Switzerland

Tudor and Rolex share a Geneva foundation and nothing mechanical. We price the Black Bay 58 in India against the cheapest steel Rolex, and say which is the better watch.

Tissot sits in Swatch Group’s Middle Range, and Indian buyers pay about 6.3% less than Swiss buyers before tax. The number that actually decides it is the service bill.

TAG Heuer’s Indian prices sit at American parity, not at a duty premium. Who owns the brand, what the movements really are, and what a service costs here.

Rado sits in Swatch Group’s High Range, one tier below Omega, and every mechanical Rado runs an ETA Powermatic 80 movement. The Indian pricing, though, is 8.4% below the United States before tax.

Omega belongs to the Swatch Group, which the Hayek family controls with a quarter of the capital and 43.6% of the votes. On the two references checked, the Indian price is about 8.7% below the American one before tax.

Longines is one of the very few watch brands that publishes both Indian prices and Indian service costs in rupees. We check them against the US and Swiss lists, and settle the in-house movement question.

Rolex publishes a rupee price for every model. On a tax-stripped basis an Indian Rolex is about 20% cheaper than the same watch in Switzerland, and 18% cheaper than in the United States.