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Luxury Swiss watchmaker RAYMOND WEIL has launched 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 aim to 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, who is recognised as the pioneer of rock ‘n’ roll and who influenced and inspired so many artists, including, The Rolling Stones and Elton John.
Buddy Holly, pictured left, was born in Texas on September 7, 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, 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 who died aged 22 in a plane crash which also claimed the lives of Ritchie Valens, The Big Bopper, and pilot Roger Peterson in a tragedy later referred to by Don McLean as ‘The Day the Music Died’.
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.
