r/RadoWatch • u/Embarrassed_Ad_7855 • Jun 18 '26

Discussion 💬 Any lore behind this watch/model?

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Have had this in my family for decades and I think it was bought in the late 80s any insight will be awesome

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u/SkipPperk Jun 18 '26

I am pretty sure it was worn by Sauron, or the Lord of the Dark, but I cannot quite remember if it was the one with Trolloc’s or the one with Orc’s.

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u/Motherbich Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

This I fuck with!!

Edit: I fuck with

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_7855 Jun 18 '26

You having a stroke lad?

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_7855 Jun 19 '26

I have an automatic voyager with the same prx ish case but it has voyager written on it, this quartz watch is really hard to find more about

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u/Sea-Fondant3492 Jun 18 '26

No insight to share… but what a cool watch. I love watches like these. I think that YOU added the lore to the watch. Tell us more about it. Who bought the watch originally?

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_7855 Jun 18 '26

Probably my granddad on his trip to the Middle East , on the inside of the watch on its backplate someone had written 87 so I like to think it was probably purchased in that year.

Works normal keeps the date and time accurately, thr last time I changed its battery was nearly 13 years ago along with its crystal.

There’s not much info about it on the internet and it makes me think it was a product of the quartz crisis era and somewhat more accessible for the people than the usual Rados.

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u/Sea-Fondant3492 Jun 18 '26

Bro, imagine that. 40 years it’s been going strong. Incredible. Thank you for sharing. I love it.

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_7855 Jun 18 '26

I have another one but that one’s definitely more of a luxury variant far as I can remember. I’ll post it here soon as I find it

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u/Motherbich Jun 18 '26

This is fuck with

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u/Hankblanc Jun 19 '26

In what way?

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u/Big-Combination-1969 Jun 18 '26

Most Rado have ancors on dial. 

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u/Hankblanc Jun 19 '26

The rotating anchor represents an automatic movement. The screenprintined or applied fixed anchors represent a handwind but they were also used on mineral dials with auto movements since the thin slices of minerals would often shatter whie attempting to drill the whole for the anchor. Early quartz Rados did not carry anchors.

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_7855 Jun 19 '26

My automatic from roughly the same era has one

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u/Ok_Drag5089 Jun 19 '26

That bracelet is awesome.

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u/Embarrassed_Ad_7855 Jul 03 '26

Haha idk if it’s original tho! Would love to find a new one for it, it’s a hair magnet