Raymond Weil Presents In House Calibre

Worldwide renowned brand Raymond Weil have released the Freelancer with a brand first Calibre RW1212 movement manufactured completely in-house. This is the first in-house movement Raymond Weil have ever produced and it is an amazing feat for the brand who are over the moon with the movement.

The Calibre RW1212 is said to be a tribute to the present and is a symbol of the future with the movements name standing for RW – Raymond Weil and the 1212 – the location of the Geneva suburb Grand-Lancy. The movement is symbolic of the journey that Raymond Weil has travelled on as a brand as ell as celebrating their free-spirited approach we bring to the watchmaking industry. Their first in-house movement was born from their partnership with the Swiss movement manufacturer Sellita.

Virtuosic Precision

The RW1212 movement was created in collaboration with Sellita along side the R&D department of the Geneva watch company and once complete it was manufactured by the movement manufacturer who is based in Le Cret-du-Locle which is up in the Jura mountains.

The watch has a bold and extremely distinctive design which is unlike any other in that the face features a 6 o’clock front-dial position of its regulating organ. It only took 18 months for the R&D team at Raymond Weil to develop the design and the regulating organ.

It is encased with a 42.5mm stainless steel case and the balance & spring assembly is the focus of attention within the watch. It has a diamond polished balance wheel and the skeleton bridges ensure transparent visibility.  It is powered by a self-winding movement called the freelancer “Calibre RW1212” which moves at a frequency of 28,800 vibrations an hour.

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