Rado
The beginning of Rado goes far back to 1917 when the brothers Fritz, Ernst and Werner Schlup turned some rooms on their house in Lengnau into a watchmaking workshop. They manufactured watch movements and they would fit out the various movements with dials and hands, case them up and make these available under some name or other.
They offered complete watches from 1954. Their starting point was to make timepieces for a number of clients as private-label manufacturers. In 1956 they started up their own watch brand - "Exacto." But the brand name failed to be fully protected, and issues about rights soon arose. This leads them to create the name "Rado" in 1957, when the first watches bearing Rado name were produced, a relatively young brand compared with other Swiss watches.
The cornerstone for Rado international success laid, however, in 1962 when Rado introduce the first scratch resistant Watch under the name of Diastar. At that time, Rado surprised the world with the revolutionary invention of the oval DiaStar, the first truly scratch-resistant watch ever, sporting a case made of scratchproof heavy metal.
The Rado DiaStar case was manufactured by mixing pure tungsten or titanium carbide powder with a binding agent, subjecting it to pressure equal to 1,000 bar, and sintering it at 1 ,450°C. Rado's home is in Lengnau, Switzerland, and Rado continued to produce only watches with extremely hard cases.
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 EXCELLENT RADO AUTOMATIC VINTAGE EXTREMELY RARE SWISS WATCH ORIGINAL 2TONE DIAL $99.99 Time Remaining: 29d 8h 24m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RAD0 GOLDEN GAZELLE DAY DATE SILVER DIAL MENS WATCH CLEAN $75.00 (16 Bids) Time Remaining: 16h 43m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RADO PURPLEHORSE $32.89 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 7h 51m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE VINTAGE RADO PURPLE HORSE AUTOMATIC SWISS MADE WATCH $155.00 Time Remaining: 29d 2h 43m Buy It Now for only: $155.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE AUTO RADO PURPLE HORSE ORIGINAL SWISS 36mm $20.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 6h 14m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE RARE VINTAGE RADO SILVER STAR AUTOMATIC SWISS MADE WATCH $155.00 Time Remaining: 27d 2h 44m Buy It Now for only: $155.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 RARE Mint Vintage Microma Chrono Digital Watch Stainless Steel 1 NO RESERVE $13.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 8h 2m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage RAD0 SILVER HORSE DAY DATE BLACK DIAL MENS WATCH VERY CLEAN $305.00 (18 Bids) Time Remaining: 16h 51m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE RARE VINTAGE RADO ROTHORN GREEN DIAL AUTOMATIC GENTS $99.99 Time Remaining: 23d 23h 51m Buy It Now for only: $99.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage RADO Diastar Turler Wristwatch and original Rado box working $192.92 (11 Bids) Time Remaining: 1d 3h 26m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE VINTAGE RADO PURPLE HORSE 2 TONE AUTOMATIC SWISS MADE WATCH $185.00 Time Remaining: 28d 2h 25m Buy It Now for only: $185.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RADO DIASTAR DATE AUTOMATIC LADIES WATCH $15.50 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 5h 47m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE JUMBO RAD0 STARLINER 999 25JEWELS BLACK DIAL MENS WATCH VERY GOOD $274.00 (39 Bids) Time Remaining: 16h 48m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE VINTAGE RADO VOYAGER AUTOMATIC SWISS MADE WATCH $165.00 Time Remaining: 27d 4h 34m Buy It Now for only: $165.00 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RADO17 J DIASTAR GOLD TUNGSTEN CARBIDE AUTOMATIC WATCH DD $227.50 (28 Bids) Time Remaining: 13h 1m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage RADO President Automatic Watch Black Face Stainless Steel 1970s $127.89 Time Remaining: 22d 7h 49m Buy It Now for only: $127.89 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RAD0 DIASTAR TUNGSTEN CASE BLACK DIAL MENS WATCH CLEAN $135.00 (34 Bids) Time Remaining: 16h 54m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage RAD0 SILVER HORSE DAY DATE SILVER DIAL MENS WATCH VERY CLEAN $10.50 (4 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 44m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RADO VOYAGER RED AUTOMATIC GENTS $199.99 Time Remaining: 26d 13h 33m Buy It Now for only: $199.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RAD0 GOLDEN GAZELLE DAY DATE GREEN DIAL MENS WATCH CLEAN $0.99 (1 Bid) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 41m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage Rado Green Horse 6 Rotate Logo Blue Dial 30J Steel Automatic Mens Watch $159.99 Time Remaining: 5d 6h 18m Buy It Now for only: $159.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RAD0 CONWAY DAY DATE BLUE DIAL MENS WATCH CLEAN $41.00 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 3d 18h 48m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE AUTO RADO MARCO POLO ORIGINAL SWISS 36mm $20.50 (3 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 6h 17m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE RARE VINTAGE RADO PURPLE HORSE AUTOMATIC GENTS 6 $199.99 Time Remaining: 24d 4m Buy It Now for only: $199.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE RADO25 J DIASTAR GOLD TUNGSTEN CARBIDE AUTOMATIC WATCH DZ $102.50 (5 Bids) Time Remaining: 2d 13h 42m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE RARE VINTAGE RADO DAYMASTER 999 AUTOMATIC SWISS MADE WATCH $149.99 Time Remaining: 16d 4h 47m Buy It Now for only: $149.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage RADO Florence SAPPHIRE Crystal WATER Sealed QUARTZ 15333672 MENS Watch $299.99 Time Remaining: 13h 33m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 Vintage RADO Swiss Made Women Quartz Watch NR $50.99 (2 Bids) Time Remaining: 4h 31m Bid now | Add to watch list |
 NICE RARE VINTAGE RADO PURPLE HORSE AUTOMATIC SWISS MADE WATCH $189.99 Time Remaining: 27d 3h 59m Buy It Now for only: $189.99 Buy It Now | Add to watch list |
 VINTAGE DIASTAR SILVER TONE AUTOMATIC DAY DATE WATCH $102.50 (9 Bids) Time Remaining: 4d 9h 52m Bid now | Add to watch list |
