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[walrus]

Never heard of Rado watches but they look cool but way too expensive.

I bought an reasonably expensive watch and was thinking of changing the strap as it was getting old. It cost more than the watch itself, so only wear it on special occasions.

Does anyone really wear watches now for everyday use?

Master, I don’t know what Rados you look at. Yes some of the new ones are very expensive but I have a contact in India where Rados are loved and get the 1970’s and eights ones for around 100 bucks. I then do a restore try to keep the price at about 40 but if it needs parts it can be expensive as I like to keep it 100 percent original and sell it for 300 to 400 but I’ll take 275 as it’s more of a labour of love for me. I’m wearing a 1970 rado diastar I am testing at the moment. I don’t know what you consider expensive for a watch but if I can get a good solid Swiss made mechanical watch for 100 bucks that was made in Switzerland I prefer that over a modern quartz Seiko but having said that Seiko makes an excellent watch and some vintage ones go for just as much as a decent Swiss watch.

Seiko makes a watch called lord Seiko which measures up to the Rolex day date quite well and is under 2,000 versus up to 6k for that type of Rolex.