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The wealth of options available to watch lovers today is astounding. Whether it’s a complication-laden beast or a jewellery piece with enough rocks to sprain your wrist, there’s something for everyone. But if what you’re looking for is clean design realised in high-tech materials, Rado has you covered.

As the pioneer and leader in high-tech ceramic, the brand has for years been making remarkable innovations that include extreme scratch-resistance and never-before-seen colours like plasma. But it has also recently decided to up its aesthetics game with a series of new models made in collaboration with leading designers around the world.

The Rado True Blaze is a collaborative effort with Sam Amoia, an American furniture designer known for creating textures using stone and metal fragments. It’s a technique that works marvellously with the True Blaze’s dial. What looks like a watch covered in diamonds is actually one solid piece of metal that underwent a galvanic process so that it replicates the crystalline structure of diamond powder. This also meant the gold-coloured logo and indexes had to be placed directly on the underside of the glass, allowing them to appear as if they’re floating above the disco ball dial. It is limited to 1,001 pieces.