I visited my Grandma in China this past year, and she randomly just gifts me a Rado watch. It was given to her by my uncle, who apparently got it as a gift from work (He's a pretty high ranking businessman in a company). I'm not sure how long she's had it, since I visit my grandparents pretty much once every 2-3 years
I, a 17 year old with no experience in watches, looked at it under light, and I'm saying it's fake. The 'Shiny squares' on the 12, 3, 6, and 9 o clock positions look misaligned and the other time values look like they're made of cheap metal. The inner circle of the watch doesn't seem very shiny either. My parents though, are hellbent that it's genuine.
I have pictures right now, but they're terrible quality since the best camera I have is an iPad: http://imgur.com/a/IzQ8J
It says on the front half: Rado
Bottom front half: jubile
Jaguar Back to top. XJ: Select the Options icon and then select the More icon and the Radio ID will display. 2003MY–2007MY: Tune to Ch. 0 and the Radio ID will display. 2010MY: On the touch-screen select Settings and then select SAT information and the Call Center number and Radio ID will be display. Count the number of engraved digits on the back of the watch, which is the watch's serial number. Fake watches may have 13 digits, while authentic Rado watches only list.
Under the 6 o clock: Swiss Made (***I googled how to tell if a Rado is fake, and it said having 'Swiss Made' on the 6 o clock makes it fake, but parents still want more evidence)
Back of watch:
Rado
jubile 120 . 0281 . 3
HIGH-TECH TUNGSTEN
SCRATCHPROOF
WATERSEALED
1372811523769
2277G
Privately held company (belongs to Swatch Group) | |
Industry | Luxury goods, Watch manufacturer |
---|---|
Founded | 1917 as Schlup Co by Fritz, Ernst and Werner Schlup |
Headquarters | Lengnau, Switzerland |
Key people | Matthias Breschan (CEO) |
Products | Watches |
470+ (worldwide) | |
Parent | The Swatch Group |
Website | www.rado.com |
Rado is a Swiss luxury watchmaking company founded in 1917 and headquartered in Lengnau, Switzerland.[1] In 1962 it launched the first scratch-resistant watch, the DiaStar. Today the company produces about half a million watches a year with a staff of about 470.[citation needed]
The watches from Rado use materials including specialized ceramics, carbide, and sapphire crystal. The 1962 DiaStar 1 is one of the company's models. This was the first scratch-resistant watch. Currently, the watch is manufactured with the name “original” in the D-Star collection. The D-Star collection also includes the D-Star 200 and the elegant D-Star.
From 1962 to 1968 was made in smaller quantities (only 8,000 pieces) a diver watch: Captain Cook MK1: with 220 meters of depth resistance, was an extremely modern watch for the time.[citation needed]
In 1990, the company launched the Rado Ceramica, which was the first watch in which both the case and bracelet were made of durable ceramic. A high-tech injection molding process enables the production of a high-tech ceramic case as a single piece.
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