Raymond Weil

An automatic watch is wound by the active movement of the wearer’s wrist. The longer the watch is worn, the more energy it will store. An automatic watch should be worn ‘actively’ and continuously for at least 12 hours a day. If the wearer is inactive or takes the watch off regularly, the 42-hour power reserve will start to run down and eventually the watch will lose time or stop.

A chronograph is a watch that measures elapsed time thanks to an additional hand (a chronograph hand). A chronograph can also record time with 30-minute and 12-hour totalizers. A chronometer is a watch that underwent several precision tests in different positions and at different temperatures to obtain a certificate from the Official Swiss Chronometer Testing Institute (COSC).

It all started in 1976, in the middle of a watch industry crisis, when Mr. Raymond Weil decided to found his own company and turn his vision of what Swiss watchmaking should be into actual timepieces that would bring a new dimension to the industry. Mr. Weil’s creations were immediately praised by watch enthusiasts – amateurs and connoisseurs alike. Once strongly settled in Switzerland, and carried along by both his enthusiasm and his experience, the founder of RAYMOND WEIL explored Europe and the whole world to gradually put together an international network. RAYMOND WEIL is now a famous brand and one of the flagships of the Swiss watchmaking industry.