Rado Kicks Off 2025 With New Anatom and True Square Skeleton Models

For those who remember them, it’s hard to believe the 1980s were 40 years ago. And while not everything from that era has proven worthy of bringing back — does anyone really miss Dynasty-style shoulder pads, acid-washed jeans, and teased mullets? — there are watches from the Reagan years that still speak to modern-day audiences. One of them re-emerged last year, relatively quietly: the Rado Anatom, a minimalist timepiece originally launched in 1983 and notable for being one of the first wristwatches with a shaped sapphire crystal. Rado opened up 2025 with the launch of five new editions of the Anatom, the first to feature bracelets, as well as cases, forged from the brand’s signature High-Tech Ceramic.

The cases of the new Anatom watches are 46.3mm high x 32.5mm wide x 11.3mm thick, a bit larger than their 1980s predecessors. The attributes of ceramic in watchmaking have been well documented, and Rado, of course, was among the first to bring the material into the horological mainstream. It’s extra-light but extra-hard, virtually scratchproof, hypoallergenic, and resistant to heat — the latter quality enabling it to easily adjust to the wearer’s body temperature for maximum comfort. (The original watch got the name “Anatom,” incidentally, from its stated goal of feeling like an extension of the wearer’s body). The bevelled edges of the sapphire crystal, the bezel, and the bracelet links add to the watch’s sculpted look, and the case tapers to integrate seamlessly with the 20mm-wide bracelet. 

Two of the watches have a sleek, predominantly black look, with polished ceramic for the case and bezel and a black lacquered dial with the Anatom’s familiar horizontal line motif. The details — indexes, hands, and bracelet inter-links —  are either yellow-gold-treated or rhodium-plated. Joining these models is a matte-grey version that uses polished plasma high-tech ceramic for its case, bezel, and bracelet and sports a matching grey lacquered finish on its dial. Rose-gold-colored PVD highlights the indexes, hands, bracelet, and the Rado rotating anchor emblem. (What is the difference between ceramic, high-tech ceramic, and plasma high-tech ceramic? Glad you asked: check out this article for details.) 

The remaining two models hail from the gem-set Rado Jubilé subfamily. Both are of the all-black variety, with ceramic cases and black lacquered dials. On these models, however, the matte-black printed hour markers are joined on the dial by three Top Wesselton diamonds at 3, 9, and 12 o’clock. An additional 38 diamonds adorn the case’s stainless steel end pieces.

The new Anatom models are not the only 2025 releases that Rado has announced. The “Master of Materials” brand is also introducing three new versions of its True Square collection, all with skeletonized movements exposed behind clear dials and ensconced in four-sided cases made of monobloc cases, two in black high-tech ceramic, the third in gray-toned plasma high-tech ceramic. At 38mm x 44.2mm in diameter and 9.7mm thick, the cases are more rectangular than “true square,” but let’s not quibble. All the watches contain Rado’s skeletonized automatic Caliber R808, which packs an 80-hour power reserve and shows off its decorations behind a sapphire window in the titanium caseback.

One of the new True Square Skeletons has a gunmetal-gray matte plasma finish, which harmonizes with the anthracite coating and horizontal-brushed finish on the movement.  The hands are subtly redesigned to be bolder and blunter in form, with a sandblasted finish. The other model on a bracelet uses matte-black high-tech ceramic for the case, crown, and bracelet and pairs this stealth aesthetic with the same anthracite and sandblasted elements as its gray-toned sibling.

The third model, also in matte black high-tech ceramic, stands out from its siblings with its use of a sporty rubber strap rather than a ceramic bracelet, and also in its finishing. The hands are polished rather than sandblasted and the front-facing side of the openworked movement has been graced with a horizontal côtes de Genève motif. Also of note on all three True Square Skeleton models are the luminous hour markers, which are formed from individual blocks of Super-LumiNova for an exceptional level of brightness in the dark.

The Rado Anatom models on ceramic bracelets are priced from $4,400 (for the watch with rhodium details) to $4,450 (for the ones with gold PVD details). For the True Square Skeletons, the models on bracelets sell for $3,000 and the one on the rubber strap, for $2,500.