Raymond Weil Nabucco Chronograph

Independence is a state of mind. That is the motto of Swiss watchmaker Raymond Weil. In a world where most of the major Swiss watch brands have been acquired by the Swatch Group or Compagnie Financière Richemont SA. Understanbly, Raymond Weil is proud of being and independent brand.

Who owns who? The Swatch Group, the world's largest watch company owns Breguet, Blancpain, Jaquet Droz, Glashütte Original, Léon Hatot, Omega, Tiffany & Co., Rado, Longines, Union Glashütte, Tissot, Calvin Klein, Certina, Mido, Pierre Bal-main, Hamilton, Flik Flak and Endura.

Richemont owns Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpeks, Piaget, Vacheron Constantin, A. Lange & Sohne, Jaeger-LeCoultre, Officine Panerai, IWC, Baume et Mercier and Montblanc.

Raymond Weil Nabucco Chronograph. One of the highly regarded line of Raymond Weil watches is its Nabucco line of chronograph watches. The base model Nabucco chronograph is a mechanical watch with a automatic winding system. Like many modern watches, the Nabucco has a rather imposingly large 46mm case diameter. The large case is not only cosmetic, Raymond Weil having been able to give this watch a water resistance rating of 200 meters, which is better than the average chronograph. To keep the weight down, the bracelet is made of a combination of titanium and stainless steel.

The watch has the typical three sub-dials found in a modern chronograph: a 30-minute sub-dial placed at 3 o'clock, an hour-counter at 6 o'clock, and a 60-second sub-dial is positioned at 9 o'clock which shows continuous seconds. The large second hand is used in conjunction with the chronograph function. There is a date displayed at the 4 o'clock.

Higher end models of this watch use carbon fiber as part of the case and bracelet construction.


Three pushers. The watch has three push pieces making it look like it is a flyback or split seconds chronograph. Unfortunately this is not the case. The buttons at the 2 o'clock and 5 o'clock are the typical start/stop and reset buttons of a chronograph. The not so typical third button at the 10 o'clock is simply used to set the date. Still it does give the watch a very interesting look.

RAYMOND WEIL GENEVE is a Swiss watchmaker, founded in 1976 in Geneva, Switzerland. Formed at a time when the Swiss watch industry was in turmoil, it remains as one of the last independent brands in the luxury Swiss watch industry.