Rado Captain Cook

[Linocut]

I went into a shop today and looked at the new Rado Captain Cook...what is the purpose of the Anchor rotating on the face?

[MakeColdplayHistory]

I went into a shop today and looked at the new Rado Captain Cook...what is the purpose of the Anchor rotating on the face?

Marketing.

[WatchFanUK23]

I went into a shop today and looked at the new Rado Captain Cook...what is the purpose of the Anchor rotating on the face?

I had always assumed that it mimics the way a rotor turns in an automatic watch. It sort of looks like a mini-rotor when you think about it.


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[MDSWATCH]

I understand it was originally intended as kind of service indicator.

If the oils in the watch dry up, then the anchor will tend to stick or stop rotating.

My Rado True has this feature. I didn’t realise when I bought it. But it’s a nice quirk!

[jk103]

If you go to the EOT forum they have a Rado forum there and Watch Carefully is pretty knowledgeable about them. We have a member here that used to post on the forum quite a bit back in the day.
The link to the info doesn't work now but this will bring you to the forum I am sure someone can provide a link there.

https://www.equationoftime.com/forum...otating-anchor

[Calumets]

As MDSWatch says, the rotating anchor was originally designed to indicate when a service was needed, but that is no longer the case. It has no function now, but harks back to the earlier models and is a fun detail. It resembles the auto rotor and an anchor - pretty cool IMO.

[walkerwek1958]

I understand it was originally intended as kind of service indicator.

If the oils in the watch dry up, then the anchor will tend to stick or stop rotating.

My Rado True has this feature. I didn’t realise when I bought it. But it’s a nice quirk!

Sounds like complete rubbish to me, typical inbternet factoid!

I`m sure someone on the past has had a watch in need of service, probably in poor condition, where the symbol has ceased top rotate, but there's no way this was ever an intended feature.

[abraxas]

Rado have always done it and I love them for it. Especially in their Diastar...

[Neil.C]

It's a nice little feature allied with the potty names like green horse, Golden horse etc make them a bit unusual.

Wanna see my Purple Horse?

[MarvinManUK]

I’m not sure on its exact purpose, but I think it really finishes off the Captain Cook series of watches in particular.

It’s a welcome design ‘quirk’ in my opinion!




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[j111dja]

I’m not sure on its exact purpose, but I think it really finishes off the Captain Cook series of watches in particular.

It’s a welcome design ‘quirk’ in my opinion!




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You are right.

I have handled a few of these. They are well put together and look superb.

I saw a grey dial, grey bezel model in steel earlier this year and I would like to own the grey or blue model one day.

[lughugger]

This one?

They’re really great little watches. The perfect pub diver in 37mm.




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[j111dja]

This one?

They’re really great little watches. The perfect pub diver in 37mm.




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It is a lighter shade of grey. Ghost limited Edition of 150? I'm unsure as it looked bigger than 37mm.

[notenoughwrists]

I went into a shop today and looked at the new Rado Captain Cook...what is the purpose of the Anchor rotating on the face?

Same reason Rolls Royce do it with the alloy centre caps...
Looks cool. Serves no purpose other than being “nice”


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[lughugger]

It is a lighter shade of grey. Ghost limited Edition of 150? I'm unsure as it looked bigger than 37mm.

Same watch, different lighting. The Rake x Revolution. 37mm.


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[j111dja]

Same watch, different lighting. The Rake x Revolution. 37mm.


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It looks great but it's too small for my taste.

Personally, I would go for the 42mm version.

[Linocut]

You are right.

I have handled a few of these. They are well put together and look superb.

I saw a grey dial, grey bezel model in steel earlier this year and I would like to own the grey or blue model one day.

I went in to actually look at the green and blue models, but after trying them all on I preferred the black in the end.

[j111dja]

I went in to actually look at the green and blue models, but after trying them all on I preferred the black in the end.

I looked at the black. It looks great but I have far too many black dialled watch and wanted a bit of a change. The blue is rather nice IMHO.

[Calumets]

Here's another 37.3mm diameter example.

[mtagrant]

A few shots of my 42mm which I sold a couple of months back. Great watch, and very accurate too (within 1spd)

[bigvic]

5521229[/URL]]I went into a shop today and looked at the new Rado Captain Cook...what is the purpose of the Anchor rotating on the face?

The anchor has a different purpose on different models, for instance on the Captain Cook the anchor will always point to Australia.

[WarrenVrs]

Same watch, different lighting. The Rake x Revolution. 37mm.


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No, it's the 42mm version. Look at the date window.
https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/01223...BoCCzkQAvD_BwE

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[j111dja]

No, it's the 42mm version. Look at the date window.
https://www.beaverbrooks.co.uk/01223...BoCCzkQAvD_BwE

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That's correct. The 42mm model has a more oblong shaped date window than the 37mm model.

[Alansmithee]

I have the 37mm grey ghost - it is a great watch.

[robcuk]

I have the 37mm grey ghost - it is a great watch.

Agreed!


Rob

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