3 Watch Brands with BIG Problems

In this video, I cover 3 luxury Swiss watch brands that will have big problems.

0:00 - Intro
1:25 - Rado watches
5:35- Roger Dubuis watches
8:55 - Ebel watches
11:30 - Ending

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[kreszcenciahorvath]

Rado is way higher quality than Tissot. Tissot /Certina have rough things visible by the naked eye and they can't even align the numbers of the date-wheel perfectly. Rado is in a different league quality-wise. I had to inspect them with a magnifier but didn't find imperfections, it's easily Tudor level. The movements often upgraded versions with gold plated rotors (even when there is no sapphire caseback), no plastic parts and better regulation. Still a bit pricey for what you get but can't be compared to the aforementioned brands, only if you don't have in-hand experience with the pieces as they might look the same quality on the internet. So as a Patek and a Casio.

[heisenberg]

I see a Rado on someone's wrist, that's someone worth getting to know

[thewholecut]

Disagree on Rado. At least they have some quirky and interesting designs. Most watch brands have the same copy and paste styles.

[TheSkatereel]

Rado is doing fine in Asia, India, even Latin America. Swatch Group is happy with their peformance I bet, especially with the buzz of the Captain Cook. The other two brands are absolutely in the doghouse; brands that have been forgotten.

[timemeasured]

Although Rado is not popular over here in North America, they are highly respected in the East….They are not hurting in the least. Never heard of the other two brands.

[neilmartin]

4:02 - "Rado is setting themselves up in a weird part of the market where they rely on the Captain Cook..."

So, pretty much like Audemars Piguet with the Royal Oak?

[MrTealZelosFan]

My Captain Cook was bought on a whim after watching a teddy video. Since then I’ve fallen in love with the brand and went on to purchase a Grande Seconde. I will continue to buy RADO. Will probably buy a Diastar next.

[watchdogpodcast]

Rado is hugely popular in the Middle East. They'll be fine

[dimman]

A bunch of my non-watch buddies have Rados. Quartz and Automatics, usually ceramic, usually a gift for wedding, graduation or anniversary. One young guy I work with is looking to buy one because he likes the two-tone black and gold, with factory diamonds in a modern case and bracelet, as a much more affordable alternative two a two tone Rolex ("Rollie") with diamonds.

I was very surprised. Seems Rado is super popular with non-watch-geek normies.

[verklagekasper]

Rado's turnover is about 60% of Tudor's. Or as high as that of Hamilton and Mido combined. They are far from struggling.

[omer]

Im a watchmacker, i repair ALOT of watches from the swatch group, and rado DOSE NOT USE the paowermatic 80 movment that tissot use, they usr a way better ETA2824 with unjusteble balance(only one pin for ajusting the balace spring) you need way more money and skill to make them... and they dont have plastic parts like the pwoermatic 80...
The only down side of rado is the w.r its says 30m but its more like only 1m😂 alot of problems with the crowns ❤ keep then safe they will least for YEARS. And the ceramic ones breake a bit easy..and its a bout 20-60% of the watch price to fix them..depends on the modle

[heinrich]

People don't buy movements, they buy brand prestige and Rado has a lot of that. Same with Tag, Hublot, Breitling and many more. Only watch enthusiasts care about movements.

[OmidSoltan]

Interesting point about Rado, especially given the fact that it is usually compared with the likes of Longines and Oris.

[paulratheram]

I disagree about Rado, the materials they use, there finishing, quality and attention to detail and design is far better than other lower priced Swatch brands. Tag and oris used basse Selita and ETA movements used in Tissot and charged a lot more how are they different then Rado? It also about marketing and brand and Rado is seen as luxury in parts of the world where Hamilton is seen as professional tool. Rados designs are unique. If you want a tough material watch, Rado is the original pioneer.

[rado]

So many comments about Rado. Nice. I bought Golden Horse 42 and it s a beautiful classic.

[jeffreyblue]

Rado is extremely popular in many Asian countries. In fact, my Asian wife gave me a Rado as a gift, and it sits proudly in my Watchbox along with my Journe, Gronefeld, VC, Breguet, Rolex, and Omega.

[jamesblonde]

I actually said this Rado conversation to my local AD and he said I was talking balls, they sell quite alot of the ceramic watches, one of their more popular lines, also massive brand in Asia and the middle east.

[erwinleen]

A black ceramic with gold lines is a luxury Rado for many decades.

[jshaan]

One of the most uniformed watch reviews I have come across in a while.

1.Powermatic 80 has two movements, one with 23 jewels which is slightly less expensive, and another with 25 jewels, and this has three different modifications, some with plastic parts, and one top grade without plastic parts, with nivichron spring balance etc. and running to COSC standard +4 sec. So Rado uses only top grade Powermatic 80 which isn’t inferior to Longines, Tudor, or Rolex movements if not even better than some of them. Btw by the same logic, Omega is also using movements based on ETA.

2. Rado is not anywhere close to dying or depending upon the captain cook. Centrix and Hyperchromes are way more popular in the other half of the world (India, China, South Asia, Middle East) Rado has a market share of around 50 percent above 1000 USD price tag and is basically at the very epitome of luxury and considered just below Rolex. It's basically keeping the Swiss watch industry up and kicking in this part of the world.

[milosradivojevic]

Rado is amazing, my wife wants already a 3rd centrix, and I am getting a DiaStar 60th year anniversary on top of Captain cook ghost