Vintage Rado Over Pole 200 Automatic Day Date Watch Roulette Dial 35mm Steel Box

Vintage Rado Over Pole 200 – Automatic Day-Date – "Roulette" Dial – Stainless Steel – 1970s – With Rado Box

A vintage Rado Over Pole 200 automatic from the 1970s with a "roulette" dial: a black outer chapter ring segmented with fine white index lines and red accents around a silver-toned centre. The dial carries the Rado name and anchor emblem, with a day-date window at 6 o'clock (English day). The tonneau-style stainless steel case measures approximately 35mm wide and 15mm thick, with the Rado "Water Sealed" seahorse medallion on the screw caseback, and is fitted with a matching steel bracelet with RADO-signed clasp. It comes with a burgundy Rado presentation box. In some photos the dial appears champagne in tone; this comes from the aged crystal, and the dial finish itself is silver.

Brand heritage

Rado grew out of the Schlup & Co. movement workshop founded in Lengnau, Switzerland, in 1917, and began selling watches under the Rado name in the 1950s. The brand became known as the "Master of Materials" after launching the scratch-resistant DiaStar in 1962, and its seahorse caseback emblem was the mark of its water-resistant models.

Model history

The Over Pole was one of Rado's travel-themed lines, named in the era when airlines began flying the polar route between Europe and the Far East. Alongside the well-known world-time versions, Rado produced Over Pole models with decorative segmented "roulette" chapter rings such as this one, a design very much of the 1970s.

Specifications

• Brand: Rado
• Model: Over Pole 200
• Period: 1970s
• Movement: Swiss mechanical automatic (calibre not confirmed)
• Functions: Hours, minutes, central seconds, day and date at 6
• Case: Stainless steel tonneau case, screw caseback with seahorse medallion
• Case width: Approx. 35mm
• Thickness: Approx. 15mm
• Dial: Silver centre with black, white and red roulette chapter ring
• Bracelet: Stainless steel, approx. 24mm, with RADO-signed clasp
• Included: Burgundy Rado presentation box

Condition

Pre-owned vintage condition. The dial shows extensive fine crazing, a spider-web network of hairline cracks in the dial finish, visible across a large part of the surface. The crystal has aged and gives the dial a warm cast. The movement has not been opened or tested for accuracy, and the watch is sold as is. The box is a vintage Rado box, but it is not documented as original to this watch. Please review all photos carefully, as they form part of the description.

Please note

Please study all photos carefully. They show the actual watch you will receive and form part of the description. As with any vintage watch, it is sold as a collectible, is not guaranteed water resistant, and its timekeeping may differ from a modern watch.

Shipping

Ships from Giza, Egypt, carefully packed, with tracking.

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