Baume & Mercier Riviera – Ref 65605 – Cal BM 13750 - SS

Round Riviera Baume & Mercier chronograph with round black dial and 3 grey/black sub dials, 6 o’clock for hours, 9 o’clock for the seconds and 12 o’clock for the minutes. The watch has dots and Roman numerals to mark each hour and an outer ring for the minutes. At 3 o’clock comes the window for the date and engraved on the dial “Baume & Mercier – Geneve – Automatic - 200 meters”. It is a “L Swiss Made L” model. The screwed crown comes with the “B&M” logo. It is a stainless-steel back case with partial crystal sapphire with engraved outside “Baume & Mercier – Geneve 1830 – Stainless steel – Automatic - Swiss– 200M - – 65605 - 5059418”. The watch has an automatic movement with caliber B&M 13750 and 25 jewels. The watch comes with a genuine stainless-steel Baume & Mercier rubber strap (good condition) with double folding clasp. The length of the bracelet is 7.25 inches, and the width is 24mm. The watch comes with the box.

History

The company was founded in 1841 by Florentine A. Jones in the small town of Rummey in the United States. When he turned 14, Jones moved to Boston to work with watchmakers and then move again in 1868 to Schaffhausen. His goal was to make cheap pocket watches for the US market using the industrial techniques. In 1869, he signed a lease with Johann Heinrich Moser where 2 years later the first pocket watches were produced. 1875 was the year of the first company bankruptcy followed by a second bankruptcy in 1879. Then the company is acquired by the Swiss industrial family Rauschenbach. In 1978, Instek AG bought the company. In 2000, the company is sold again to the Richemont group. Calibers of the brand are mythical as the “Jones”, “Mega” or “Pellaton”. IWC brand is particularly known in the world of aviation with the model “Mark 11”. IWC has also worked with “Porsche Design” and today IWC is particularly famous for this “Portuguese” model.

Technical details

Automatic movement with caliber B&M 13750, 25 jewels and 28,800 A/h. The watch has 46 hours power reserve. It is the base caliber of the Valjoux 7750.

Measurements

Diameter excluding winding crown: 43.50mm


Length including lugs: 49mm