The major men’s watch release from Raymond Weil 7730-stc-60112 Replica this year was a new Nabucco (the name sounds too much like Nabisco to me and I think of snacks) Va, Pensiero. The odd, “comma containing” name comes apparently from the famous Verdi chorus. Does this watch remind you of anything Verdi or Opera related? Cause it doesn’t for me personally. Get this, Raymond Weil actually writes this in their press information, the Nabucco Va, Pensiero “exudes the same power and nobility as the great Italian composer’s Opera.” Wow, I’ve only seen greater BS while staring at a cow’s ass.
I hope somebody that writes for Raymond Weil Company Replica had a bonus for that gem of a quote. There is nothing wrong using the sand-blasted titanium watch, but lets not get all operatic here. This is no watch to sing about. If you could buy one and play some Verdi music throughout a video recorded “un-boxing” session. That might be dramatic enough.
The gray tones all around the watch add to the titanium feel, in addition to function as Raymond Weil’s hat thrown in to the gray watch trend. The 46mm case is made from a few titanium pieces and has some interesting intended sides. Style is pretty much standard Nabucco with a few little changes in some places. The dial features three colors of gray. The hour indicators are SuperLumiNova anthracite, as the chronograph frame is a more cement colored gray, contrasting using the dustier toned dial. Raymond Weil gives the dial an interesting “step” texture that I like. The dial is alright, a bit busy, but still attractive. My priority are the hands. They blend in with the dial too much. You can’t tell within the marketing images, but they don’t fare to well in most lighting situations. Raymond Weil should have done the hands in a much lighter tone to contrast using the gray. I bet yellow hands for that time and chronograph subdials would have been cool.
Within the timepiece is again a base Swiss ETA chronograph movement. It is the 7753 automatic I think. The pusher on the left side of the case is to adjust the date. The general fit and finish of the Nabucco is good, and also the complex case design is really a benefit to it. I like all the small details and the less-than-boring layout. 1 thing I must point out is that the opinion is actually MORE legible in individual than it is from the advertising pictures. The hands contrast somewhat better against that chronograph subdials than made to look from the images on Raymond Weil’s website.Connected to the view is a black rubber strap that’s given an alligator print. You don’t observe that too frequently, however, it works fairly well for that theme. Overall this is one of the most handsome Raymond Weil Nabucco watches from the past couple of decades. If you like the idea of this then this would be one to consider. Price is $4,500 for that reference 7800- TIR-00207 model.
The case is 200 meters watch resistant that Raymond Weil looks like it's very proud of. This is ultra standard for additional timepieces of this type, but they feel as though the watch is “exceptionally resilient and water-resistant.” I'm starting to think that if the person who wrote this was a woman and was on the date, it would go really well for the guy. Really, regardless of what he was like, she would flatter him and bolster what attributes he had. There would be a lot of “you're exceptionally handsome, and I am not at all resilient to your charms,” being thrown around by her.
As a design element, Raymond Weil pumps up the tachymeter around the bezel. I mean look how large it is. These are one of the least used features on watches around, and yet the Nabucco watches are designed to make it seem like you’d use a tachymeter (tachometric scale) every day. It does add aesthetic and character towards the design, but I feel as though its placement just reaffirms the fact that many Raymond Weil watches are not made for serious watch lovers. And that's OK, we aren’t a giant demographic. But satisfy us, and you’ve pretty much satisfied everyone else as well. Though strangely enough, Raymond Weil watches are very popular in america. Probably because of their distribution and comparatively inexpensive price points for well-made watches.
The Nabucco Va. Pensiero houses a Swiss ETA 7753 automatic chronograph movement. This really is basically a modified 7750 with the chronograph subdials inside a tri-compax layout and the day of the week indicator removed. The date remains though. A solid movement that's nothing to be ashamed of. The chronograph pushers are screw down, there looks to be a helium escape valve on the watch (though I am not really sure why). I love the deeply-engraved Raymond Weil “RW” logo in the crown. The large watch is matched to a black crocodile strap. Price is probably within the $4,000 – $5,500 range when it will be released soon. Last, let me give you one final gem in the press release. “Let the Nabucco Va, Pensiero spirit you away on the wings of freedom.” I have decided that these press releases tend to be more or less like Mad Libs when it comes comes down to it. “add brand name here, add adjective here, add animal part here.”
