Rado (watchmaker)

Rado Watches Co. Ltd.

Type	Privately held company (belongs to Swatch Group)
Industry	Luxury goods, Watch manufacturer
Founded	1917 as Schlup Co by Fritz, Ernst and Werner Schlup
Headquarters	Lengnau, Switzerland
Key people	Matthias Breschan (CEO)
Products	Watches,
Number of employees	470+ (worldwide)
Parent	The Swatch Group
Website	www.rado.com

Rado is a Swiss watchmaking company, with headquarters in Lengnau, Switzerland. Today the company produces about half a million watches a year with a staff of about 470 in total.

RADO's leans towards innovative uses of high tech materials in distinct design. RADO has focused on pioneering the use of a number of materials that are unique within the watch making industry, such as hardmetal (tungsten- and titanium carbide which they call high tech ceramics), ceramics, lanthanum and sapphire crystal.