Raymond Weil

What does the group think of Raymond Weil? I remember about 20 years ago this was one of the first brands that started the addiction for me. They seemed to fade away a bit but the new releases over the last few years seem really well done. Curious to hear your thoughts

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I’m really happy with my Maestro. You know that feeling when you get a great watch and you want to recommend it to everyone? I still get that feeling with this watch 10 years later.

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Like you a few years back I though they were fantastic but then lost something, and started doing copies a little. I have not checked them out for a while, yours is a bit special !

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Have only had good experiences with RW and currently have 2 of them in my collection. Am actually wearing my Tango GMT Bob Marley edition today.

My Freelancer Diver is one of my favourites and I find myself gravitating to this anytime I’m undecided about what to wear.

RW is a pretty popular brand in AUS, but I rarely see any on Watch Crunch. Hopefully we see more of them because they are really nicely built.

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I have this one. I like the clean classic vintage look to it. I don't get to wear it very often. It's a dressy looking watch and I don't dress up very often. I have never had a problem with it other than finding the right strap for it. I haven't figured out what looks best on it.

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Before I took to this hobby my wife bought me this Raymond Weil Tradition 5596. Dressed my wrist up to many gatherings.

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From what I've seen RW watches are well made. These are sold in Macy's here in California, if you wait for a sale you can get a really nice watch for a reasonable price.

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I recently took a chance on an 'interesting' used RW Parsifal 6000 to replace a broken Bering for use as my beater tool watch for work. I bought it cheap enough as a watch head from the bay of fleas with bent spring bars and no battery or strap.

I'm assuming RW designed it as a funky/modern dress watch - my 'conversion' of it into a tool watch consisted of fitting a decent battery and convenient magnetic rubber strap.

So far I'm very satisfied - it features a sapphire crystal a '50M' WR rating and seems to be well constructed, so should continue to fulfil it's 'tool watch' role for quite a long while.

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I am a HUGE Raymond Weil fan. I have 3 of their watches, 2 maestri and a freelancer. Their watches speak volumes to me because I am a classical musician. In fact, I am a freelance conductor so go figure!