BAUME & MERCIER

Brothers Louis-Victor and Célestin Baume founded Frères Baume in 1830 and partnered with Paul Mercier in 1918 to form the Baume & Mercier firm that we recognize today. Since joining the Richemont Group in 1988, Baume & Mercier has offered tastefully designed Swiss-made timepieces at solid values compared to many of its peers, including complications from day-dates to chronographs to a perpetual calendar, all outfitted with outsourced Swiss-made calibers and modules. In recent years, Baume & Mercier has forayed into making its own in-house calibers, including the so-called Baumatic movement that it has installed inside several models within its sporty-elegant Clifton collections, and has even more recently revived its Riviera model from 1973, its own answer to the mega-popular trend of integrated-bracelet sports watches.

Founded: 1830

Headquarters: Meyrin, Switzerland

Ownership: Richemont Group

Notable models: Riviera, Clifton, Classima, Hampton

Did you know: Baume & Mercier worked directly with Peter Brock, designer of the Shelby Daytona Cobra Coupe and Corvette Stingray,  in the development of its Clifton Club Shelby Cobra Limited Edition.