The watch everyone came to admire at their berth this year was the Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic Perpetual Calendar. Information technology is a cute scout, easily the well-nigh photographed ane in their booth at SIHH 2019.

However, permit'due south not forget the fact that their Clifton Baumatic collection received an extension with five new other models (6 all together, including the perpetual calendar). The basis of these new models is two features: the introduction of a red gold case and a gradated bluish punch. And so far, the Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic models only came in a steel or two-tone case. The dial options were white or black. With the new releases from Baume & Mercier in 2019, this is about to change for the better.

Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic

Baume & Mercier Clifton

Steel or Gold

Baume & Mercier'southward Clifton Baumatic watches are a chip of a mixture in terms of their looks. They are not as elegant equally the Classima models but you also not sporty like the Clifton Club pieces. Don't get me wrong I'm not saying that they're non absurd watches because they are. Clifton Baumatic watches are somewhere in the sporty and elegant range of Baume & Mercier'south offerings. But this collection was a chip express until now. This is due to the fact that most of their timepieces have white dials (except for one model). Regarding the example, the just textile you could get a watch was either steel or gold & steel (as included in our commodity nearly bi-colour watches). Well, the first affair they did, was to add together a aureate case to their collection. For the 2019 collection, it simply comes with the white dial version though.

Baume & Mercier Clifton

Blue

Speaking of dials, Baume & Mercier'south 4 novelties – out of 6 – had graduated blueish dials. It' really only 2 watches, in two versions. Permit me explain. So, for the beginning time, the Clifton Baumatic drove received an expansion with iv blue dial models. Y'all have the Clifton Baumatic with chronometer certification (COSC), on a steel or leather strap. So you have the standard Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic with no chronometer certified movement. This ane also comes with a steel bracelet or leather strap. That's 4, simply actually merely 2 models. None of these Baumatic movements are new, the brand already had them in this very collection. The older models besides come in steel cases with a crosshair on the punch on the chronometer models. The non-chronometer models take plain white, blue or black dials, no crosshair. All watches are 40mm (but the aureate), with domed sapphire crystal and h2o resistance up to 50 meters.

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Golden

To sum it up, we have new Clifton Baumatic models with a blue dial. The older versions had white or black dials. All of them had steel cases, merely i. That was not a 2019 novelty that came in a bi-colour case and non-chronometer movement. The other novelty that Baume & Mercier introduced is an all gold case. That Clifton Baumatic indeed comes with a chronometer movement inside and with a white crosshair dial. The case is 18-carat cherry-red golden, just like the Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic Perpetual Agenda. The gold watch has a diameter of 39mm and has satin finishing. To friction match the case material the hour markers on the dial as well every bit the hands are in red gold. The only exception is the second hand, which is anthracite. That is the aforementioned color as the crosshair on the dial.

Baume & Mercier Clifton

Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic

With the release of the Baumatic movement, Baume & Mercier became the first brand from Richemont to have a caliber with a silicon rest jump. While some call up that have silicon in a mechanical movement cheapens the brand, information technology has many positive features. Amongst others, it is anti-magnetic. A characteristic that comes in handy these days, as we are surrounded past magnetic fields. The Baumatic self-winding caliber (inside all Clifton Baumatic models) has 120-hours of power reserve. Hence the diction on the dial; Baumatic 5 days / Chronometer (in case of the COSC models). According to the make, the service requirement of such caliber is in every 7 years. While you should take your watch to a watchmaker when it needs to not when the time is upward, the caliber definitely reduces the adventure of whatever fault. The frequency of the Baumatic is 28.800 vph and it has 21 jewels within the movement.

Baume & Mercier Clifton

Prices

The prices of the 2019 Clifton Baumatic models volition non be over €3000. As a matter of fact, the not-chronometer version volition exist around €2500 (depending on the strap/bracelet). While the chronometer versions will be close to €3000 but even so under it. The gilded case white punch chronometer Clifton Baumatic will be a scrap over €6000. These prices are fair and reverberate current market prices. Similar models from other groups are cheaper but none of them has the aforementioned movement, only comparable ones. If it'south important for someone to have a mechanical watch with a huge power reserve, the Baume & Mercier Clifton Baumatic is a sentry to be considered. The size and looks are great and very contemporary. The Baumatic caliber is modern with a agglomeration of great features that come useful nowadays.

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