The march of progress never rests: continual refinements, tweaks and modifications represent the journey of Rado’s visionary watch designers. For the Rado Anatom, five new editions symbolize their attainment of pure, ergonomic harmony – a progressive symbiosis where design and materials come together to perfectly complement the natural contours of the wrist.

The new releases follow the hugely successful relaunch of the Rado Anatom in 2023, which saw the watch reborn with a black matt high-tech ceramic bezel and paired with a textured rubber strap. Coming 40 years after the original watch was introduced, the update captured the imagination of watch lovers everywhere as a definitive new chapter in styling history. And the latest editions push the concept even further: they each feature a bracelet formed from links of polished high-tech ceramic to match the bezel.

Light, smooth and sensuous

This mindful enhancement lends an already sensuous design additional sensoriality. The lightness and smoothness of high-tech ceramic, coupled with its ability to rapidly adapt to the wearer’s body temperature, maximizes comfort and makes the Rado Anatom feel like a natural extension of their body. That was always the ultimate goal of this watch, as the name suggests.

A symbol of free-thinking futurism when it originally launched in 1983, the Rado Anatom was undoubtedly a revolutionary watch back then. Today’s editions are recognizably heirs to the original – they follow a similar overall form and minimalist aesthetic, and share design details like the horizontal line motif on the dial and bracelet. Don’t forget Rado developed the technique to shape sapphire crystal for the original Anatom – an approach still in widespread use throughout the watchmaking industry.

But, like the timepiece’s 2023 relaunch, these new editions are larger than the original, with a case width of 32.5 mm. A more sculpted form features bevelled edges to the cylindrical sapphire crystal, bezel and bracelet links. The case also tapers in to meet the bracelet, which then continues to taper to a width of 20 mm. These considered touches bring a wonderfully sinuous feel – a major part of what makes the Rado Anatom such a pleasure to wear.

Inside, it has an automatic mechanical movement – the Rado R766 calibre, with a 72-hour power reserve, an antimagnetic Nivachron™ hairspring and a date window at 6 o’clock – in place of the original’s quartz.

Delightful contradictions

Collectively, the new editions represent a series of delightful contradictions: unbelievable comfort that moulds to the body, yet packaged in a bold, stylish aesthetic that stands out from the crowd. Organically curvaceous, no harsh inflections, yet somehow square. The supreme lightness of high-tech ceramic components, juxtaposed against the material’s astonishing durability. Mechanical precision in a digital age.

All elements that seal the Rado Anatom’s status as a 21st century icon of modernity, an expression of the elegance that can be achieved through relentless refinement – perhaps a metaphor for a wearer’s path through life or their quest for self-improvement.