Still singing the blues.

We’ve said it before {here} and we say it again - Blue is the new black. Not that new now - blue dials, blue straps and blue details have swept across the watch world in recent years.  This year’s Baselworld Watch fair showed us the trend is set to carry on with the release of some striking new blue timepieces.  Causing a big scene is the newest models from Raymond Weil, called Maestro Blues. The dials, are striking blue with white Roman numeral hour markers. They differ in their layout, the steel model (Ref. 2227-STC-00508) has a cutout at 12 o’clock to display the balance wheel, while the rose-gold-PVD version (Ref. 2237-PC5-00508) has an opaque blue dial with a date window at 3 o’clock. Both are powered by the same mechanical, self-winding movement, Caliber RW4200, offer a 38-hour power reserve. The movement, which runs in 26 jewels, is visible through a clear sapphire window in the snap-on caseback.  Water resistance to 50 metres, and mounted on alligator style leather straps, feature white stitching and a folding clasp closure.