![]() The case is oblog, framing a round dial, with a shield-like expanse of metal around the watch face. ![]() This 1970s Diastar is an example of that innovation, it's a Gents watch and rather small compared to watches these days, so take note of the measurements, its only 29mm in diameter and 32mm. At first glance it is very much a watch of its time – there were (and are) many different models, but the ur-DiaStar has an immediately recognizable shape. As many may know, Rado never started as a watch company but rather only producing movements, that was until the 1950s, the Diastar being one of their greatest innovations using scratch-proof technology. ![]() The DiaStar is probably the single most memorable vintage Rado watch – the company brought out the first one in 1962, the year of (among other things) the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the debut of Dr. One of the most interesting watches of the late 20th century is, to me, also one of the less appreciated, for various reasons (more on that in a minute) and it’s a watch that says a great deal not only about shifting tastes, but also about the march of technology and how it’s affected what we expect from watches right down to the present day. One of the interesting things about watch collecting is that it has all sorts of little archipelagos of design and mechanical innovation to be discovered, once you branch off from better-traveled territory. Vintage Rado Diastar White Stone Black Dial Automatic 36 mm Mens Wrist Watch.
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