Captain Cook Modern

[Henry Krinkle]

Ref 763.0501.3

According to A Blog To Watch this version is officially the Hyperchrome Captain Cook Modern. It was produced from 2017 until 2019.

20241009_102759 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

It's the BIG one... 45mm diameter, lug to lug of 57mm and 13.8 mm thick.

Construction is: T2 titanium case, T5 titanium and ceramic bezel, bracelet polished and blasted T5 titanium. The Rado clasp looks good with that industrial finish.

PA110018 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

One of the "Modern" features is that while the bezel retains the distinctive concave feature, the sapphire crystal is domed, not the box style of the original and the reissue. This will actually be a good thing diving and I think it is still pretty attractive.

PA110014 by Hank Blanc, on Flickr

Speaking of attractive, I don't know if Rado used ceramic on the dial, but it is a perfect match in finish and colour to the bezel. It even changes colour in an identical fashion.

PA110001 copy by Hank Blanc, on Flickr


While I understand the use of a different font to differntiate it from the 'heritage" versions and fonts don't get more Swiss than Helvetica, I think they could have done better. On the upside Rado gets bonus points for making the day wheel the same colour as the dial

Lume might be as good as on my D-Star or at least even with my KonTiki. It is infinitely better than the lume on the 37mm LE.

PA110007-E by Hank Blanc, on Flickr