One of the things I’ve had to accept about some of the more modern Rado watches is that they no longer always feature as heavily modern materials as ceramic and and other exotic choices as part of the case. Daily-wear dive watches seem to be of particular interest to the Swatch Group, and I recently also reviewed the Mido Ocean Star Titanium - which, while a different design, has a similar price point and appeal in a dive watch as this Rado Captain Cook Automatic. For those who search, there are surprises within the group across various brands. In fact, most of the group’s watches are, in a lot of ways, under-appreciated because of a lack of branding, marketing, or consumer engagement. As I’ve said a number of times, when the Swatch Group wants to, they can make a class-leading one. It really comes down to a totality of reasons that blend together into a really attractive package. There is no one particular reason why the Captain Cook Automatic 42mm is a great casual/sport wristwatch choice. These features, combined with a sensible price and great quality, make for a very compelling timepiece that currently comes with a brown, blue, blue, gray, or green dial and either on a leather strap or this matching steel bracelet. It is a modern dive watch that learns some lessons that a lot of contemporary designs have either forgotten or eschewed. It isn’t just a retro-styled modern dive watch. Rado really hit upon something nice here, as there is a lot to like about the Captain Cook Automatic 42. Rado quietly introduced this 42mm-wide version of the Captain Cook Automatic that combines the slick retro-styling of the 37mm-wide version, but with a much more modern and fashionable case size of 42mm. I liked the idea of the 45mm-wide model, but it was a bit large for me, and the 37mm-wide more classic version has a great look, but was far too small for me. Prior to this “sweet spot” 42mm-wide Captain Cook Automatic coming out, Rado released a “true to original” Captain Cook Automatic watch with a 37mm-wide case (aBlogtoWatch hands-on here), and a modern version of the Captain Cook as the HyperChrome Captain Cook (aBlogtoWatch review here) in a much larger 45mm-wide case. That was the idea behind the Captain Cook. More recently Rado has found some success by reminding people what they used to produce in the past and by recreating a lot of it for today’s audiences. Rado (which is part of the Swatch Group) has re-imagined itself a few times over the last decade in the form of various types of products and design experiments. Rado’s popularity has never been strong in the United States compared with markets such as South America and India. Rado was the first brand to popularize ceramic as a watch case material - though it wasn’t until 2000 when Chanel used ceramic for the J12 that it became as popular a case material as it is today. For many years the Captain Cook collection had zero relevance to the Rado brand, which in the 1980s decided it was going to be a brand that was all about being modern. In addition to the ocean explorer many people learned about in history class, Captain Cook is the name of a Rado diver’s watch collection that, according to Rado, was debuted in 1962. This particular version is the steel with blue dial and matching ceramic bezel Rado Captain Cook Automatic reference R32505203 | 01.763.0505.3.020. Not counting various colors and whether or not a watch is on a strap or bracelet, Swiss watch brand Rado currently has five watches on its website with “Captain Cook” in the name, the most recently of which is this inconspicuously titled “Captain Cook Automatic.” In my opinion, it is the best of the Rado Captain Cook watches currently available.
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