Baume & Mercier - Clifton GMT

Baume & Mercier - Clifton GMT NEW


Since Baume & Mercier was founded in the heart of the Swiss Jura in 1830, it has continued to expand into new markets around the globe, and travel has become an essential part of its history. That is why it was a natural choice to add a Dual Time watch to the Clifton collection: a watch that functions in such a way as to enable the simultaneous display of two different time zones on its dial. This efficient, understated piece fulfills the needs of metropolitans who travel for professional or personal reasons and who wish to check the time at home, as well as the time where they are, at a glance. 

The art of travel makes up part of the historic heritage of Baume & Mercier, as the Swiss watchmaker understood the importance of taking its influence beyond the boundaries of Europe as early as the 19th century.





























Aware of the potential that the new territories represented, the company, formerly known as Frères Baume, established a branch in London as early as 1851 under the name Baume Brothers. The company’s activity, which had its beginnings with a focus on the Swiss Geneva area and the British Empire, would reach North America when a subsidiary was opened in Philadelphia in 1876. A vast network then formed, encompassing India, Africa and even Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and Burma.

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By the end of the 19th century, the brand had acquired a solid international reputation, and received a number of awards and gold medals for its polished timepieces at exhibits and international fairs in Paris, Melbourne, Zurich, Amsterdam, London, Chicago, and elsewhere.  With their precision and fine crafting, Baume watches beat records and won competitions in the field of chronometry, including those organized by the Kew Observatory near London. London played an essential role in establishing the global time standard: the Royal Observatory is found there, and the original meridian that was used to determine mean solar time, known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)*, runs through it.

Baume & Mercier pays homage to this great past with two GMT watches that complete the Clifton men’s collection. These elegant, timeless watches are a demonstration of Baume & Mercier’s ambition to provide travelers with useful functionalities. These luxury timepieces both feature a 43 mm diameter case in brushed satin-finish steel with the date display in the three o’clock position, available with a silvery dial or anthracite dial with sun satin finish.

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These models contain an automatic mechanical movement known for its reliability and precision:  ETA 2893-2. With the Dual Time function, it enables the watch to simultaneously display a second time zone, indicated by the red dot at the end of a fine hand that goes around the dial once every 24 hours. This marvel of balance is understated, simple to handle, and useful for everyday use. It is mounted on a black or maroon bracelet fastened by an adjustable triple folding buckle with security catch.


* Since January 1, 1972, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) has been replaced by Coordinated Universal Time  (UTC), the time standard defined by the combination of a multitude of atomic clocks located all over the world. 

Baume & Mercier - Clifton GMT (Ref: 10111)
The elegant new Clifton GMT model 10111 is a traveler. It was designed for men who regularly roam the planet and who wish to check the time at home, as well as the time where they are. This watch comes in a 43 mm diameter case in brushed satin-finish steel with a shape inspired by that a 1950s Baume & Mercier watch. It contains an automatic mechanical movement visible through the sapphire case back (ETA 2893-2). The slate dial with a sun satin finish is illuminated by a set of golden hands, and shows the date in an open display in the three o’clock position. In addition to the local time, a second time zone is indicated by a fine hand that goes around the dial once every 24 hours. This metropolitan, timeless piece is mounted on a maroon alligator skin bracelet fastened by an adjustable triple folding buckle with security catch.

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Technical Specifications

Movement   
Automatic (ETA 2893-2)
Oscillating weight personalized with snailed decor & « Côtes de Genève » decor
Circular-grained & snailed bridges
Rhodium-plated screws 
Jewels: 21
Power reserve: 42 hours
Frequency: 4Hz
Functions       
Central-hand dual time
Date
Case, dial & strap   
Round Case, Polished & satin-finished steel
Diameter: 43mm
Thickness: 11.35 mm
Antiglare scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Sapphire case back secured with 4 screws
Dial: Sun satin-finished slate-gray, Gilt Arabic numerals and indexes, Gilt hands
Strap: Square scales red-brown alligator
Buckle:    Triple folding buckle with security push-pieces
Water-resistance: 5 ATM (approx. 50m)

Baume & Mercier - Clifton GMT (Ref:10112)
The understated new Clifton GMT model 10112 has a silvery dial with sun satin finish on its 43 mm diameter case in brushed satin finish steel. It contains an automatic mechanical movement visible through the sapphire case back (ETA 2893-2) enabling the simultaneous display of a second time zone. With the additional feature of a date display in the three o’clock position, this Clifton model is mounted on a black alligator skin bracelet fastened by an adjustable triple folding buckle with security catch.

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Technical Specifications

Movement   
Automatic (ETA 2893-2)
Oscillating weight personalized with snailed decor & « Côtes de Genève » decor
Circular-grained & snailed bridges
Rhodium-plated screws 
Jewels: 21
Power reserve: 42 hours
Frequency: 4Hz
Functions
Central-hand dual time
Date
Case, dial & strap
Round Case, Polished & satin-finished steel
Diameter: 43mm
Thickness: 11.35 mm
Antiglare scratch-resistant sapphire crystal
Sapphire case back secured with 4 screws
Dial: Sun satin-finished silver-colored, Arabic numerals and indexes
Strap: Square scales black alligator   
Buckle:    Triple folding buckle with security push-pieces
Water-resistance:5 ATM (approx. 50m)

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Eterna - Royal KonTiki Two Time Zone

ETERNA - Royal KonTiki Two Time Zone GMT NEW


Long celebrated, KonTiki is back. Countless changes and improvements later, that historic timepiece has morphed into today’s sturdy, sporty KonTiki. What’s more, it comes with a brand-new heart.

The Eterna brand
Eterna has since 1856 manufactured high-quality mechanical timepieces born of traditional craftsmanship. Over its more than 150 years of existence, numerous major developments have emerged from the company’s workshops. Revolutionary innovations such as the Eterna-Matic ball-bearing-mounted rotor and the first alarm-equipped wristwatch originated at Eterna.

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Other milestones include the recently developed Eterna Spherodrive spring-barrel construction mounted on ball-bearings, setting a new reference with respect to the quality and longevity of mechanical movements. Eterna is in fact one of the few manufacturers to value new ideas and select sophisticated materials for its essentially manual craft production. It is by so doing that time and again Eterna has succeeded in devising unexpected solutions to watchmaking challenges that had defied the centuries.

ETERNA - Calibre 39

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Quite some heart too! 
It is the first of the 88 possible variants of Eterna’s new Calibre 39. This little mechanical gem really sums up the company’s centuries-old history. It owes its existence to the the combined efforts of the company’s teams of watchmakers and technicians’ drive to design and develop a proprietary calibre family whose streamlined construction would be optimised.

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The new calibre family’s initial version, calibre 3945A, was chosen for the new, handsomely designed model, the Royal KonTiki Two Time Zones. In line with the proud traditions of the KonTiki family, the newcomer’s rugged yet stylish design reflects its sporting spirit.

ETERNA - Calibre 3945A

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Calibre 39 – smart and multipurpose
In 2007, when the Calibre 39 project was launched, Eterna was seeking to design a proprietary self- winding chronograph movement featuring three sub-dials whose rationally designed production process would compress costs accordingly. Years later the results would exceed expectations by a wide margin: Eterna’s workshop efforts yielded an entire calibre family – no less than 88 distinct variants built around a single basic calibre ranging from a hand-wound movement displaying hours and minutes to a self-winding chronograph.

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Three screws are enough to attach or remove any and all of the auxiliary modules, or sub-assemblies, comprising unusually few components, some 70 percent of which originate from the Grenchen area. To its makers’ pride, the assortiment is of chronometer quality and include a now-improved Sphero- drive device. Little wonder Eterna’s watchmakers and technicians feel a considerable measure of pride, matched only by its future wearers’ own enduring satisfation.

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Royal KonTiki – from ports to sports
To keep global travellers happy, Eterna has fitted its new model with a second time-zone display. To attract sports enthusiasts, it designed the Royal KonTiki for sturdiness as much as for stylishness: it is water-resistant to a depth of 100 m. To its 42 mm Ø polished and satin-finished stainless steel case, Eterna designers have added sand-blasted curved grooves reminiscent of its 1970s predecessor. The new model’s generous curves are, however, all its own.

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Efficient and practical for sports and travel
In addition to the four basic functions – hours, minutes, seconds and date – the Royal KonTiki’s black dial shows a second timezone via an easy-to-read ring, darker-hued for night hours over which sweeps a red-tipped fourth hand. A slim seconds hand moves over a minute track calibrated in fourth of a second while the hour and minute hands carry a strip of luminescent compound. A scratch- resistant and anti-reflective sapphire crystal protects the dial face. Finally, PVD cladding on the five screws and on the crown guard along with a black rubber strap with standard pin buckle complete the design of the Royal KonTiki.

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Technical Specifications

Movement: 
Eterna proprietary calibre 3945A; 
self-winding movement fitted with an Eterna Spherodrive system; 
power reserve 68 hrs; 28,800 v.p.h.; 28 jewels; 
diameter: 30 mm (13 1⁄4 lines) thickness: 5.90 mm; 
2 ball bearings; hours, minutes, second timezone; date calendar. Dial/hands:
black, rhodium-plated baton hour markers coated with a white luminous compound; 
rhodium-plated centre hour and minute hands coated with a white luminous compound; 
rhodium-plated centre seconds hand; 
centre second timezone hand with red arrow tip; 
date calendar at 3 o’clock. Case/back: 
case in polished and satin-finished stainless steel; 
decorated bezel with 5 engraved grooves and 5 PVD-clad screws; 
screw-locked case back with sapphire crystal window; 
water- resistant to 100 m (~ 330 feet or 10 bars); 
diameter: 42 mm; t
hickness: 12.30 mm; scratch- resistant, 
anti-reflective sapphire crystal; 
crown decorated with five spheres; 
PVD-clad crown guard. Bracelet/clasp: 
black rubber with polished and satin-finished stainless steel pin buckle.

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