Baume & Mercier Polo with ref 5209.038 in Gold/SS with quartz movt

Baume & Mercier Polo with ref 5209.038 in Gold/SS with quartz movt

Polo Baume & Mercier with steel and gold round dial and batons for hours and minutes. The watch has a date window at 6 o’clock. It is a Swiss Made” model. The hands are in gold with “Dauphine” style. The crown comes with the “B&M” logo. It is a stainless-steel back case with engraved outside “Baume & Mercier – Geneve – 1830 - Acier Inox – 1356264 – 5209.038”. The watch has a quartz movement. The watch comes with a gold stainless-steel bracelet with clasp.

History

In 1834, the Baume family founded the company “Baume Freres”. In 1844, Joseph Celestin Baume went to England to set up business relations whom opened doors to introduce watches signed “Waterloo”, “Diviko” and “Sirdar” to new markets. In 1893, the company won the timing competition at the Kew-Teddington observatory with a score of 91.9 out of 100. In 1912, William Baume met with Paul Mercier and in 1918 formed the establishment of “Baume & Mercier” in Geneva. After the war Constantin de Gorski joins the company and focus on conventional men’s watches, sports-chronographs and ladies jewelry watches. In 1965, Piaget took over the company. From the 1970’s the company invest on quartz movement. In 1993, the Cartier Group became sole owners of Piaget and Baume & Mercier.

Technical details

Quartz movement.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 23mm


Length including lugs: 24mm