{"id":8406,"date":"2018-03-21T14:05:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8406"},"modified":"2018-09-26T12:44:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T11:44:33","slug":"raymond-weil-acdc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/raymond-weil-acdc\/","title":{"rendered":"Raymond Weil ACDC Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8404 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-2.47.24-pm-1024x655.png\" alt=\"Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-2.47.24-pm ACDC\" width=\"838\" height=\"536\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-2.47.24-pm-1024x655.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-2.47.24-pm-300x192.png 300w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-2.47.24-pm-768x491.png 768w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-01-08-at-2.47.24-pm.png 1141w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 838px) 100vw, 838px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Luxury Swiss Watch makers <a href=\"https:\/\/raymond-weil.co.uk\/\">Raymond Weil<\/a> have a long illustrious history of working with, and creating tributes for, iconic musicians, previously creating limited edition watches for the likes of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidbowie.com\/\">David Bowie<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebeatles.com\/\">The Beatles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockhall.com\/inductees\/buddy-holly\">Buddy Holly<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bobmarley.com\/\">Bob Marley<\/a> and many more. Raymond Weil are now continuing with the announcement of a brand new Limited Edition Freelancer watch in tribute to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acdc.com\/\">Rock and Roll hall of famers ACDC<\/a>. The\u00a0Australian\u00a0rock\u00a0band, formed in\u00a0Sydney\u00a0in 1973 by brothers\u00a0Malcolm\u00a0and\u00a0Angus Young, have sold over 200 million records worldwide with\u00a0<i>Back in Black<\/i>\u00a0selling an estimated 50\u00a0million units worldwide, making it the\u00a0second highest selling album by any artist, and the highest-selling album by any band.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8409 \" style=\"text-align: center;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RW_freelancer_2780-stc-acdc1_pkt_black_rvb_72dpi_forWeb-1-805x1024-805x1024.jpg\" alt=\"RW_freelancer_2780-stc-acdc1_pkt_black_rvb_72dpi_forWeb-1-805x1024\" width=\"399\" height=\"507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RW_freelancer_2780-stc-acdc1_pkt_black_rvb_72dpi_forWeb-1-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RW_freelancer_2780-stc-acdc1_pkt_black_rvb_72dpi_forWeb-1-805x1024-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/RW_freelancer_2780-stc-acdc1_pkt_black_rvb_72dpi_forWeb-1-805x1024-768x977.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">ACDC Freelancer Tribute<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">The Achievements and accolades have now been commemorated, and stylised by Raymond Weil as part of their<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">ever expanding Music Icon Series. With a\u00a042mm diameter stainless steel case, the\u00a0<em>freelancer\u00a0<\/em>AC\/DC Limited Edition exudes a notable air of Rock and Roll prowess. Lined with luminescent treatment, slender hour and minute hands articulate the time with lucid dialogue. Studded indexes marking the hours reinforces the rebellious 70&#8217;s feeling to reinforce the Rock and Roll attitude of the timepiece, the hours are marked with studded indexes. The black dial features a textured pattern recalling the AC\/DC high voltage bolt graphics. It sits adjacent to the iconic AC\/DC typography placed at 12 o\u2019clock. The powerful rock credentials are reaffirmed through the black leather strap, adorned with the AC\/DC logo.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With this watch being released the day before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baselworld.com\/en-US.aspx\">Baselworld<\/a>, we are very excited to see what the luxury watchmakers produce for us this year in Switzerland. We have also recently seen Raymond weil release yet another music collaboration watch, this time, with amp makers, <a href=\"https:\/\/marshall.com\/\">Marshall<\/a>, which you can read all about here; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/raymond-weil-marshall\/\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2LqmSVv<\/a> For more information on this limited edition <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rockhall.com\/inductees\/acdc\">ACDC<\/a> watch, or any of the Raymond Weil Music icon watches, please email us at info@firstclasswatches.co.uk or visit our site; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/\">firstclasswatches.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Luxury Swiss Watch makers Raymond Weil have a long illustrious history of working with, and creating tributes for, iconic musicians, previously creating limited edition watches for the likes of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":8418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[12,285],"tags":[2019,425,2020,929,782,188,140,14,17,810,87,39,16,24,166,496],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Raymond Weil ACDC Tribute - First Class Watches Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Raymond Weil announce a brand new Limited Edition Freelancer watch in tribute to Rock and Roll hall of famers ACDC.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/raymond-weil-acdc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Raymond Weil ACDC Tribute - First Class Watches Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Raymond Weil announce a brand new Limited Edition Freelancer watch in tribute to Rock and Roll hall of famers ACDC.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/2018\/03\/raymond-weil-acdc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"First Class Watches Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-21T14:05:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-09-26T11:44:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"660\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Danny Choudhury\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.firstclasswatches.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"First Class Watches Blog\",\"description\":\"All the Guides, News &amp; 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