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JACOB OSBORN, 22 APR 2021 Swiss luxury watchmaker Raymond Weil rocked the world with their 1976 debut and they’ve been killing it ever since. Elbowing their way into the room, the brand continues to hold its own against some stiff competition. With exceptional quality, cutting-edge design, and unbeatable value as its core, Raymond Weil has rapidly become one of the industry’s foremost watchmakers.   For proof, look no further than the Freelancer Collection. Anchored by its experimental sensibility, precise mechanics, perennial “wow” factor, and affordable pricing, the collectio...
A work of art for less than you think. Jamie Weiss  Sunday 28th March, 2021 Photo: DMARGE RAYMOND WEIL is one of those rare beasts of the luxury watch world: an independent brand. It’s surprising to see how far the brand has come since its humble beginnings in 1976, too, its namesake founder initially selling his pieces from a foldout bridge table in a stall in Geneva. 45 years later, the brand has secured its name as one of the most successful watch brands in Switzerland, while remaining family-owned. RAYMOND WEIL’s vision from the start was to make the hig...
Chronoswiss is a Lucern based Swiss watchmaking company that was founded in 1983. Created during a time where quartz timepieces were the popular choice for wristwear, Gerd-Rüdiger Lang founded Chronoswiss, as he believed in the timeless fascination of mechanical timepieces.  Chronoswiss was a brand made for visionaries, pioneers, and nonconformists. They were the first brand to miniaturize the regulator into a wristwatch, and then build a whole collection of watches around this design. Chronoswiss is also a specialist when it comes to skeletonised watches. They have been practicing this cra...
After what’s been a whirlwind few weeks, Watches & Wonders – the industry’s pre-eminent trade show – has finally wrapped up. W&W 2021 was a hybrid conference, with an initial mostly virtual Geneva show followed by a traditional expo in Shanghai. The unique model allowed for a whopping 40 brands to exhibit literally hundreds of watches in some of the most lavishly produced unveilings we’ve seen in a while. With so many watches, you’d think it would be hard to pick a unifying theme, but there’s one standout trend that’s emerged: colour. Lots of colour. Cartier’s eclectic Tank Must co...
Watches, like other inanimate objects, are inherently neutral. Sizing, decoration – these are all a product of socio-cultural and historical influences, and preferences similarly the subjective mix of time, place, and individual. It’s why there are trends, why which watches do well can differ between markets, and why special regional editions exist. So too, is colour. There have been a lot of green dials over the last twelve months, and there’s no reason to think that this won’t continue until the end of 2021, but there have also been some recent bursts of other bright and bold hues, includ...

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