In collaboration with the David Bowie Estate, RAYMOND WEIL pays homage to legendary musician – David Bowie. The new Limited Edition freelancer David Bowie watch by RAYMOND WEIL is a tribute to the life and musical career of one of the most influential artists of all time.
Created to celebrate what would have been Bowie’s 70th birthday, this timepiece is dedicated to a few of the many personas created by David Bowie, an artist with unparalleled creativity, a singular visionary, a man of a thousand faces and voices.
Bowie’s boundless talent and fearless innovation shone through his final masterpiece, ★, released last year to some of the best critical notices of his distinguished career and winning five Grammy Awards and two Brit Awards in 2017.
To celebrate the immortal David Bowie, RAYMOND WEIL has chosen its most free-spirited model – freelancer. Its 42 mm diameter case contains a dial resembling a vinyl record clearly featuring some of the most emblematic design cues of the British artist.
Amongst the key design features, the lightning bolt painted across his face that first appeared on the cover of the Aladdin Sane album in 1973. The instantly distinctive mark universally recognized, the stylized lightning bolt is featured in red at 12 o’clock.
The pop art logo designed by Andy Warhol especially for David Bowie and revealed on the cover of the album Diamond Dogs in 1974 makes its mark on the dial of the David Bowie Limited Edition.
Produced in a 3,000-piece limited, numbered series, the freelancer “David Bowie” watch houses a mechanical self-winding movement. A portrait of David Bowie, immortalized in 1974 by famous photographer of legends, Terry O’Neill, is printed on the sapphire of the watch’s case-back.
Technical details
Model: RAYMOND WEIL freelancer David Bowie Limited Edition, Ref. 2731-STC-BOW01
Movement
Mechanical self-winding movement – RW4200
Power-Reserve 38 hours
Jewels 26
Functions
Central hours, minutes and seconds
Case
Round – Steel
Diameter: 42.5mm
Thickness: 10.5mm
Crown: Steel – screwed and fluted with RW monogram
Crystal: Sapphire crystal with dual-sided antiglare treatment
Case back: Screw down, with sapphire crystal featuring the portrait of David Bowie and Limited Edition engraving
Water resistance: 10 ATM
Dial
Black galvanic circular satin-brushed with red lightning bolt at 12 o’clock and red pop art Bowie logo designed by Andy Warhol
Hands: Steel type, barrel-shaped, enhanced with white Super-Luminova®
Bracelet
Black calf leather strap with red stitching. Folding RW steel clasp, double push-button security system
