Vintage 60s Rado Silver Horse Automatic 38mm Black Dial Seahorse Back Watch Box

About this watch

A vintage Rado Silver Horse automatic with applied silver-tone hour markers, the red-backed Rado anchor emblem, twin seahorses above six o'clock and a framed date window at three. The black dial has aged dramatically: across the upper-right half the black finish has worn away to reveal the silver base beneath, giving a striking two-tone look.

The approximately 38mm stainless-steel case has a signed crown and a screw-down Silver Horse caseback decorated with Rado's twin-seahorse motif. It is paired with a textured metal bracelet with a Rado-signed folding clasp, and a brown Rado presentation box accompanies the watch.

Brand heritage

Rado traces its roots to the Schlup & Co. movement workshop founded in Lengnau, Switzerland, in 1917, and began selling watches under the Rado name in the 1950s. Its first collections of the late 1950s and 1960s, the Green Horse, Golden Horse and Silver Horse automatics with the seahorse emblem on the caseback, established the brand before the arrival of the scratch-resistant DiaStar in 1962. These early mechanical Rados are now collected as the foundation of the brand's history.

Why this one is special

• One of Rado's early "Horse" automatics, with the twin-seahorse caseback
• Swiss automatic movement with date
• Dial with a dramatic, one-of-a-kind aged two-tone appearance
• Brown Rado presentation box included

Specifications

• Brand / Model: Rado Silver Horse
• Era: estimated 1960s to early 1970s
• Case: stainless steel, approx. 38 mm, approx. 12 mm thick, screw-down seahorse caseback
• Movement: Swiss automatic
• Functions: hours, minutes, centre seconds, date
• Dial: black with extensive age-related finish loss (silver base visible), applied markers
• Bracelet: textured metal with Rado-signed folding clasp

Condition

Visibly vintage: the dial shows pronounced spotting, discoloration and partial fading or loss of printed lettering, particularly across the silver section. Scratches and wear are present on the crystal, case and bracelet. The box also shows wear to its covering and interior. Exact production date, factory dial configuration and service history have not been independently verified. Please examine the photographs carefully.

What's included

Brown Rado presentation box, as shown in the photos.

Shipping & Returns

Ships from Cairo, Egypt. Please see the shipping and returns details in this listing.