Baume & Mercier Builds on the Baumatic with New Day-Date/Moon-Phase Models
Baume & Mercier marked a milestone in its 190-year history with the 2018 launch of the Baumatic, its first in-house-developed movement, inside a three-hand date timepiece of the same name. Last year, the Swiss brand upped the ante by adding a module to the Baumatic base to produce an impressive ? and, at just shy of $25k in gold, accessibly priced ? perpetual calendar. For this year’s Watches & Wonders online launch event, Baume & Mercier further expands the Baumatic line with one of the attractive “small complications” for which the brand is perhaps best known. Here is the lowdown on the new Clifton Baumatic Day Date/Moon-Phase.
Clifton Baumatic Day Date/Moon-Phase in steel (Ref. 10448)
The watch’s 42-mm rounded case, in either stainless steel (Ref. 10548) or 18k rose gold (Ref. 10547) features satin-polished, double beveled edges and frames a domed, glare-resistant sapphire crystal that covers the gradient, lacquered gray dial. Balanced on the dial are two subdials at 12 o’clock and 6 o’clock, the former indicating the day of the week, the latter displaying the moon’s phases on a starry sky background inside an aperture of smoked sapphire, surrounded by a 31-day date scale. The riveted, trapezoid-shaped hour markers an faceted, Alpha-shaped hands are typical elements of Baume & Mercier’s Clifton collection,
Clifton Baumatic Day-Date/Moon-Phase in rose gold (Ref. 10547)
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