{"id":18361,"date":"2018-11-08T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-08T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/?p=18361"},"modified":"2018-11-19T12:05:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-19T17:05:37","slug":"the-raymond-weil-freelancer-a-closer-look","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/the-raymond-weil-freelancer-a-closer-look\/","title":{"rendered":"The Raymond Weil Freelancer: A Closer Look"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Raymond Weil<\/a> earned its reputation by re-thinking traditional watchmaking and bridging the market gap between affordable stylish watches and the core values and precision of Swiss watchmaking. Here we delve deeper into the Freelancer collection,<\/a> a significant breakthrough in the brand\u2019s history as it introduced Raymond Weil\u2019s first visible balance wheel and has since seen many beloved iterations.<\/p>\n

The Origins of the Raymond Weil Freelancer<\/strong>
\nRaymond Weil has long prided itself on its channeling a classic haute horology look\u2014think clean and elegant designs, no-frills dials, handsomely showcased movements\u2014but at an attainable price point. And, when the Freelancer collection debuted in 2007, it was a proud continuation of these core values.<\/p>\n

Aesthetically, the Freelancer collection is a sports watch at its core, but, in true Raymond Weil form, is an elegantly pared down take on the category. What truly distinguished the collection upon release was its visible balance wheel.<\/p>\n

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In the very simplest of terms, a watch\u2019s balance wheel (or simply balance) works in tandem with the balance spring to effectively keep the time. While the balance spring steadily pulls the wheel towards the center position, the balance wheel swings back and forth, and it advances the hands of the watch to display the time.<\/p>\n

The Freelancer\u2019s visible balance wheel allowed watch enthusiasts and collectors to admire the mechanical intricacies of the movement inside. This breakthrough was significant to Raymond Weil as it kicked off the brand\u2019s foray into becoming a bigger competitor in the manufacturing arena, challenging older brands with its affordably-priced, handsomely-designed, and now precision-made watches.<\/p>\n

The Raymond Weil Freelancer 1212<\/strong>
\nIn 2017, the Freelancer was the first collection to house Raymond Weil\u2019s first proprietary automatic movement.<\/p>\n

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\nJust as the original Freelancer was a flex of Raymond Weil\u2019s engineering muscle, the Freelancer 1212 is a testament to Raymond Weil\u2019s research and development team who spent 18 months designing and producing the movement with their Swiss manufacture partner Stellia. (In fact, the Freelancer 1212 is named after the post code of the brand\u2019s Geneva headquarters as nod to the in-house team behind the movement.)<\/p>\n

The Freelancer 1212 falls in step with the Raymond Weil tradition of elegant watch designs at a remarkably affordable price point while advancing the brand and its reputation for well-researched and -developed timepieces.<\/p>\n

Collaborations and Modern Iterations of the Freelancer Collection<\/strong>
\nSince the Freelancer\u2019s breakout debut, it has been the foundational design for many fresh iterations and been at the heart of Raymond Weil\u2019s high-profile collaborations.<\/p>\n

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\nMusic has always been the underlying inspiration source for all of Raymond Weil\u2019s designs\u2014which is why its best-known collections are named the Maestro<\/a>, Toccata<\/a>, and Amadeus. However, to appeal to a younger generation of watch collectors, the third generation of the family-run brand has shifted its source material from classical music to rock \u2018n roll stars. Raymond Weil has crafted collector\u2019s and limited editions of its Freelancer Collection with the likes of AC\/DC, David Bowie, and Les Paul guitar manufacture Gibson. Each iteration pays tribute to these groundbreaking musicians and their lasting influence on the genre.<\/p>\n

To learn more about Raymond Weil and its unique history in the watch industry, check out our post on the topic here!\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Raymond Weil earned its reputation by re-thinking traditional watchmaking and bridging the market gap between affordable stylish watches and the core values and precision of Swiss watchmaking. Here we delve deeper into the Freelancer collection, a significant breakthrough in the brand\u2019s history as it introduced Raymond Weil\u2019s first visible balance wheel and has since seen […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[7349,7350,461,7348,7351],"class_list":["post-18361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","tag-freelancer","tag-maestro","tag-raymond-weil","tag-raymond-weil-watches","tag-toccata"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18366,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18361\/revisions\/18366"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.truefacet.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}