Baume & Mercier – RIVIERA Chronograph Day Date M0A10722

 

Baume & Mercier – RIVIERA Chronograph Day Date Automatic - 43mm Slate-Grey Dial 2023

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A NEW RIVIERA CHRONOGRAPH IN STEP WITH THE TIMES

First released in 1973 and recently reinterpreted, the Riviera watch expresses the Brand’s design expertise and its exquisite use of materials. A Baume & Mercier lifestyle icon, this timepiece with pure, slender lines and an immediately recognizable twelve-sided bezel today asserts its full maturity. 

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It is now available in a 43-mm sport-chic chronograph version in a bicolor mode with a totally stealthy look.

Baume & Mercier Riviera Chronograph M0A10722: back to basics

The Riviera has been keeping pace with the times for more than 50 years. Inspired by the carefree lifestyle of the French Riviera, this is the watch of casual elegance symbolizing an easygoing view of refined watchmaking. It was first developed in 1973 and has adapted to every era, year after year, while staying true to its own special style. Its steel adornments and strong shape have always represented a form of freedom and an offbeat elegance. And now it represents renewal.

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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. Since then, the Riviera has revealed a number of variations. Starting in the ’90s, the first Riviera chronographs brought continuing development to the collection and reflected the new codes and trends of each passing year. The story continues this year with three variations of the brand-new Riviera chronograph in a 43 mm diameter. 

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In 2023, the Riviera chronograph complication translates into a distinctive new bicolor model thanks to a combination of titanium and gold-tone PVD.

Riviera M0A10722, a self-winding chronograph with a strong personality

Certain watches are better than others in taking on board the genetic codes of a collection and the stylistic markers of a Brand. The latest self-winding Riviera chronograph is unquestionably one of those. With its 43-mm steel case and its dodecagonal bezel in sand-blasted titanium fastened with four sand-blasted steel screws, this piece asserts a strong character, revealing its passion for action at first glance. 

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The powerful design of this chronograph respects tradition while rewriting the future. The original design is still there, but the desire to adapt to our times is just as clear. The latest addition to the Riviera collection, this chronograph is driven by a premium self-winding Swiss Made mechanical movement. Resistant to 100 m, it displays the day and date in two horizontal apertures located at 3 o’clock. Emblematic of sports elegance, this watch offers the strength of evocating the original models from the ’70s while revisiting their DNA. It shares the same shape, spirit and function.
 
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Its slate-gray hue is sun-satin, featuring a gray flange and carved-and-snailed auxiliary counters that create an impression of very deep relief. The perfectly proportioned, skeletonized gold-tone hands are coated with white Superluminova (blue glow), echoing the gold-tone ring that subtly appears between the bezel and the caseband. The sapphire crystal of the dodecagonal back, fastened with four screws, reveals the tried-and-true self-winding movement that drives this distinctive chronograph. 

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Moreover, the scratch-resistant sapphire crystal on the front has an anti-glare coating on both sides for perfect readability. This piece is adorned with a built-in gray rubber strap featuring a canvas decoration and a triple folding buckle with security push-pieces and an easy adjustment system. The very reliable Baume & Mercier interchangeability framework makes it possible to change the strap in a few seconds without the need for tools.

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Like the rest of the collection, Riviera chronographs embody the values that underscore the Brand’s style while continuing to express its savoir-faire in design, shape, and watchmaking expertise.

The Riviera collection: five generations, one legend

This is the story of an illustrious watch: one like none other, one that has always been ahead of its time. The Riviera has been redesigned several times through the years, not only keeping up-to-date but truly setting the pace.   

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Launched in 1973, the Riviera immediately made a splash with its dodecagonal case and its slimline metal strap. It was already avant-gardist, though the Riviera name had yet to appear on the dial. In 1975, the concept was updated and made available with both self-winding and quartz movements: small, medium and large models were produced in steel, gold/steel, and solid gold.

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A new generation was unveiled in the 1980s. The newly bicolor Riviera pursued its technical and aesthetic maturation, with its unmistakable name now appearing at 6 o’clock. 

For the first time in 1981, it was made available as a diving watch in a style-pioneering sport-chic spirit. Its success was immediate.

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Four years later, in 1985, the third generation of the collection was released. The bezel was reworked for a softer, less angular approach. The case and strap were also overhauled, and their polished and brushed surfaces helped create a more rounded look. The Riviera thus marked a turning point in terms of sophistication and reliability, including – among other features – a miniaturized screwed crown designed to improve its water-resistance. 

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For its 20th anniversary in 1993, it strutted its style with a one-of-a-kind chronograph model. At the time, Baume & Mercier even created an unprecedented full-calendar Riviera in bicolor and solid gold versions, demonstrating its exceptional watchmaking savoir-faire. The Brand also introduced a version of the bicolor edition in a smaller diameter for ladies.  

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In 2004, the Riviera collection took on a twofold approach for its fourth generation with two variations, one classic and the other more athletic. For the “Classic” line, Baume & Mercier maintained the dodecagonal shape of the case, interpreting the dial with a variety of materials and configurations. As for the “Sport” range, the Riviera featured four screws on its bezel for the first time, asserting an athletic look that would stand the test of time. 

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The fifth generation, launched in 2021, carried forward its perennially fashionable sport-chic personality with a number of variations that only added to its character.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Collection   RIVIERA 

Model:  RIVIERA Chronograph Day Date Automatic - 43mm

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Ref.  M0A10722

Movement
Swiss Made  BM 13750
Energy:  Automatic, self-winding
Automatic, self-winding watch
Power reserve: 48 hour(s)
Day Date, Chronograph
Frequency: 28.800.0vph/4.0hz
Number of Rubies: 25 

Case
Shape: Dodecagonal
Size Diameter: 43.06 x 36.47 mm
Material: And Finishes
Steel and titanium, Polished/satin-finished 

Featuring a sandblasted titanium bezel enlighted by a PVD gold ring
Water resistance: 100

Dial

Sun satin-finished slate-grey dial
Hands:  Triangle, Superluminova Phos BL485nm Grade X1 blanc C1 

Strap
Material  rubber, Grey rubber strap with canvas decoration.
Buckle   Steel, Satiné finishes

🔴 Price:   US $ 4,500 / €4,550  💰

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MONTBLANC – 1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen CARBO2 Only Watch 2023

 

MONTBLANC – 1858 GÉOSPHÈRE 0 Oxygen CARBO2 Only Watch Unique Piece 2023

To see Montblanc’s Only Watch 2023 timepiece, you will not only have to bid on it, you will also need to use an ice pick to get to it.

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This is the fourth time Montblanc has participated in Only Watch and this time around, the Maison is offering so much more than a unique timepiece. The Montblanc Only Watch 2023 timepiece is a one-of-a-kind 1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen that is introducing an entirely new middle case material that has captured CO2 inside. And if that isn’t ‘cool’ enough, the unique piece is encased in a block of ice (safe breakable glass) without oxygen inside, which means the watch’s future owner will need to smash it open with an ice pick to get to it, or leave it captured in time – it is entirely up to them!

A Case in New Material Creation

The new case material is created using a pioneering technological development that captures CO2 from biogas production and mineral wastes from recycling factories, thanks to a process of calcium dissolution and carbonation.

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The obtained powder containing CO2 is then combined with ultra-light and – resistant carbon fibre. Thus creating an innovative composite material shaped exclusively into a watch middle case: the CARBO2.

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In addition to the technological aspect of the case, the CARBO2 resulting material has a unique graphic aesthetic, with its dark shades depending on the particular mix of carbon fibre and CO2, lending itself perfectly to the Montblanc 1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen. Like the intrepid alpinists and adventurers who dedicate their lives to exploring the planet’s mountainous wilderness, this new material is also opening up new paths of exploration.

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Reinforcing the world of adventure and exploration, the 43.5mm case comes with a luminous glacier blue outline of Mount Everest on the side that only the wearer can see. The older glaciers are, the less oxygen they contain and the denser they become, resulting in a deeper blue colour that has been depicted here on the case band, shining white by day and luminous blue by night. A beautiful picture of Mount Everest also adorns the titanium case back using Montblanc’s 3D laser technique that depicts the colour, depth and realism of this natural wonder.

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Next to Mount Everest, the 13 other highest peaks of the World are mentioned and marked in colour in tribute to alpinists who dared to climb them.

Zero Oxygen

This Montblanc 1858 Geosphere 0 Oxygen Only Watch 2023 one-of-a-kind timepiece joins the Maison’s series of “Zero Oxygen” timepieces and will introduce a new collection based on this piece that will be revealed in April 2024. Like all of Montblanc’s 0 Oxygen pieces, this unique piece features several benefits for explorers who need their equipment to work in harsh environments. 

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Zero oxygen inside the case not only eliminates fogging, which can occur with drastic temperature changes at altitude, but also prevents oxidization. Without oxygen, all the components last longer and will provide unfaltering precision over time. Each zero oxygen timepiece comes with a certificate as proof of this special, yet invisible, technology and guarantees that it has been successfully encased without oxygen.

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The timepiece is powered by the MB 29.25 automatic movement with Montblanc’s Manufacture worldtime complication, which includes turning Northern and Southern Hemisphere globes, a 24-hour scale, Day & Night indications, dual time display, and a date. The timepiece comes with a fluted bi-directional black ceramic bezel with the compass cardinal points and “OW” for “Only Watch” depicting West. The timepiece is fitted with an electric blue glacier pattern dial and the worldtime meridians in a spectrum of colours, in keeping with Only Watch’s 2023 rainbow colour theme. Completing the look is a black interchangeable textile strap, which top material is made of 100% recycled PET.

From the Top of the Mountain

In addition to the timepiece, the lucky bidder will receive an ice pick from Montblanc’s Mark Maker, world record-breaking alpinist Nimsdai Purja, who is the fastest man to climb all 14 of the world’s highest peaks above 8000 metres, a record he broke in six months and six days. He also ascended Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen for a collaboration with Montblanc in 2022. 

For this unique piece, Nimsdai has donated his ice pick and written a note to the watch’s future owner about how he sees the world in 100 years. This hand-written note, along with the watch, has been encased in a zero-oxygen ice-like capsule. To access the watch, the future owner will need to take Nimsdai’s ice pick to break the case, or they can, of course, leave this difficult decision to the next generation if they so choose. What would you do?

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About Only Watch

This year marks the 10th Only Watch charity auction, a biennial event that has raised over CHF/EUR 100 million to date. Only Watch was created in 2005 by Luc Pettavino – and under H.S.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco’s high patronage – to auction one-off timepieces to raise funds to support researchers around the world to accelerate their work to find a cure for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Thanks to the mobilization of the watch industry, this initiative has become a highlight on the horological calendar for both brands and collectors. Montblanc is honoured to be part of this important journey and hopes that this year’s timepiece will bring as much enjoyment to its future owner as it did to the Montblanc team who worked on bringing it to life.

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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

Model:  Montblanc 1858 GEOSPHERE 0 Oxygen CARBO2 Only Watch Unique Piece

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 Ref.  Ident No. M132299

Movement
Montblanc Manufacture Calibre MB 29.27 (with world time complications)
Movement type: self-winding mechanical movement with universal time display
Number of rubies: 33
Power reserve: about 42 hours
Balance wheel: flat ring
Frequency: 28,800 times/hour (4 Hz)
Hairspring: flat

Display: Worldtime with turning northern and southern hemisphere globes, 24-hour scale
and Day & Night indication, Dual time indication; Date by disc

Case
CARBO2 fibre with captured CO2 and satinated finishing, white outline of Mount
Everest on the left side with blue emission
Bezel Bi-directional black ceramic bezel, knurled finishing and engraved cardinal points
coated with a special OW (Only Watch) indication, blue emission of Super-LumiNova®1
Crystal:  Scratch-resistant, domed sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating
Special joint that allow 0 oxygen inside the watchcase
Back: Titanium caseback with a 3D laser colour engraving of Mount Everest and rainbow names of the 14 highest peaks of the World
Dimensions Diameter : 43.50 mm in diameter; 13.00 mm in thickness
Water resistance:  about 100 meters (10 bar)
Crown: Black coated fluted stainless steel crown with Montblanc emblem in relief
Dial
Electric blue glacier pattern dial with white luminescent black rhodium-coated Arabic numerals and indexes,
white luminescent rhodium-coated hours and minutes hands, white luminescent dual time hand,
luminescent Northern and Southern hemispheres globes with rainbow-coloured meridians
White date on black background
Wristband
Material: Black Interchangeable textile strap with rope pattern
Buckle type : Double-folding clasp with fine adjustment system

Certified by the Montblanc Laboratory Test 500

🔰Edition
Limitation: Unique piece for Only Watch 2023

 🔴Prices    Lot 42    Estimated at CHF 25,000 - CHF 35,000 💰

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