The vintage-inspired Rado Golden Horse 1957 is a throwback to one of many model’s basic designs and succeeds by not straying too removed from the unique. Accessible in both a blue (as seen right here) or inexperienced gradient dial, these 37mm-wide watches come on an old-school grains-of-rice bracelet and are restricted to 1,957 items.
The dial is finished with the identical model indices, fingers, red-date, and twin ornamental golden seahorses, whereas the thick box-shaped sapphire crystal tops off the throwback vibes. The extremely polished rhodium indices and dauphine fingers would ordinarily ship a chill down my backbone from a pictures perspective (not to mention legibility) however the wholesome double-sided anti-reflective coating goes a really good distance.
The 37mm-wide and 10.8mm-thick case would ordinarily be a bit too small for me (although I’ve more and more been appreciating sub-40mm watches as of late), however the 40.9mm lug-to-lug measurement confirms what I felt as I wore it. The Golden Horse is a smaller look ahead to certain, particularly by up to date requirements, however the proportions make it look excellent on my 7.5 inch wrist. I additionally suppose the bracelet does rather a lot for the watch on this regard, because the leather-based strap on the earlier red-dial Golden Horse did make it put on smaller.
Talking of which, the polished grains-of-rice bracelet could be very nicely completed. It appears, feels, and wears like a bracelet that prices greater than the sub-$2,000 value of the Golden Horse. The excessive polish is perhaps a scratch magnet down the highway, however that’s not a consideration that substantively takes something away from it. The brushed folding clasp is adorned with — you guessed it — two seahorses. Hats off to Rado for its execution of the bracelet.
The place issues are completely fashionable right here is with the motion. Being underneath the umbrella of the Swatch Group, Rado makes use of an ETA C07.611 motion, which is a tackle the 2824. Which means we get the 80-hour energy reserve working at 21,600 vph Powermatic silicon hair spring motion that’s been more and more prevalent with Rado, in addition to its Swatch Group siblings. You gained’t get to try it, although. I like an enclosed case again, and that’s what you get right here, together with three engraved seahorses to adorn it.
There are presently 4 variations of the Golden Horse: a red-dial mannequin on leather-based strap; black dial on bracelet; inexperienced dial on bracelet; and this blue dial on bracelet. Personally, I’ve to say the blue is definitely my favourite. I do actually just like the red-dial mannequin, as nicely, however belief me, you need this watch on a bracelet. I can’t converse to the black, as I haven’t seen it in individual, however it’s not arduous to think about what a black dial appears like. As for the inexperienced gradient mannequin, it is vitally cool and whereas that is the “of the second” coloration, I simply choose the blue. Restricted to 1,957 items, the Rado Golden Horse 1957 is priced at $1,800. You’ll be able to study extra at rado.com.
