John-E-Mac
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There was an article on another website (SJX) that stated a consortium of Rolex, PP and Swatch own the rights. They probably enjoyed “spanking” Richemont!
Feeling Chistmasy
I was looking at this nice watch window in Milan, and found this new Baume et Mercier. We do not see them often here, the dial case material combination looked so nice. I thought of sharing these pictures and would love to hear your comments about this br...
My feeling is that they stand with Longines and similar brands
The movements are Sellita usually, since ETA stopped selling their production outside of Swatch group. Finish is good, inspiration may come from elsewhere as pointed by Nico. They should be rather bulletproof and can be repaired anywhere. I look forward t...
Thank you for your kind comment
The movement in this one is not Selita nor ETA they claim it is manufacture movement.
"The BaumaticTM BM12-1975A caliber"
It's a proprietary movement developed by ValFleurier, the shared facilities owned by the Richemont group. A similar movement exists in other brands owned by Richemont.
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It is a great maison. My Classima housing a Sellita which works fine. Sometimes i complain about Richemont, but mostly i am proud Baume and Mercier is part of them. I have a poor mans Vacheron Constantin 😎
I like this brand very much...
...especially the Clifton series. It's one of my preferences in design - only three hands on a modern AND classical dial-sheet. And this combination of gold and red - just WOW. But why do they always add this date window? A close friend of mine has a Baum...
They have done a good job managing their brand.
Bought my wife a Catwalk way back in the day…good quality and value.
My kind of watch
You are very lucky. Baume and Mercier is for me very special. I have a special relation. It is crazy, but for me the maison have the same level as F.P Journe or Roger Dubuis. A favorite maison can also said. I am after a reference MOA10654. This is my Cla...