Raymond Weil Genève () is a Swiss
luxury watch
A watch is a portable timepiece intended to be carried or worn by a person. It is designed to keep a consistent movement despite the motions caused by the person's activities. A wristwatch is designed to be worn around the wrist, attached by ...
maker, founded in 1976 in
Geneva
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It is a
family company founded by Raymond Weil and Simone Bédat. Simone Bedat and her son left the company in 1996 to form
Bedat_&_Co
Bedat & Co is a Swiss watch brand. The company was founded by Simone Bédat and her son Christian Bédat.
Bedat & Co is owned by Luxury Concepts, a Malaysian firm.
History
Simone Bédat and her son Christian Bédat departed from the luxury Swis ...
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Raymond Weil led the company until his retirement in 2002.
Weil died in 2014 and the company is now managed by his grandson Elie Bernheim.
Weil initially sold his designs from a foldout bridge table in a stall in Geneva. The line included both the traditional spring-powered and cog-and-gear mechanical
Swiss watches and
quartz-powered watches. He marketed the watches internationally towards lower-end luxury watch buyers.
As of 2014, the company sold 200,000 watches yearly at an average price of .
See also
Sellita-clock-mechanical-engine
References
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Luxury brands
Swiss watch brands
Watch manufacturing companies of Switzerland
Manufacturing companies based in Geneva