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My cute little ca. 1963 Rado Captain Cook (with some detail pictures)
This is a ref. 11683 with an AS 1701 movement. Jubilee-type Rado bracelet. As far as I could gather some 8000 pieces were produced in the ca. 1963-1968 time frame.
Cheers, HSTE
Beautiful, one of my favourite divers' of that era ! Great to see it full set, congrats !
Aah,one of the original Capt'n Cooks 👌
I have the re-issue from Rado but of course nothing beats the original !!
Lovely looking vintage Rado
What a simple but clean looking diver yet another vintage beauty enjoy and wear it in good health;
Marc
It‘s the Rado-Anchor.
An anchor on a ruby which can spin around and usually points downwards
Cheers, HSTE
Cheers, HSTE
Such charm 👌🏻👍🏻
And the two Seahorses on the case back are such a nice detail. No
Wonder the relaunch was a success, too 👏🏻
Hello dear HSTE! The Captain Cook is a most charming…
… diving watch very representative of the dive watches of the early 1960’s.
Even the caseback is very attractive.
Regarding the Rado Anchor emblem y read somewhere (regret I don’t remember where!) that it served to announce the owner that a service is required when it stopped spinning.
The freezing of the anchor tells that watch oiling must be renewed.
The anchor is not spinning in my example but it still is working well but I’m sure it requires a service as I got it a few years ago and I don’t know about past owners service records.
Have you read or heard this anchor matter yourself?
Great shots you post here and a beautiful box to add to the joy of owning this watch.
I’m enclosing a shot of my watch which sports a different but original bracelet and lacks box or papers.
Keep enjoying and loving yours so much!
Best
Abel
You have a stunning specimen there and the
bracelet is the icing on the cake!
I never heard the story about the anchor being an indicator for service requirement. But this could make sense.
With my watch the same: the anchor is quite immovable but the watch runs perfectly.
Cheers, HSTE
I never heard the story about the anchor being an indicator for service requirement. But this could make sense.
With my watch the same: the anchor is quite immovable but the watch runs perfectly.
Cheers, HSTE
Thank you so much for your kind answer dear HSTE. Yes, agre with you it makes sense. You own a beautiful example and I love the detail of the dolphins in the clasp.
The original box is so charming as well! Keep enjoying it so much!! Cheers, Abel