FAMILY HERITAGE
The Geneva-based brand belongs to the limited circle of Swiss watchmakers still in family hands. Today, the company continues to develop and consolidate its status among the leading names of the Swiss watch industry.
RAYMOND WEIL
Raymond Weil was born in Geneva in 1926. After completing his commercial high school examinations and working in a service company for his first job, he joined in 1949 the Geneva watch company, Camy Watch S.A. This was a great opportunity for this watchmaking aficionado. Very enthusiastic and dedicated, Raymond Weil immersed himself in his work, and quickly took over the management of the company, where he was to devote twenty-six years of his life.
In 1976, in the middle of a watch industry crisis, Raymond Weil decided to found his own company. 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.
Thanks to his knowledge of the watch market, Raymond Weil has held many important positions in several professional organisations: President of the Watch Manufacturers Union of Geneva, Vice-President of the Watch Industry’s Training Centre (CFH) in Lausanne, and member of the Watchmakers’ Federation (FH) and a number of various employers’ associations. Until 1995, Raymond Weil held the presidency of the Exhibitors’ Committee of the World Watchmaking and Jewellery Exhibition at Basel.
Raymond Weil is married. He has two daughters, who are performing artists, and six grandchildren. Apart from his taste for classical music and opera, he is very much interested in contemporary art and likes to fly his aeroplane – he did indeed pass his pilot’s licence at the age of 56 and then transmitted his passion to his grand-son, Pierre Bernheim!
WATCHMAKING
The Brand RAYMOND WEIL brings together all the elements of excellence of the Swiss luxury watchmaking industry. Precision, quality, reliability, nobility and technical nature of the materials are many standards that the Geneva-based Brand combines to create its models. This know-how confers RAYMOND WEIL its watchmaking legitimacy.
SWISS MADE
Switzerland’s centuries of carefully handed-down watchmaking skills and know-how are harnessed by RAYMOND WEIL and reflected in its choices and developments of materials, components and craftsmen in all the stages of production and assembly, to meet the prerequisites of the “Swiss made” label. The Company is situated in Geneva, home of Switzerland’s most prestigious watchmakers, together with the industry’s topmost expertise in component and materials supply.
AESTHETICISM
Aestheticism is a constant preoccupation in the development of RAYMOND WEIL timepieces. The Brand takes great care of the design of its watches in order for them to combine ergonomics, refinement and modernity. This aesthetic pursuit results in distinctive and identity-marked models.
MODERNITY
A priority among the Brand’s guiding principles is its orientation towards the future. This principle is applied in the constant upgrading of technical know-how and equipment within the Company, enabling the computer-aided design and production of new products, using methods and materials which are truly visionary. The Company is constantly looking for new ways and approaches to secure its future evolution. It has chosen to build rather than rest on its laurels.
EXCELLENCE
Beauty and aesthetic proportions are no coincidence. Thanks to its experience, know-how and to the mechanical precision of its watchmakers, RAYMOND WEIL is capable of transforming a design concept into a high quality watch to please its demanding clients. From conception through to the final stage of assembly, RAYMOND WEIL’s attention to quality is constant. The experienced watchmaker’s hands and eyes and his traditional tools, are highlighted by highly sophisticated technology. Each watch is minutely examined and undergoes 350 checks before receiving the RAYMOND WEIL quality label.