Introducing: The Fifty From Raymond Weil Celebrates The Brand’s Semicentennial By Offering A Piece Of The Past

This year marks Raymond Weil’s 50th anniversary, all while remaining a family-owned company, a milestone year that all brands try to capitalize on to the fullest extent. For this celebration, the brand has decided to use the Millesime for a horologically nerdy project—a limited-edition series of 50 chronographs called The Fifty. It is, from a high level, a Millesime Chronograph on steroids. Set in a 37mm steel case with a white gold bezel and a thickness of 10.75mm, it’s apparent that the sizing is targeted for watch enthusiasts; hard to complain about these dimensions for a mechanical chronograph. 

The front of the watch takes the form of a sector dial filled with a flurry of visual details. The matte white dial shows off pronounced depth thanks to its multi-piece construction, from the beveled rehaut to a grained ring surrounding the black Super-LumiNova hour markers to a groove-stamped center dial, and finally to two sunken subdials at 3 o’clock and 9 o’clock. Touches of color lie in the blue chronograph seconds and subdial hands.