Raymond Weil, the Timeline to Success

Founded in 1976, Raymond Weil has fast become aAfter achieving great things for the company, Olivier
premier luxury watchmaker, in very short order. TheBernheim was promoted to President and CEO of the
company launched its line during a particularly roughluxury watchmaking group. Raymond Weil's original
time in the watch industry. While most othersvision of dedication to family character remained in
businesses were on a downhill slide, RW saw antack. While the company grew, the core values and
opportunity, and went for it. The company's values restidentity that were established in the beginning, never
in creating unique designs, with innovative conceptualwaivered.
aesthetics. With loads of talent and passion, they wereThe early 2000's is when this watchmaker really took
off to a good start.off. Gaining full design control of their creations, their
By 1982, the company had seen much initial successinnovative and modern approach to their creations
and knew it was time to expand. Keeping it all in thebegan to blossom. The looks of the watches were
family Raymond Weil decided to hire his son-in-lawunique and quite diverse. In 2002 the company
Olivier Bernheim to aide in modernizing the companyreleased its Don Giovanni Collection. This famous line
and help the expansion process. To this day, Raymondof men's and women's timepieces were bold in style,
Weil remains one of the last privately owned watchand dynamically put together. The Don Giovanni's are
companies in the world.fully mechanical instruments, and built with the utmost
The 1990's was the release of the Parsifal Collection.care and quality.
This line of watches utilized understated designs, withThirty years have come and gone since Raymond
innovative and sometimes surprising features. ThisWeil first launched his company, and to celebrate they
collection helped RW to make their mark in thereleased the women's Shine Collection. The Shine
industry of Swiss watchmaking. While the Parsifalwomen's watches are a testament to the softer side
presented itself with a more traditional look, the Tangoof this company. They are loaded with luxury, and
line gave way for a more contemporary approach.grace. These watches are delicately dressed and
The Tango men's and women's timepieces wereadorned with brilliant diamonds. The Shine timepieces
released in 1995, and they offered a different vieware sensual and quite stunning.
RW's visionary design.