RADO – Core Sector Communique

Rado unveils its new festive collection at Kamal Watch Co., Vishakhapatnam

Chawm Ganguly — Wed, 13 Sep 2017 09:38:31 +0000

As part of the 3 city tour, Rado’s brand ambassador Lisa Ray launches the collection for the year under the DiaMaster, True and Coupole family

12^th Sept, 2017; Rado, the pioneering Swiss watchmaker and part of the world’s largest watch conglomerate The Swatch Group, unveiled a special collection of festive watches for men and women today. This special collection of watches was launched by glamorous Rado brand ambassador Lisa Ray at the Rado space at Kamal Watch Co., CRM Central Mall, Vishakhapatnam.

Winning everyone’s heart, Lisa Ray is on a 3 city tour starting with Vishakhapatnam and followed by launches in Baroda and Kanpur.

On showcase were the mesmerising, enigmatic and glamorous timepieces for women; the newly introduced diamond timepieces under the DiaMaster, True and Coupole family that will make one feel exceptionally luxurious. The beauty of ceramic is enhanced when combined with these precious stones. Through the combination of lightweight, scratch-resistant and hypoallergenic ceramic with the latest technology and the most emotional of all the human senses, Rado yet again showcases its prowess in creating products of lasting beauty.

For the young and aspiring men, Rado launched the new sports collection including the tennis inspired Rado HyperChrome Automatic Match Point Limited Edition and the sporty Rado HyperChrome Chronograph Quartz collection which for the first time has been launched in varied colors including cool grey, British blue and racing green.

Speaking at the launch, Rado brand ambassador, Lisa Ray said, “I am thrilled to unveil these exquisite timepieces in Vishakhapatnam today. Diamonds naturally enhance the beauty of the wearer without overpowering it, making this new collection woman’s ideal accessory. Also with these tennis-inspired timepieces that we have launched today, Rado shows its ultimate dedication to sports and aims to reach out to the much younger and classier audience. I hope this collection wows the people of Vishakhapatnam and leave them only asking for more!”

Rado introduces chocolate brown collection in India

Chawm Ganguly — Sun, 29 May 2016 09:31:53 +0000

Brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan unveils tasty new timepieces

(Mumbai– May 28, 2016) Rado, the Swiss watch brand known for its innovative use of design and materials, officially introduced its chocolate brown high-tech ceramic collection at the Rado boutique in Mumbai today. Marking the second anniversary of the boutique, the new line of watches was launched by Rado brand ambassador and beloved Bollywood star Hrithik Roshan.

Rado is proud to add a new colour to its growing spectrum of high-tech ceramic: chocolate brown. The new colour mirrors subtle changes in light from a light, sweet brown to a range of dark, rich chocolate hues. Chocolate brown is remarkably easy to wear, complementing warm, earthy colours in a wide range of styles from evening attire to casual sportswear.

Commenting on the launch, brand ambassador Hrithik Roshan stated, “Rado is known for watches par excellence and yet again they have surprised me with this delicious chocolate brown high-tech ceramic collection. In the international fashion space, brown is becoming the new black and is one of the year’s trend colours. I am really excited to launch these stunning watches, which have become my favourite chocolate indulgence these days.”

Well known to connoisseurs of Swiss artistry and craftsmanship, brown is the signature colour of the Maîtres Chocolatiers who have made Switzerland synonymous with chocolate heaven. The new colour offers all the benefits of high-tech ceramic including scratch resistance, lightness and the ability to adapt to the wearer’s skin.

Six unique ceramic timepieces in this colour were introduced at the event. Highlights include:

Rado HyperChrome Automatic Diamonds – Limited Edition

This dazzling piece in rich brown high-tech ceramic and rose gold coloured detail is studded with a total of 56 Top Wesselton diamonds, transforming this exceptional timekeeper into a sensuous, glamorous and exclusive delight.

Rado HyperChrome Automatic Chronograph Tachymeter

As Hrithik Roshan’s new watch of choice, this timepieces features a matt brown high-tech ceramic case with a polished rich brown bezel engraved with a tachometric scale and filled with white Super-Luminova. The rose gold coloured stainless steel inserts further add to the beauty of the watch.

Rado HyperChrome Automatic

This simple brown beauty features a polished, rich brown monobloc ceramic case and classic three-hand style.

About Rado

Rado is a globally recognised brand, famous for innovative design and its use of revolutionary materials to create some of the world’s most durable watches. Ever since its beginnings in Lengnau, Switzerland, Rado has been a pioneer, with the brand philosophy “if we can imagine it, we can make it” still holding true today.

The Rado boutique in Mumbai is located at 317, Rinku Cooperative Housing Society, Linking Road, Khar West, Mumbai. It is open 7 days a week from 10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Ethos adds legendary Italian brand Bulgari to its exquisite collection

Chawm Ganguly — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:33:12 +0000

June 2015, INDIA – With 43 stores and 6000 varied watch brands, India’s largest chain of luxury watch boutiques, Ethos expands its collection by adding fashion rich, Swiss sophisticated mechanical watches from a legendary brand–Bvlgari, which comes in as a flawless addition.

Bvlgari exhibits a perfect expression of Italian style – daring, contemporary and refine! Ethos offering of Bvlgari will include models from iconic collections like Serpenti, Bvlgari Bvlgari, Octo, Solotempo, Diagono, which will be available at the Ethos Summit store at Palladium Mall, Mumbai. Bvlgari watches for both men and women are in the price range between INR 1, 75,000 to 12,12,000.

Speaking on the occasion of the brand coming on board, Mr. Yashovardhan Saboo, CEO – Ethos Watch Boutiques said – “This year has had an exciting start for us. Apart from the many initiatives that we are making to bring forth the best from the world of luxury watches to our customers, we are pleased to announce the arrival of Bvlgari – one of the World’s legendary brands at Ethos Watch Boutiques. We are sure that the innovative collection of iconic time pieces we have in store from Bvlgari will be much appreciated by our customers.”

Ethos supports its customers in making the perfect choice, while protecting them from common malpractices such as smuggled, fake and refurbished watches. Bvlgari watch creations symbolize the passion and highest standards of watch making. This combination of the celebrated retail strength of Ethos and the pioneering spirit of Bvlgari watches, make an excellent collaboration to watch out for.

About Ethos

Founded in 2003 with its two retail brands Ethos Swiss Watch Studios and Ethos Summit – Luxury Watch Boutiques, Ethos is currently 45 stores strong in India. Spread across 13 cities, Ethos brings an international standard experience in watch buying to its customers.

The brand’s website www.ethoswatches.com has become Asia’s largest online luxury watch platform. With over 6,000 watches from 50 premium brands, the website attracts upwards of 600,000 visitors per month. Ethoswatches.com is the first of its kind to offer visitors a comprehensive buying experience through various niche services including a highly specialized team of luxury watch consultants and The Watch Guide – an in house digital magazine that curates relevant and exclusive content for watch enthusiasts. In addition to this, the website provides benefits like EMI, watch insurance and after sales service to its customers.

The Ethos watch boutiques sell brands such as Rolex, Omega, Breitling, Chopard, Carl F Bucherer, Cartier, and others in the luxury space. In the premium segment, they offer Tag Heuer, Longines, Tissot, Rado, and Seiko, to name a few. In the fashion segment, the brands available include Guess, CK, and Armani.

BASELWORLD 2015 : the countdown has begun

Chawm Ganguly — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 15:32:29 +0000

JAQUET DROZ

Grande Seconde Deadbeat

Deadbeats seconds is an extremely rare complication first introduced in the Age of Enlightenment, the very era when Pierre Jaquet-Droz was travelling the length and breadth of Europe to present his timepieces to royal courts across the continent. This technique means that the seconds hand no longer moves in a smooth sweep, but instead in one-second jumps, thus enabling extremely precise measurements. This horological miniature marvel is now revived by Jaquet Droz, which reinvents its Grande Seconde for this purpose. The historically off-centred seconds hand now takes its place at the centre of the dial, while the space traditionally reserved for it is occupied by the retrograde date display. A brand-new calibre has been created to power this association of deadbeat seconds, date and hour/minute module. This ingenious mechanism makes ample use of innovative technologies, such as a silicon balance-spring or a cam with 10 teeth instead of 30, to ensure that the deadbeat seconds jump is a visual show in which prodigious technical sophistication is matched by aesthetic refinement. 88-piece limited edition.

Movement

Mechanical automatic Jaquet Droz 2695SMR calibre, 34 jewels, 21,600 vib/h, 18K red gold oscillating weight, 40-hour power reserve

Functions

Hours, minutes, deadbeat seconds, date

Case

18K red gold, 43 mm Water-resistant to 30 metres (3 bar / 100 ft)

Dial

Ivory Grand Feu enamel Offset hours and minutes Large central deadbeat seconds hand Pointer-type retrograde date at 6 o’clock

Bracelet/strap

Alligator leather, 18K red gold buckle

KERBEDANZ

Celtic Dog

A brand renowned for its unique timepieces, Kerbedanz shares the name of its founder and president Tigran Kerbedanz, derived from a word that means leader and precursor. Two notions that fit perfectly with the spirit of the brand: a leader in its devotion to fine craftsmanship and a precursor in its concepts. By creating one-off pieces or very limited series, Kerbedanz takes watchmaking in unexplored directions that embrace all manner of symbols. Celtic Dog is inspired by a symbolic animal that is associated with the moon, and which for the Celts represents the hunter, the warrior, or a messenger from beyond. The book that accompanies this tourbillon watch keeps this memory alive with explanations of the legends and symbols that surround Celtic dogs. Individually numbered, 41-piece limited series.

Movement

Mechanical hand-wound, KRB-01 tourbillon calibre, 27 jewels, 28,800 vib/h (4 Hz), twin barrels, 120-hour power reserve, special Kerbedanz engraving on the back of the movement

Functions

Hours, minutes

Case

18K white gold, 43 mm Crown between 1 and 2 o’clock Anti-reflective sapphire crystal, front and back Water-resistant to 50 metres (5 bar/165 ft)

Dial

Solid white gold, blue enamel, Celtic Dog bas-relief Interlocking curves in white gold, in the style of the La Tene culture and alluding to the Celtic Dog 3-layer dial, hand-crafted and hand-decorated by Kerbedanz Tourbillon carriage between 7 and 8 o’clock

Bracelet/strap

Genuine alligator with 18K white gold folding clasp

RADO

HyperChrome Plasma Diamonds Limited Edition

Those who appreciate the lustre of diamonds need look no further: the Rado HyperChrome Diamonds collection now offers a new, limited edition of 600 models featuring the unparalleled high-tech shine of plasma ceramic. No model is more refined than this new addition with 56 glittering diamonds on the rose gold coloured bezel, encircling the dial and making it a pleasure to check the time. The perfect watch for a stroll in the city or down the red carpet, a masterful monobloc case houses an automatic movement which brings the watch to life with every move you make. With its cool and warm tones this timepiece is the ideal finishing touch for any outfit. Optimum comfort and a streamlined, fluid case construction with specially developed, sleek side inserts, combine to bring a flash of brilliance to even the most discerning of wrists. Elegantly eye-catching, the Rado HyperChrome family is the ultimate all-occasion timepiece.

Movement

Mechanical automatic, ETA 2681 calibre, 83/4 lines, 25 jewels, 38 hour power reserve, black oscillating rotor, decorated movement

Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds, date

Case

Polished plasma high-tech ceramic, 36 mm Rose gold coloured PVD coated stainless steel inserts, crown and bezel set with 56 diamonds (0.834 ct) Curved sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides and see through case back Water-resistant to 5 bar (50 m / 165 ft)

Dial

Grey Rose gold coloured applied hour-markers and hands with white Super-LumiNova® Date window at 3 o’clock

Bracelet/strap

3-row polished plasma high-tech ceramic, titanium 3-fold clasp with Ceramos openers

HAMILTON

Chrono Worldtimer Quartz

All pilots need a chronograph, while aerobatics pilots require particular functions, such as the precise marking of the four minutes corresponding to a freestyle programme – which is why the latter appear in yellow on the dial. This watch equipped with a quartz movement specially developed for Hamilton also offers a whole series of functions that are highly useful both in flight and on the ground. A simple press on the 10 o’clock pusher switches it between chronograph and Worldtimer functions, a change clearly visible on the dial by means of the mode-selection indicator at 2 o’clock. The 24 timezones are printed on the inner bezel ring. Finally, the model also features a day/night indication as well as a countdown engraved on the bezel.

Movement

Quartz, H-41e

Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph, worldtimer, day/night indicator

Case

Satin-finish 316L stainless steel, 45 mm Sapphire crystal with anti-reflective treatment on both sides Water-resistant to 10 bar (100 m / 330 ft)

Dial

Black Chrono/worldtimer indicator at 12 o’clock (activated by the 10 o’clock pusher) 120-minute counter at 10 o’clock and small seconds at 6 o’clock Date window at 6 o’clock Timezones on the inner bezel ring

Bracelet/strap

Stainless steel, black robber or black leather

EMPORIO ARMANI

Emporio Armani Automatic Ladies

Emporio Armani conveys an inimitable style that has forged its success. Its designer Giorgio Armani now expresses this unique signature through a feminine timepiece combining the brand’s pure, uncluttered aesthetic codes and Swiss watchmaking expertise, with an automatic movement beating at its heart. The elegant pink gold-plated case reveals lines inspired by the Art Deco movement, while 82 diamonds light up the sides of the case. The mother-of-pearl dial is graced with understated hour-markers and the crown is set with a smoky brown quartz cabochon. Subtle and refined right the way to its smallest details, the watch is fitted with a sapphire caseback revealing its mechanical movement beating out a time imbued with ageless elegance and Swiss Made quality.

Movement

Mechanical automatic STP1 – 11 calibre

Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds, date

Case

Pink gold-plated stainless steel, polished finish, 34 mm 82 diamonds (0.5102 cts) set along the sides of the case Crown with smoky brown quartz cabochon Anti-reflective sapphire crystal, front and back Water-resistant to 30 metres (3 bar / 100 ft)

Dial

White mother-of-pearl Date window at 6 o’clock

Bracelet/strap

Single-linked pink gold-plated steel, folding clasp with Emporio Armani logo

CK CALVIN KLEIN

Calvin Klein Alliance Lady

The Calvin Klein Alliance Lady goes straight to the essential. Pure, flowing lines, inspired by contemporary urban architecture, instil timeless elegance. Light dances on the notched steel bezel and on the bracelet in polished and brushed steel. Set against a dial that has been stripped of the superfluous, hands and hour-markers contribute to the effortless reading of time. Mother-of-pearl brings a feminine touch, in four subtly iridescent shades: white, beige, anthracite grey and blue.

Movement

Quartz, ETA F04.111

Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds, date

Case

316L stainless steel, polished and brushed, two colours, 5N PVD treatment Sapphire crystal Water-resistant to 30 metres (3 bar / 100 ft)

Dial

White, beige, anthracite grey or blue mother-of-pearl Polished steel hands and hour-markers with 5N PVD treatment, coated with SuperLuminova Date at 3 o’clock

Bracelet/strap

Polished and brushed steel with folding clasp

Other versions

The men’s version is proposed in four iterations, also with a quartz movement: two-colour polished and brushed steel with silver or black dial, or polished and brushed steel with silver or black dial.

BERGSTERN

Bergstern Sport

Bergstern is for ambitious men who know what they want and how to get it: a philosophy epitomised by the Bergstern Sport chronograph. This is a watch that will never shirk a challenge, and its character and reliability are felt in every single detail. Immediately, the eye focuses on the imposing case, topped with a robust bezel that radiates strength and masculinity. Nor does the bright blue dial, accented by a guilloché motif, go unnoticed. Its generous, luminescent hour-markers ensure perfect legibility while the red sweep seconds hand makes its mark. The same red defines the chrono counter hands to further highlight the sporting personality of a chronograph cut out for competition.

Movement

Quartz, Ronda 5030.D calibre

Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph

Case

316L steel, 45 mm Rotating bezel Reinforced mineral crystal Water-resistant to 100 metres (10 bar / 330 ft)

Dial

Blue with guilloché motif Luminescent hands and hour-markers Date window at 4 o’clock

Bracelet/strap

Blue rubber

L’DUCHEN

Perseides

The primordial ocean is a mythical element in which the Earth and space were conceived. The dials of the Perseides timepieces by L’Duchen, fashioned in astral blue, white or black mother-of-pearl, reflect this mysterious phenomenon of pure creation. A moonphase indicator and shimmering shooting stars in three dimensions illuminate these delicate compositions. Their brilliance is further highlighted by the zircons set into the bezel on the steel case. Each timepiece is brought to life by a quartz movement and finished with a supremely elegant leather strap.

Movement

Quartz, Ronda 708 calibre

Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds, date, moon phases

Case

316L stainless steel, with or without PVD treatment, 38 mm Bezel set with zircons L’Duchen logo on the crown Sapphire crystal Water-resistant to 50 metres (5 bar / 165 ft)

Dial

Astral blue, white or black mother-of-pearl Sun, moon and stars in three dimensions Date window at 6 o’clock

Bracelet/strap

Leather, butterfly clasp with the L’Duchen logo

ARTYA

Son of Sound Skulls & Bones

As always, the independent ArtyA brand never does things in half measures. Having popularised the skull in the watchmaking world, it now delivers an extreme interpretation of this motif with its Skulls & Bones model. The entirely hand-sculpted skulls stud the entire watch from dial through case to bracelet. Designer Yvan Arpa gives new meaning to this symbol by replacing it within an artistic dimension. A first skull appears in the centre of the dial, with six other hand-sculpted skulls performing a macabre dance around it. Carved into the steel Bezel, a serie of bones, crosses, totems, guitars and pistols echo the skulls on the bezel, accentuating the three-dimensional effect. The massive, deliberately provocative bracelet shatters any conventions and takes the Skulls & Bones into an unprecedented creative dimension, since there can on longer be any talk of a watch and its bracelet. The model IS its bracelet and the bracelet IS the model.

Movement

Mechanical automatic, oscillating weight equipped with three special 38 mm bullet cartridges, 42-hour power reserve

Functions

Hours, minutes, seconds

Case

316L steel, 47 mm Entirely hand-engraved bezel Sapphire crystal and transparent back Water-resistant to 50 m (5 bar /165 ft)

Dial

6 hand-engraved skulls in black-streaked polished steel

Bracelet/strap

Silver with hand-crafted skulls