RAYMOND WEIL Celebrates the Genius of Buddy Holly

Luxury Swiss watchmaker RAYMOND WEIL announces a new addition to its series of music special edition timepieces, which celebrate influential and iconic musicians, with the launch of the Buddy Holly maestro watch. Recent partnerships with The Beatles and Frank Sinatra cement the Brand’s continued commitment and credentials as supporters of the music industry and charities.

Designed in collaboration with Maria Elena Holly, the Limited Edition maestro pays tribute to legendary musician Buddy Holly, who is recognized as the pioneer of Rock ‘n’ Roll and who influenced and inspired so many artists, including; The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and Elton John. Buddy Holly was born in Lubbock, Texas on 7th September 1936 and this Limited Edition maestro watch pays tribute to the 80th anniversary of his birth. A contribution from each watch sold will be donated to the Buddy Holly Educational Foundation, a charity set up to provide music education and opportunities to young people worldwide. The Foundation wishes to acknowledge BMG Rights Management (US) LLC, the steward of Buddy’s intellectual property rights, for their kind assistance in this project.

RAYMOND WEIL has designed a truly unique Buddy Holly watch with distinctive features and references to the artist. The 39.5 mm maestro has a polished stainless steel maestro case houses an automatic mechanical movement RW4250 with a 38 hour power and polished stainless steel bracelet. The silver galvanic dial has highlights of pale blue (Buddy’s favourite colour) encircling the rim, and on the secondary second sub dial, which also wears a miniature pair of glasses (the iconic emblem of the musician) on the sweep of the second hand. The oversized number 9, featured as a reference to Buddy’s lucky number, is balanced by the date dial at the 3 o’clock

MAESTRO BUDDY HOLLY LIMITED EDITION
TECHNICAL DATA

2238-ST-BUDH1

Movement         Mechanical self-winding movement – RW4250

Power reserve     38 hours

Jewels         31

Functions         Hours, minutes and small seconds

Date             Window at 3 o’clock

Case             Round – Polished stainless steel

Diameter:         39.5mm

Thickness:         9mm

Crown         Polished steel – fluted with RW monogram

Crystal         Sapphire with dual-sided antiglare treatment

Dial     Silver, with pale blue highlights encircling the rim and on small second counter at 6 o’clock. Oversized number 9 and Buddy Holly Signature.

Hands     Steel-type, baton-shaped, small second hand wears miniature pair of emblematic glasses

Case back     Snapped, with smoked sapphire crystal featuring Buddy Holly Educational Foundation logo and Limited Edition engraving

Bracelet     Polished stainless steel, RW folding clasp with double-push security system

Water resistance     5 ATM