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Raymond Weil gives its fiftieth anniversary a blue Millesime Jubilee

A 500-piece steel chronograph follows The Fifty with two dark blue counters, an automatic RW5030 calibre and an Australian price of A$6,995.

Hen & Mills Editorial · 4 min read · 2 October 2026

• Raymond Weil’s Millesime Jubilee continues its fiftieth-anniversary celebrations with a 500-piece automatic chronograph, developing the design direction established by the earlier The Fifty.
• The 39mm steel watch pairs a light blue dial and dark blue counters with a glassbox sapphire crystal, luminous hands and 62-hour reserve.
• The Millesime Jubilee costs A$6,995 on a dark blue calf-leather strap, with 500 pieces produced; the Australian storefront currently lists it in stock.

A fiftieth anniversary gives a watchmaker room to make something conspicuously exceptional, but it also offers a chance to revisit the kind of watch that usually brings customers through the door. Raymond Weil’s latest anniversary chronograph takes that second route, following The Fifty with a more accessible automatic model in steel. Announced on 29 September, it centres the occasion on a light blue dial, two dark counters and a 500-piece edition. The watch carrying that argument is the Raymond Weil Millesime Jubilee.

Thirty-nine millimetres around two blue counters

The round stainless-steel case measures 39mm across and 12.9mm thick, establishing a modest diameter with the added height of an automatic chronograph. Its glassbox sapphire crystal gives the dial another layer above the bezel, while antireflective coating on both sides is intended to keep the indications readable through that raised profile. The specifications list water resistance to 50 metres and a fluted crown marked with the RW monogram. The maker’s side photographs are particularly useful here, showing how much of the watch’s outline belongs to its crystal.

The light blue dial places two dark blue counters on a horizontal line, leaving the main hour scale a broad band around the outside. Small seconds sit at nine o’clock and the chronograph’s 30-minute counter at three, with elapsed seconds read by the central chronograph hand. That arrangement gives the chronograph a defined reading order, and keeps its timing information concentrated in the opposing counters. The blue-on-blue choice also reduces the tonal jump between the counters and their background while preserving a visible distinction in the official images.

Texture does some of the work

Look towards the centre and the photographs show a patterned area divided into sections with different directions of line. The smooth outer hour track gives those closely spaced marks a boundary, making the centre look busier than the perimeter. It is an observation from the maker’s imagery rather than a claim about a particular manufacturing method. This is where the Jubilee finds much of its character: the dial has enough detail to reward a closer look while the principal hour markers remain separated around its edge.

Obelisk-shaped hour and minute hands extend that geometry into the time display. The product page specifies Super-LumiNova on the hands and indices, with green emission, and describes the indices as black against the light blue surface. Those details introduce a functional contrast into a dial whose decorative work is mostly concentrated at its centre. The typography and counter scales remain prominent in the photographs, giving the two-register chronograph a familiar layout. There is plenty to look at, with the larger hour reading still occupying the full face.

RW5030 behind a sapphire window

The RW5030 automatic movement provides a stated 62-hour reserve and drives the small seconds, central chronograph seconds and 30-minute counter. That reserve allows more than two days between a full wind and the movement stopping, which is a useful margin when this watch shares time with others in a collection. Raymond Weil shows the calibre through a sapphire window in the snapped caseback. The rear image also places the movement identification on the rotor, giving the calibre a visible role in the anniversary watch’s presentation.

The back carries a limited-edition inscription and numbering out of 500, keeping the commercial restriction on the reverse rather than adding another line to the main dial. Its transparent centre puts the automatic mechanism on view, while the surrounding steel accommodates the reference family and edition markings visible in the manufacturer’s picture. Taken together with the crystal at the front, it is a presentation that gives the movement and dial their own windows. The Jubilee’s mechanical detail is therefore part of its appearance as well as its specifications.

A familiar strap for an anniversary watch

A dark blue calf-leather strap continues the dial’s colour scheme and fastens with a traditional stainless-steel buckle. Raymond Weil presents the Jubilee as a continuation of The Fifty’s design identity within the Millesime collection, bringing that anniversary direction into a different commercial position. The brand’s dated announcement locates its founding in Geneva in 1976 and describes three generations of family ownership. Those are the historical facts behind the edition; the calf strap, steel case and two-counter layout provide the practical shape through which the current watch expresses them.

Raymond Weil Millesime Jubilee pricing and availability

The listed prices are A$6,995; US$4,275; €4,275; £3,850; CHF3,895; C$5,395; NZ$7,950; HK$32,000. The watch is reference 7776-STC-65501, produced in an edition of 500 pieces and supplied on the dark blue calf-leather strap with a steel buckle. Raymond Weil’s Australian storefront lists it at the regular price with an active add-to-cart option, and its product data marks the watch in stock. The manufacturer’s announcement is dated 29 September 2026. Its product page specifies a two-year warranty, complimentary delivery and returns, with no fixed dispatch date stated.

The anniversary gets a usable expression

The Jubilee’s strongest case is the way its dial gives a familiar two-counter chronograph some individual character without requiring an unusual display to explain it. The centre’s patterned texture, blue counters and raised crystal provide the distinction, while the automatic movement and conventional calf strap keep the operating proposition straightforward. At A$6,995, the finishing and design need to carry substantial weight in a buyer’s decision. The 500-piece limit supplies the anniversary context, but the dial is what has to earn the watch a place in the collection.