Baume & Mercier – RIVIERA GMT Automatic

 

Baume & Mercier – RIVIERA GMT Automatic - 42mm  Wave Decoration Dial 2023

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RIVIERA GMT, TRAVEL TIME

First released in 1973, the Riviera expresses the Brand’s expertise in design and its exquisite use of materials. This recently revisited lifestyle icon with pure, taut lines is immediately recognizable with its twelve-sided bezel and sport-chic silhouette. Today, Baume & Mercier asserts its full maturity with two unprecedented 42 mm GMT versions. The Riviera never ceases to reinvent itself. It loves travel. It loves life.

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The Riviera was first developed in 1973 and has adapted to every era, year after year, while staying true to its special style. For nearly fifty years, the unique design of this watch – with its steel case and strong shape – embodies a desire for liberty, an offbeat elegance, and a taste for pleasure. It expresses the art of living of the French Riviera through both its look and its watchmaking genes.

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This is the watch of casual elegance like no other. In 2021, Baume & Mercier presented the fifth-generation Riviera, which continues to uphold the Brand’s expertise, capturing the signs of our modern times to better revisit them. Two GMT versions are being released this year, like an invitation to travel, to continue showing Baume & Mercier’s distinctive expertise in the subtlety of its shapes, its desire for boldness, and its sense of design.

Riviera GMT M0A10659 and M0A10658: travel time

A dodecagonal bezel with twelve sides and four screws, a 42 mm steel case, and a self-winding Swiss Made movement: the two new Riviera GMT watches respect tradition while turning resolutely to the future. The original design is still there, but so is the desire to adapt to our times. The latest additions to the Riviera collection, these two new variations immediately convey the evocative power of the original 1973 model. They share the same shape, spirit and function.

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These travel watches feature a fourth hand so the wearer may instantly read the time in a second time zone. This red central fourth hand rotates around the dial every 24 hours, precisely indicating the time in the travel destination on an understated, peripheral hour scale. The two new Riviera GMT watches are available in two versions: with a blue dial (blue rubber strap) or silver dial (steel strap) featuring a tone-on-tone sun-satin finish and wave decoration transfer for the blue dial that is transparent for the silver dial. Of course, its scratch-proof sapphire crystal has anti-glare coating on both sides, while its octagonal crown asserts a Phi logo engraving in relief and a red line.

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This back-and-forth play between classic and casual extends to the strap. Thanks to the reliable, robust “Fast Strap” interchangeability system, it is easy to change from one style to another with no need for tools.  Technically flawless and water-resistant to 100 meters, these two new timepieces embody the Brand’s vision of modern watchmaking while fulfilling the expectations of the most exacting globetrotters.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection   RIVIERA 

Model:  RIVIERA GMT Automatic - 42mm

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 Ref. M0A10659 and M0A10658  silver dial

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Movement
Swiss Made  ETA 2893-A2
Automatic, self-winding 
Frequency:    4Hz (28,800 vph)
Number of Rubies:  21
Power reserve: up to 42 hours
Case
Stainless steel
Shape:  Twelve-sided
Bezel Non-rotating bezel
Diameter:  42.0 mm
Thickness:  10.96 mm
Material And Finishes: Polished/satin-finished
Polished and satin-finished stainless steel case. 
Antiglare (2 faces) scratch-resistant sapphire crystal 
Sun satin-finished and polished stainless steel bezel equipped with 4 sandblasted screws 
Sapphire dodecagonal case back secured with 4 screws’1' 
Octogonal free crown with Phi logo embossed and red line
Screw-in sapphire crystal case back
Water resistance: Up to a pressure of 10 bar (100 m)
Glass:  Sapphire crystal, anti-reflective on one side
Dial
Blue dial or silver dial
Sun satin-finished lacquered and transparent waves decor
Riveted Roman numerals and indexes coated with Superluminova (Cl, blue emission)
Faceted rhodium-plated hands and red central open- worked GMT hand 
Date aperture at 3 o’clock
Hands: Black, Sword-shaped
Strap
Integrated grained and satin-finished blue rubber 
Interchangeable system that allows to change the strap without any need for tools.
Material:  blue dial (blue rubber strap) or silver dial (steel strap)
Buckle: Triple folding buckle with security push-pieces 
Adjustment system for added comfort Pin buckle, Sand-blasted finishes 
Bracelet
Integrated 3-row polished and satin-finished stainless steel
Fast strap interchangeability system that allows to change the bracelet without any need for tools
Clasp: Triple folding stainless steel clasp with security push- pieces

🔴 Price:   US $ 3,000  /  US $ 3,200  💰 

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MIDO – OCEAN STAR Decompression Worldtimer Special Edition

MIDO – OCEAN STAR Caliber 80 Decompression WorldTimer Special Edition 2023

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Inspired by new horizons

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Irresistible neo-vintage style, bright colours and cutting-edge technology: the new Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer will transport connoisseurs towards new horizons. 

 

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With an original-style decompression table and GMT function with a bezel that shows the world time, Mido continues to ride on the success of a legendary piece with two special editions, taking it to new heights!

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Created in the 1960s, the innovative Ocean Star Skin Diver Watch used a multicoloured scale to display decompression times. Today, the Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer retains this vintage charm, and the addition of an additional time zone display propels it towards new horizons.  

 

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Mido has used the latest technologies in their continual quest for excellence: Super-LumiNova®, a glassbox-style sapphire crystal, the formidable Calibre 80 with Nivachron™ balance-spring and GMT function, as well an easy change additional strap. 

 

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A starfish engraved on the screw-down case back emphasises Mido's historic achievements in the field of water resistance, both way back in 1934 with their Aquadura system, and now with this new model water-resistant up to a pressure of 20 bar (200 m/660 ft). 

 

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It is enough to revive the diving spirit of the 1960s, surfing through frontiers, testing the limits of jet lag and the waves themselves.

Irresistible retro look…

On a navy blue background, the applied and polished original Mido logo stands out on this very special dial. Paying homage to the famous Ocean Star Skin Diver Watch of the 1960s, this latest piece displays decompression times to a depth of 6 metres using circles of yellow, green, pink and blue.

 

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The rotating bezel, which is fitted with a blue aluminium ring, has the largest cities in the world marked on it in silver. A red arrow indicates the travel time zone, contrasting with the flat and diamond cut hour, minute and second hands for the "home time". 

 

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Non-tinted Super-LumiNova® is used to highlight the hands for the hours, minutes and seconds, and additional time zone as well the indices and the dot on the bezel. In the 3 o'clock position, a window displays the date. The exceptional dial is protected by a sapphire crystal in a "glassbox" shape that is reminiscent of the plexiglas used at that time.

… with resolutely modern performance!

Mido designed the Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer to withstand any conditions and to do it with flair. Therefore, the model features a strong and durable polished stainless steel case with a very practical diameter of 40.5 mm. It is complemented by the first strap, which is made of navy blue rubber with a texture inspired by the fashions of the 1960s. 

 

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An ingenious system allows the strap to be changed in a blink of an eye, and replaced with a Milanese mesh second strap. The screw-down case back and crown contribute to its water resistance of up to 200 metres and protect the calibre 80 from water damage. 

 

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The extreme reliability of this Swiss automatic movement equipped with a GMT function, counts on a generous power reserve of up to 80 hours and a Nivachron™ balance-spring – providing exceptional resistance to magnetism and shock, which makes it particularly durable.

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The Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer also exists as a second special edition with a decompression table in gradients of yellow to orange, Mido's signature colour, on a black dial with aluminium ring and matching rubber strap.

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An irresistible high-performance piece, the Ocean Star Decompression Worldtimer inspires the travellers of today to ride on the success of a Mido legend of the Sixties.

 

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TECHNICAL INFORMATION

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Ref. M026.829.17.041.00   

Movement
Automatic Mido Caliber 80 (ETA C07.661 base), 11½’’’,
Ø 25.60 mm, height: 5.86 mm, 25 jewels, 21,600 vph,
Nivachron™ balance-spring. Finely decorated elaborate movement, oscillating weight decorated with Côtes de Genève and Mido logo. 
Functions: HMSD.
24-hour GMT functions. 
Adjusted in three different positions for the highest precision. 
Power reserve of up to 80 hours.
Case
Polished stainless steel,
bi-directional rotating bezel with blue/black aluminium ring and silver markings, 

natural colour Super-LumiNova® dot at 12 o'clock,
diameter 40.5 mm, 2-part, glassbox-style sapphire crystal,
screw-down crown and screw-down case back with polished starfish in relief and serial number,
water resistant up to a pressure of 20 bar (200 m/660 ft).
Lug-to-lug length 46.99 mm.
Dial

• 🔵Blue, with applied, polished indices highlighted with natural colour Super-LumiNova®, date window at 3 o'clock.
• Polished original Mido applique logo. Decompression scale represented by 4 coloured circles (yellow, green, pink and blue).

• ⚫️Black, with polished applique indices highlighted with natural colour Super-LumiNova®, date window at 3 o'clock.
• Polished original Mido applique logo. Decompression scale represented by 4 coloured circles (in graduated colours from yellow to orange).

Hands
Flat diamond-cut hour and minutes highlighted with natural colour Super-LumiNova®.
Flat diamond-cut large seconds.
Varnished red hand for the second time zone, highlighted with natural colour Super-Luminova®.
Strap
Textured dark blue/semi-glossy black rubber strap, polished pin buckle with engraved Mido logo.
Additional stainless steel polished Milanese mesh strap and sliding clasp that offers an optimal and secure adjustment mode.

🔴 Price: $ 1,310  / 1.360,00 Euro incl. VAT💰

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