Catalog: Hard Materials
Company/Brand: Rado
rado in Hard Materials by Rado
rado watch co ltd 2543 lengnau switzerland ... www.rado.com © copyright by rado printed in switzerland 2/07 ref.no 1486 ...
rado high-tech materials a vision takes ...
a vision it all began with a vision unlike any other there was nothing to see only a mysterious belief in the power of imagination our ability to envision a future then to create it we began by imagining a surface without flaws a surface of extreme purity and beauty in the years to come we sought and ultimately found a way to transform this image into the tangible reality of a watch the success of this extraordinary mission continues to inspire us as we seek to shape the substance and the surface of the future.
application of technology have enabled rado to create incomparable hightech ... use of these materials gives every rado watch unique character and value ... the essential and enduring beauty of rado s high-tech hard materials ...
durable and skinfriendly introduced by rado in 1986 high-tech ceramics have become ... and enduring brilliance the rado high-tech diamond surface offers ...
only to natural diamonds and to the rado high-tech diamond surface 6 000 5 000 4 ... steel titanium mineral crystal diamond rado high-tech materials traditional watch ...
are equally essential in the mid-1980s rado engineers discovered a substance that ... of this material led to the iconic rado ceramica watch ...
we developed a great variety of colors apart from black white gold and platinum we currently offer high-tech ceramic watches in pink azure burgundy blue and metallic purple as well the raw material is ultra-fine zirconium-oxide or titaniumcarbide powder with a grain size of about 1/1000th mm approximately one fiftieth of the diameter of a human hair the powder is homogenized and granulated a process known as ceramics injection molding cim enables us to produce well-defined and highly complex shapes such as case or bracelet elements the pre-shaped forms are heated in a special furnace at a temperature ...
hardmetal 1,400 -1,700 vickers in 1962 only five years after the brand was launched we astounded the world with a revolutionary product the world s first scratchproof watch initially used as a tool in industry hardmetal makes it possible for drills to penetrate the earth`s crust without suffering any damage we introduced it to the watch industry where hardmetal easily resists the hazards of everyday use unlike steel gold or platinum materials that soon deteriorate and become marked when worn.
powder is the basis of this legendary rado material at a pressure of 1,000 bar the ... we finally create the unmistakable rado brilliance by polishing the surface ...
200 vickers a key design feature of all rado watches is our use of high-tech ...
lasting approximately four weeks rado s characteristic metallization the ...
brazil and used in the development of rado high-tech lanthanum with only 200 ...
is cleaned refined and pulverized rado s high-tech lanthanum is created by ... which takes several hours gives rado high-tech lanthanum its incomparable ...
high-tech diamond 10,000 vickers for years our dream was to create the ultimate value in hardness 10,000 vickers the standard set by natural diamonds today after decades of research we use advanced nano-technology to create our high-tech diamond surface and the hardest watch in the world.
we succeeded in transforming carbon into nanocrystalline diamond by recreating the atmosphere of the planet jupiter in a furnace we made it possible for a chemical mixture to create and accelerate the growth of particles into a thin coating of high-tech diamonds on hardmetal components the result absolute hardness innovation the ultimate challenge
rado shaping the future the word impossible ... has repeatedly found expression in rado`s remarkable incomparable surfaces into ... materials are resistant to scratches rado watches must be treated with care they ...
