Raymond Weil is among the best in the business when it comes to offering excellent watches at an approachable price point. With refined design details and thoughtfully considered proportions, the new watches presented by Raymond Weil for 2025 offer traditional watchmaking and contemporary aesthetics in equal measure, with plenty of the same flair that won the brand a GPHG award in 2023.
If you’re not familiar with Raymond Weil’s history, it’s one of the very few independently owned Swiss watchmakers that remains under the control of the founding family. The Freelancer collection was the first that was designed by the brand’s CEO, Elie Bernheim, and remains a core range within the Raymond Weil universe.
It’s not just the Freelancer collection that’s been expanded in 2025, but also the award-winning Millesime collection that proved to be a huge success with collectors around the world. Let’s take a closer look.
Highlights From The 2025 Raymond Weil Collection
Raymond Weil Freelancer Complete Calendar
The Freelancer Complete Calendar arrives as the most complicated model announced by Raymond Weil in roughly a decade, displaying the time, day, date, month, and also moonphase. While visually and technically similar to the annual calendar (which only requires adjustment in February) a complete or full calendar requires manual adjustment each month to account for the varying days. While there are a few calendar watches on the market at a similar price point, this execution has to take the prize for the most elegantly designed, with a level of aura you’d expect from a watch with another zero on the price tag.
Two references debut in satin-polished stainless steel cases, measuring 40mm in diameter and a svelte 10.15mm from front to back, while one reference (above left) features a rose gold PVD coating.
The rose gold tone version arrives with a dune coloured dial finished with radial sunray brushing and hour markers and hands that match the case colour, paired with a brown calfskin leather strap that showcases a more formal aesthetic. The alternate version takes a sportier route, paired with a five-link stainless steel bracelet and a sunray brushed blue dial that makes it slightly more versatile.
Both watches are powered by the automatic calibre RW3281 that serves up a solid 56-hour power reserve when fully wound, and are both water resistant to 100m. You’re unlikely to take either of them swimming because of their dressy design, but 100m of water resistance will give owners the confidence to really wear them.
This is an exciting release from Raymond Weil, at a compelling price point of just $6,600. I’ve little doubt that Raymond Weil’s new Freelancer Complete Calendars will be a hit with collectors and enthusiasts alike.
Raymond Weil Freelancer Skeleton
Beyond the traditional inspiration of the Complete Calendars, the Freelancer collection also expands into slightly more contemporary territory with this blacked-out Skeleton reference. Arriving as a limited edition of 500 pieces, it features a stainless steel case measuring 40mm in both width and length, presented in a soft square shape and paired with a black calfskin strap.
The colour of the case is possible thanks to a PVD coating (also present on the strap’s pin buckle), and it measures 10.5mm in thickness. Immediately visible, thanks to the skeletonised dial, is the automatic in-house caliber RW1212, which offers 41 hours of power reserve and an uninterrupted view of the workings of a mechanical watch. It’s priced at $6,600.
Raymond Weil Millesime Automatic Small Seconds
When Raymond Weil debuted the Millesime Automatic Small Seconds back in 2023, it was met with a near-universal positive reception thanks to its vintage-inspired proportions and elegant sector-style dial. It was so good that it took out the GPHG Challenge Watch Prize (Best Watch Under CHF 2,000) that year and swiftly sold out around the world.
While Raymond Weil has offered the Millesime Automatic Small Seconds in several different expressions since then, this newest reference features a “menthol minute track” that adds just the right amount of colour to the anthracite dial.
Measuring 35mm in diameter and 10.25mm in thickness (some of which is the domed sapphire crystal over the dial), the stainless steel case features a vertical brushed finish on the flanks and bezel, while the tops of the lugs are satin-polished to achieve a sharp contrast between surfaces.
Powering the watch is the 41-hour power reserve and automatic winding RW4251 caliber, with a small seconds function at 6 o’clock. It’s got 50m of water resistance and is paired with a light brown calfskin strap, both of which further underscore its heritage-inspired credentials. It arrives with an RRP of $3,600 on the leather strap or $3,800 on a stainless steel bracelet.
Raymond Weil Millesime Automatic Tri-Compax Chronograph
The Automatic Small Seconds isn’t the only new member of the Millesime family, however, with Raymond Weil also announcing two new Automatic Tri-Compax Chronograph references. Both feature stainless steel cases that measure 39mm in diameter and in line with the freshly launched Freelancer Complete Calendars, one version has a rose gold PVD treatment to the case and pin buckle.
The untreated version has a grey dial and white subdials, with just a touch of warmth brought to the dial via rose gold PVD hands and hour markers, while the rose gold tone reference features a black dial (also with white subdials) that contrasts nicely against the case. These two chronographs are powered by the RW5030 calibre, boasting a very impressive 65 hours of power reserve and, despite being automatically wound, are slender enough to keep the case at a very wearable 12.9mm thick.
The rose gold PVD treated reference is priced at $6,800, while the steel is $6,500 on a leather strap or $6,700 on a steel bracelet.
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