An Awesome Dive Watch That Should Be On Your Radar - Rado Captain Cook Review (37mm & 42mm)
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In recent months, I have made it a goal of mine to cover more unconventional choices for watches to showcase on the channel, and today we follow that new theme, by looking at a very cool vintage dive watch that you should know about, the Rado Captain Cook.
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You are correct. Rado is absolutely massive in the sub continent especially in Pakistan and India. I was once with a businessman friend in Dubai and he was wearing a sub mariner but when we got to the Rado store he was more excited to purchase the Rado than what he had on the wrist. It is an aspirational brand over there.
My goodness, you have raised your bar regarding production value in style, in these videos. This one starts with a spectacular and well framed title page, your macro shots are fantastic, and it seems to me, young man, if you've got a lot of stylish clothing you are horsing around with.
Seriously, you are establishing an upscale style to your videos, and it looks good.
I love that you are reviewing these Rado watches, and that you did take time to note the rotating logo. You know, they have a patent on that and it has a secondary function beyond aesthetics... It spins on a jewel just like those in the rest of the mechanism, and when it stops spinning, get sticky, well the watch needs to be maintained because it's the same oil and the same ruby the rest of the watch uses.
Really cool watches, great review!
Great comment, Erik. Thanks for providing more context on the rotating logo. Also thank you for the kind words on the production. I have been working hard to improve the style of videos being created on this channel. Glad it is being noticed! Stay safe!
That’s an awesome fact about the logo
I've had this Rado CC for over half a year now and it's a fantastic piece. One of the best price / value ratios in this category in my opinion. Swaping the straps / bracelet so easily helps me to never get bored of it.
I bought the 37mm special edition and I couldn't be any happier. The 37mm has a bigger appearance on the wrist than its dimensions and really love the fact it comes with 3 different straps. Rado made an excellent discision to look back at its archives and reissue this lovely unknown vintage and did so with great success. My biggest love about this watch which no one has mention is that the mesh bracelet can be adjusted to any size which allows a perfect fit on the wrist and looks so attractive on the wrist. Not many bracelets out there can do that!!
I've got a lot of Indian colleagues that love this brand, they introduced me to the Captain Cook reissue. I love the 37mm and definitely on my radar for the next buy.
Great watch. Rarely see that size from a diver nowadays which is cool!
In India, Rado is THE luxury watch. They sell 60% of their watch in India.
Too many bollywood actors as ambassador... That's why it popular
In India rado is worth more then Rolex
Rado is one of the most durable watches I’ve ever owned. I got my first one when I graduated and I still get compliments on that watch. Their design and innovative material choices stand out even to this day. A lot of watch brands say their watches are scratch proof, but a good 15 years later my first Rado looks and feels like new
Is your Rado a "ceramic" one? I am impressed how good it has held up!
You are right.😁
Teddy, the production quality of your videos is the BEST of any comparable content on TH-cam.
TB, I have always appreciated Rado and almost purchased the Day/Date unique Rado Diastar a few years ago and passed bc it was 35mm. But the second I saw the Captain Cook recently I instantly fell in love with that look and larger size. Thanks for the great review I’ve been waiting to hear on this attractive piece from an underrated brand!👍
The Captain Cook is so cool looking.
U can use like a Cook ring too.....
@@fabiobenci2858 what do you mean the ring? And I agree, gorgeous design
Oh, yeah, I saw that one on Watchfinder & Co not so long ago and got it in 42mm. Design is so perfect, as well as specs and price. Another similar cool vintage inspired dive watch would be Blancpain Fifty Fathoms, but it demands a Submariner price))
Addendum for 3:12.
The 37mm version that you featured actually cones with the leather roll, strap change tool, NATO strap, and mesh bracelet. I've seen this at my local AD and have been eyeing the 37mm for a while.
Absolutely love my 37mm Captain Cook which looks stunning especially in the sunshine.
Great review but personally I prefer the smaller size on my 6.5” wrist. Mine also came with a NATO and a Milanese strap in the box.
I like the 42 mm very much. Rado is an unappreciated brand that deserves more recognition from the enthusiasts. I got two Rado watches a DiaStar from the 70’s that was my late father’s watch and a D-Star 200 diver and I like both of them very much. Nice video and keep the good work my friend!
This has been on my “Rado” for 12 months or so.🤣Love the look of both. Unfortunately other priorities got in the way. Quite a well recognized brand Down Under. Another top review👍🏻
Love that you're finally talking about Rado on here
Teddy is so on point. I am from India and mention Rolex, Omega, and Rado and most likely people will say Rado as their preferred brand and Rado has done well to maintain their reputation by selling their all gold tone watch as their top seller in India and probably surrounding countries.
I just got the 1962 37mm yesterday. Thanks to you and Wil for helping me choose my next watch
It's cool that you did a video on this and the North Flag. Both are extremely underrated watches, but are on my list. I know the anchor feature is kind of gimmicky, but redardless I think its pretty cool & especially with everything else that comes with this watch, the price is worth it to me. Keep up the good work Teddy!
Great and thoughtful review! I have a Rado Integral, and what they do with ceramics is wondrous! This Captain Cook looks stunning, and with your review, will be considering it...!
I love the look of them. They strike a good balance between vintage, and modern in my opinion.
I love that you tried both cases and had some really good analysis on how each wears. I have the same wrist size so 42 mm is usually not my style. However, I may rethink that with this watch.
My biggest take away from the RADO CC is the rice grain bracelet. Usually RADO designs don’t appeal to me but this one’s really catching my attention. Thanks Teddy for another great video.
The Captain Cook has been on my shopping list for a long time, but I keep dipping into my savings for other purchases. Thanks for the review and comparison.
The CC is a beautiful watch hands-down. I've bought a 37mm (I have a small wrist) black dial with a steel bracelet as a perfect everyday watch. It's now one of my three most favorite watches in my collection, the other ones being the Tudor North Flag and the Omega Speedmaster Reduced.
Thank you Teddy for making my decision easier! I just bought this beautiful watch on blue! The sunburst dial is awesome! Keep up the good work!
Yes! I tried one of the blue dial 42mm on the other day at a retailer, and I immediately fell in love. It felt so good on my wrist. The leather was fantastic, and the clasp was phenomenal. Great watch in my opinion. Excited to watch the rest of the review! Great work as always, Teddy.
Thanks for watching, James! I agree with you here on the watch too!
Always loved the looks of the Captain Cook. Recently got a ceramic Rado Grande Seconde and I’m very impressed by the build quality
Just recieved the Green 42mm version with the standard bracelet, a leather band w/clasp and a NATO Strap included in the package. I had no idea it came with these extras so it was definitely a nice surprise. Im in love with this watch and can't keep my eyes off of it.
I bought the burgundy version tonight. Loving it. I really appreciated your review and it helped me. Thank you.
Rado is the most loved luxury watch brand in India because unlike Rolex, it is a bit more affordable luxury especially for the middle class.
If you own a Rado in India, it shows you're doing well in life.
A Rado is what is usually gifted during weddings as well.
Rolex is also popular but is still limited to a very very small section of the society.
I appreciate you covering Rado with so much detail because the brand is mostly overlooked in the horology community.
Interesting watch, Teddy. One of my favorite things about this channel is the wide variety of watches I see here. This channel has allowed me to greatly expand my knowledge and appreciate timepieces more. I sent a request to your Facebook group. Hopefully I can learn more there and share my quickly growing collection. Cheers.
Agree these are severely underrated. The blue and the green are stunning on the beads of rice bracelet.
As mentioned earlier below, it is similar to the Blancpain Fifty Fathoms Automatique, a 12.k watch. This looks really good!
Thank You for doing this. Rarely western reviewers focus on this. Rado watches meant luxury and wealth for every kid who grew up for last 50 yrs back in Asia or Middle East. They were fancy wirh Gold and diamond and nearly in 6 digit currency. Celebs used to have it. I have always wondered why people don’t look into it. Thanks for this video. Learned a lot more about this company
Damn it Teddy! I haven't thought about Rado in YEARS. Literally the last time I thought about Rado was when I first saw a V10K almost 20+ years ago. This Captain Cook is just quirky enough for me to make some space for in my watch box. Great review. Stay safe!
I own the 42 with a retro sunburst dial and it’s now my favourite daily wearer. I’m not a fan of rado at all - but I’m a fan of the captain cook. Great piece!
For me it is the most beautiful watch on the market ❤
Love your "unconventional" pick and review of watches, as of late! The 42mm captain cook looks amazing.
I love the simplistic beauty of this watch.
Yesterday I was looking for this beauty 😍
Awesome looking pieces no doubt! Thanks for watching, my friend! Stay safe!
I absolutely love Rado. One of my prize possessions is a vintage automatic DiaStar that belonged to my dad. It's non-functional but maybe one day I'll get it back to it's ticking glory!
I have the same watch from my dad! Watch is from early 80s.
Captain Cook’s museum in Whitby U.K. is a great step back to a historical time of global adventure and exploration. This watch does grow on me, especially the crazy cool green dial - just fun and something different to augment any watch collection. Loving the big bold hour hand for excellent legibility.
Beautiful looking watch ,love the styling , will have to keep an eye out for this beauty
That 37 looks perfect
you have brought a new awareness to a cool looking watch thank you.
At last a good comprehensive review. Thanks.
That 42 fit your wrist much better than I was expecting. Nice video.
Quality stuff man, keep it up!
This is one of my grail watches, and this was a watch I hoped you'd review someday. Finally!
If I won the giveaway, it would be the Explorer, Tag Autavia, or one of these.
Here in Puerto Rico Rado has a huge following!! My Dad owns two!! That CC is beautiful 😍
Excellent review, and one of the best divers at the moment, full stop
I'd have to spring for a 42 mm, part of the reason I'm into watches is to get lost in the dial and the designs of watches. I love Casio watches and Dive style watches for their designs and features, it's enough for me to just to watch time move. So I always spring for a bigger watch, but I am in full support of smaller pieces as well.
I was going to buy an oris aquis on the rubber but I saw the green dial 42mm rado and just couldn’t resist, love it
I’ve clearly not given Rado the attention deserves.
Pretty cool brand. I think I am just as guilty as you are, it has taken me too long to do a deeper dive on this piece.
J.J. H . Also good value compared to Oris?
@@dioxviad it’s very popular in Asia. Basically every high-income Indian I’ve met owns a Rado watch.
@@TeddyBaldassarre In everyone’s defense, I think I speak for almost everyone when I say we first clapped eyes on the Rado Diastar, felt a bit queasy/uneasy, and never looked back. The Captain Cook really blindsided me. I’m surprised they didn’t release it sooner. Now, that said, I wish there was a middle -ground version, maybe 39-40mm because the 37 seems good, but have to double check the size, but the 45 just seems too “Invicta-ish” in terms of size. With the thin height, I think 40mm would be the sweet spot for this absolute gem. Just my opinion and it’s worth exactly what y’all paid for it 😏☺️
I want to apologize right quick, I thought they only had the 37mm and the XL version at 45mm. I just learned of the 42mm version, so fortunately after saying all those words, there plenty of room in my mouth to put my foot 🤣.
Love the style and the spinning anchor makes it fun. The leather strap is cool.
I might be pulling the trigger on this one. Just having a bit of a struggle with which dial/strap combination to go for. Great looking and an amazing value for the price.
Very cool indeed, good looking piece's is my radar for sure. 👍🏼👍🏼Thank for an excellent review of this both magnificent piece's...
Beautiful watch and great review, I have a Rado d star 200 black ceramic and I love it!
I like Rado and one of my earliest "good" watches was the Sintra chronograph which is an amazing design all in ceramic. However after that watch I couldn't find anything by Rado to stand out until now. In a sea of Submariner clones this is so unique and attractive and clean design that doesn't need bells and whistles. I must start saving now.
Love it. Thanks for the review
Beautiful and very unique diver watch that stands out of competition!❤️ Rado is highly respected brand in India but some how it is underrated in US I don’t know why? This watch is on my radar to buy when my budget is right! 🤗 Teddy what a great review! 👍
Rado is very popular in India. When I was a kid, in America, successful Indians would all buy the gold Rado Diastar. Very flashy.
I agree! The Rado brand has made a big impact in the Indian Luxury Watch market
Are we talking casino cash?
Rado, Baltic, Lorier, Mont Blanc all producing that “contemporary vintage” excellence!
I handled one of these in a Rado boutique recently. Very beautiful watch in person.
I love the bead blasted hands, and curved crystal. The hands add that "old treasure chest" look, and the crystal gives that looking through an explorers telescope lense feel. I like it alot.
Thanks for giving some attention to Rado, a brand I find interesting and innovative.
Interesting enough my wife never heard of Rado! Back 35 years ago, when i was a kid in PR ... i remember Rado being the epitome of luxury with gold watches with precious stones like diamonds and rubies inside... i remember admiring my uncles rolex and rado collection!
Very unique look for a diver that stands out from the crowd, and I agree that the leather band adds a nice extra touch of style. I've got to find a dealer so I can look at them in person.
A review long awaited Teddy - Thank you so much .
Like you said Rado is under appreciated but the quality & overall reliability it comes with is unbeatable at this price point.
Great review - Stay Safe & Stay Strong brother.
Thanks for watching, my friend! Stay safe!
Love the Captain Cook here. My wife and I both own one, she has the white with mesh (37mm) and I have the black on BoR def worth the money as they have excellent finishing and wear very slim.
I bought the 42 mm captain cook with a green face and SS bracelet as an end of year present to myself in 2019, had been eyeing it for a while leading up to it, its so beautiful in the pics and when I finally saw it in person, I was even more impressed. It's a gorgeous piece in this price point. I'm so glad to see a review on it from you, was wondering if you were going to get to it someday. Thanks for all the great content, enjoying the channel very much.
Very cool from a brand that descended into fashion status, hopefully a nice turn around for them. Neat that it comes in men’s and women’s sports watch sizes.
Great review!
This watch looks great, it has cues from a vintage Seamaster and the Blancpain 50 fathoms which is my favorite dive watch
Love to see more reviews that are not "conventional choices" there are a lot of great understimate products out there , hint : 'Milus'Watches' check those out, vintage reeditions solid movement ,beautiful and great for the money.
Thanks for making his video. I have been waiting for a long time for you and TGV to make a video on Rado. I would really love to see you making comparison video of Rado against other first choice brands just to see where Rado stands as a brand, its movement, price and reliability as a luxury watch. FYI people from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh have regards for this watch so high that most would give their son-in-laws a Rado for a wedding gift.
I keep repeating the intro part😂Looks like the commercial from rado itself👍👍im working at swatch btw..ur fan from Malaysia🇲🇾
I bought the 37mm ghost captain last year and I get a lot of questions about it. Looks really nice!
Production values going up with every video
great video, thank you for the helpful info
Tried it on today with the beads of rice bracelet, found it very “blingy” with all the high polish finishing. Also, no micro adjust has put me off a bit wondering if I’ll get the fit I want on my 6.25 inch wrist. It’s a shame they don’t do a rubber strap like with the Breitling superocean heritage
I've got the 42mm green version, and it's amazingly light on the leather strap.if you didn't know you would think this was quartz. If your looking for a chunky diver then this is not it. What this is , is a beautiful proportioned dive watch that's elegant on the wrist, but still has that wow factor. And the leather strap is so soft, it almost feels like suede, but isn't. It looks great on the beads of rice too, but could have benefited of having some micro adjusts in the clasp. I know they wanted to keep it slim as possible, which they achieved, the clasp Hardly feels like you've got one. I actually cringe when I think I've owned some huge thick clasps in the past that weight more than this entire package. Rado make some great watches , they are very durable too. A perfect watch that could easily be your only wearer, because it's so light and comfortable to wear. And even though the case is highly polished, I don't think this will scratch very easily. I don't know what rado do with their metalwork, but they are probably the best in the business for their use of materials.
Could you showcase yours I really wonder
I´d take the 42mm although I hate the 21mm lug width. What I love about this watch: the hour hand. Georgeous!
Never heard of Rado, do love the design of both of these watches though. Great review and filming.
My late dad gifted my mom with a Rado while he owned a Rolex before I was borned. That was in the 70s. Therefore, I know both brand since young.
It’s surely an underdog! Would love to see a review on their old champ disaster limited edition with sky blue dial !!
Fantastic video! As a budding watch enthusiast, I find the lug widths a bit weird though. Guess I'm more used to even numbers 😁 Personally, both designs would be more 'complete' if there was a special or differently shaped lumed marker at the 12 'o clock position.
Be eyeing the Capt Cook for a while. Definitely a competitor with the Diver 65, Longines/Heritage Skin, Zodiac Super Seawolf, Sinn , etc.. Great value there
Exactly the competitors I think of for this. I think it stacks up and at least deserves a glance in this range. Thanks for watching!
I’ve been eyeing this watch for years. Hopefully one day I will own one
Thanks for the broadening review.
No problem, Alan! Thanks for watching!
Love the green dial version. Great piece for the price point 👍👌
I've had the brown dial 42mm on my wish list for quite a while but have never tracked one down.
Beautiful b-roll Teddy, I prefer the gold dial, looks awesome in contrast with the bezel, hands and that little rotor at 12 o'clock. Well explained!
Thanks Marko. Trying to hang with you! Keep up the good work on your end!
@@TeddyBaldassarre u're already there Teddy! 🙏🙌
Been looking out for this review! Been waiting to hear your thoughts brother 👍😎
I just got the 37mm special edition, keeping as a family heirloom
What size is your wrist? Is there a reason you went for the 37 instead of the 42? Thanks in advance.
@@thechameleon77 I went for the 37 to keep a more retro classic and if I ever have a daughter it would fit her wrist alright too. It fits me well too tho! Wrist is 7inch around or about 178mm (used soft flexible measuring tape)
@@thechameleon77
Unless you are a hardcore diver that needs a dive watch it does not make as much sense to buy a 42mm watch.
I’m looking at getting my first luxury watch in the coming months. I was set on an omega Speedmaster however after going into a few retailers today I seen the captain cook and I like it a lot. Now to decide if I can justify the price difference
Love it comes with 37.5mm version. The look and feels reminds me of zodiac super seawolf. Would love to see a comparison between the 2.
The first watch I ever purchased for myself was a Rado V10K around 2005 or so. I loved the thing but rarely, still do, but rarely wear it anymore. I don’t think I could ever sell it since it was my first “real” watch.
Have the 37 mm and its dial is killer. Gets a lot of wrist time. Nice vid
You should do more on other Rado Watches. Great video by way.
Love the Rado Captain Cook!
I tried on a blue Rado Captain Cook and Oris Aquis not too long ago and (only my opinion) I much preferred the Rado. I was extremely tempted but financially it wasn't that right time to purchase, and given the current state of economic affairs it was probably a good thing I didn't. Maybe one day. Very nice watch