Talk:Rado (watch)
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I altered this slightly to emphasise that Rado is located in Lengnau, not the Swatch Group. Feel free to wikify if you think it sounds wrong. Zckls04 06:01, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Editing
I've made several edits to this page today based on findings on the internet. If anyone is interested in the way I have constructed the pricing section, I have done so by consulting the prices I found for authorised dealers only. This is because the internet is flooded with unauthorised dealers and both the maker themselves, plus other experts insist that it is impossible to tell whether these are real or imitations and the only way to know you are dealing with a genuine watch is if you are dealing with an authorised retailer. I checked the prices for a few UK and US companies and the lowest price I found was £595 (which is currently over a $1,000 but usually just under $900). To be safe I have put in a minimum of $800 and noted that it is, of course possible for the watches to be cheaper but that is a fair general guide. The most expensive popular type I saw (I focused more on the minimum as there is no bound on the upper prices once you get to the ones that are practically made of diamonds) was £4,000 (currently about $8,000 but usually closer to $7,000). I welcome debate on these pricings.--Zoso Jade 08:23, 8 January 2007 (UTC)what materials are using for making rado watches
- The prices aren't accurate. For some reason (some having to do with currency issues) consumer goods in the UK denominated in pounds sterling seem to be grossly expensive compared to what the same item can be purchased for elsewhere (US, Australia, Canada, etc). Also, I don't think limiting prices to the "suggested retail" put out by 'authorized dealers' accurately reflects what people typically pay for any given Rado. --LoverOfArt 21:50, 5 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Trivia dump
The article included a section titled "trivia".
- One of artist Andy Warhol's last projects was the painting of Rado watches. An example of one of these paintings
- Rado advertises itself as the inventor of scratch-proof watches
- Nepal's communist leader Prachanda has an affliction for Rado Watches. This is actually taken in Nepal as a welcome sign of normalization. In this case as power corrupted and bought backs to normality a politician, who led Nepal to its bloodiest war ever.
- In the Artemis Fowl series the main character Artemis Fowl in the book Artemis Fowl The Lost Colony Artemis is said to wear a Rado watch.
Most unusually for trivia sections, this one actually contained something of interest, with the (alas unsourced) claim that a Nepalese commie "has an affliction for Rado Watches". Still, it's all trivia, so I pulled it out. If something here is significant and sourced, work it into the article. -- Hoary (talk) 14:42, 19 January 2008 (UTC)
