceramic compound. Look for the Rado r5.5 watches soon.

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch review site aBlogtoRead.com.

Tags: ceramic, jasper morrison, JasperMorrison, r5.5, rado, watch, watch of the day, WatchOfTheDay

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acl555 Nov 30th 2009 2:31PM

Do you happen to know the diameter and/or height of this Rado? Also is it a man's or woman's watch? Anti-reflective sapphire? Thanks.

Rado Watch Ltd. Dec 3rd 2009 4:08AM

Dear ACL555,
We hope we can answer your questions with following answers:

- the r5.5 is named after the radius of its watch head which is
exactly 5.5 / Jasper Morrison liked the idea of creating minimalistic design which
is not too minimalistic through the round edges of the new Rado watch

- the watch is unisex

- diameter basic 37.0 x 46.4 x 7.5 mm / Chronograph 37.0 x 46.4 x 9.2
mm (WxLxH)

- anti-reflective sapphire -> no

Best regards,
Rado

Rado Watch Ltd. Dec 3rd 2009 4:05AM

Dear ACL555,
We hope we can answer your questions with following answers:

- the r5.5 is named after the radius of its watch head which is exactly 5.5
Jasper Morrison liked the idea of creating minimalistic design which is not too minimalistic through the round edges of the new Rado watch

- the watch is unisex

- diameter basic 37.0 x 46.4 x 7.5 mm / Chronograph 37.0 x 46.4 x 9.2 mm (WxLxH)

- anti-reflective sapphire -> no

Best regards,
Rado