Rotary watches are nowhere near as prestigious as they used to be.
_scott_
18 Aug 16#3
great find, still a top brand in watch making.
vadiro to _scott_
18 Aug 161#4
Sorry, but this is an exaggeration. They never been a top brand in watch making.
I would say that the watches they sell are generally decent for the low end of the market, but the marketing is dishonest, the large majority of the Rotary watches being made in China, and nobody ever paid the RRP prices for them.
_scott_
18 Aug 16#5
ha next you will be saying that rolex are no good Aswell. wotever.
Gaspode
18 Aug 16#6
So are you genuinely comparing Rotary to Rolex or just a WUM?
Rotary used to be a respected make (never a top-end brand), but made decent watches. Sometime in the mid-2000s they took the decision to outsource a large chunk of their manufacturing to the Far East with only a small number of watches still made in Switzerland. There is a world of difference between the Swiss made watches and the others (typically marked on the dial as 'Est Switzerland 1895' rather the 'Swiss Made')
The Swiss made watches have quality movements and compare well with other similarly priced Swiss watch brands - the others though are simply not as good and are overpriced at RRP - the sale prices as per this link probably represent reasonable value, but people shouldn't expect to be getting a genuinely high quality watch via this deal....
jdrob123
18 Aug 16#7
There are good Rotary watches and bad watches. If you walk into Goldsmiths and spend £250 on a Rotary it will be a decent watch in it's own right and chances are it will be Swiss made however if you walk into Argos you can pick up a Rotary watch that will rely on the Rotary reputation however it will be a Chinese made quartz watch.
_scott_
18 Aug 161#8
dont really think you understand the point I was trying to make.
_scott_
18 Aug 16#9
dont really think you understand the point I was trying to make.
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I would say that the watches they sell are generally decent for the low end of the market, but the marketing is dishonest, the large majority of the Rotary watches being made in China, and nobody ever paid the RRP prices for them.
Rotary used to be a respected make (never a top-end brand), but made decent watches. Sometime in the mid-2000s they took the decision to outsource a large chunk of their manufacturing to the Far East with only a small number of watches still made in Switzerland. There is a world of difference between the Swiss made watches and the others (typically marked on the dial as 'Est Switzerland 1895' rather the 'Swiss Made')
The Swiss made watches have quality movements and compare well with other similarly priced Swiss watch brands - the others though are simply not as good and are overpriced at RRP - the sale prices as per this link probably represent reasonable value, but people shouldn't expect to be getting a genuinely high quality watch via this deal....