The last post was about a watch whose dial seemed (to me at least) a bit 1970s-inspired. This is about the revival of a design that actually is – the Riviera, launched in 1973, is Baume & Mercier’s Watches &… Read More ›
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NEW: BAUME Ocean Limited Edition
Today we have something new that continues in on the ocean/ sustainability theme that has been rippling through this year. It comes courtesy of Baume, the ‘offshoot’ brand that was integrated into a Baume & Mercier collection last May after… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Geneva 2021 to be digital
April 2021 may seem far away but in fair organisation terms, especially amidst COVID-19, it is not, and so the perhaps expected announcement by Watches & Wonders that next year’s Geneva fair will again be solely digital, has come to… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS: Watches & Wonders Shanghai 2020
This year’s inaugural Watches & Wonders Geneva 2020 went digital, and the releases are still filtering down to worldwide markets, but the W&W-branded expansion continues, with the announcement of their first event in Shanghai. Remembering, of course, that there were… Read More ›
WATCHES & WONDERS GENEVA 2020: Baume & Mercier’s new Baumatic small complications
At the SIHH 2018 Baume & Mercier launched a surprise in the form of the Baumatic Chronometer, a handsome back-to-basics dress watch powered by the brand’s first manufacture movement, featuring a 5 day power reserve, COSC certification, and anti-magnetic up… Read More ›
BRONZE FORTNIGHT : Baume & Mercier Clifton Club Bronze
Around the time of Baselworld 2019 there were some non-exhibiting brands who announced new releases, but it can be hard to be heard above the din of either the SIHH or Baselworld fairs if you’re not at them. Or even… Read More ›
SIHH 2019 : Baume et Mercier Clifton Baumatic Perpetual Calendar
A year after the launch of the Clifton Baumatic with its in-house automatic Baumatic BM12-1951A COSC-certified movement, Baume et Mercier have returned with a Perpetual Calendar to join the fold. The Baumatic calibre had been Baume et Mercier’s first in-house… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : new CEOs for Jaeger-LeCoultre and Baume et Mercier
After a movement-filled 2017 for Richemont senior executives which started with both Board level and structural changes, not to mention a major departure, the South China Morning Post has reported that the Asia-Pacific President of Van Cleef & Arpels, Catherine Renier,… Read More ›
HANDS-ON : Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic Chronometer
Announced just before the start of the SIHH 2018, Baume & Mercier surprised everyone with a new Baumatic Chronometer (one model variant being COSC-certified), which we had the opportunity to see in Geneva. First of all, it’s important to note… Read More ›
INDUSTRY NEWS : luxury watch e-commerce continues to expand in China
China’s second larget e-commerce platform, JD.com, has officially launched a new alliance with more than a dozen of its international watch brands, including new partner Chopard (which opened an online flagship store on JD.com in August), as well as Tag… Read More ›
