Great buy Baume & Mercier Men's 8758 Riviera Chrono Automatic Watch

Great buy Baume & Mercier Men's 8758 Riviera Chrono Automatic Watch

Product Description

Black stainless steel case with a black vulcanized rubber bracelet. Fixed bezel. Black, black counters dial with gold tone hands and Roman numeral hour markers. Minute markers around the outer rim. Date displays at the 3 o'clock position. Automatic movement. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Screw-down crown. Case diameter: 42.5mm. Case thickness: 15mm. TrIPle folding security clasp. Water resistant at 200 meters / 660 feet. Functions: hours, minutes, seconds, date, chronograph. Baume Mercier Riviera Mens Watch 8758.

List Price:	$6,490.00
Price:	$3,295.00
as of Mon, 18 Feb 2013 06:43:44 GMT

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74419 in Watches
• Brand: Baume & Mercier
• Model: 8758
• Band material: Rubber
• Bezel material: 18k-gold-and-stainless-steel
• Case material: 18k-gold-and-steel
• Clasp type: deployment-clasp-with-buckle
• Dial color: black
• Dial window material: scratch-resistant-sapphire
• Movement type: swiss-automatic
• Water-resistant to 660 feet

Features

• Quality Swiss Automatic movement; Functions without a battery; Powers automatically with the movement of your arm
• Scratch-resistant-sapphire crystal
• Case diameter: 42.5 mm
• Steel-and-18k-gold case; Black dial; Date function; Chronograph functions
• Water-resistant to 660 feet (200 M)

Amazon.com
The Baume & Mercier Men's Riviera Chrono Automatic Watch showcases a bold golden-accented dial and two unique chronograph subdials for precise timekeeping. This handsome casual accessory is constructed with an 18-karat-gold-and-steel case, a geometric 18-karat-gold-and-stainless-steel case, and a comfortable black rubber wristband secured with deployment-clasp-with-buckle. A scratch-resistant-sapphire window shields the black dial, which features golden Roman numeral hour markers and slim white minute indexes. The dial also showcases three chronograph subdials, two of which are set in an attractive brushed steel frame, and a date calendar at three o'clock. Featuring Swiss-automatic movement, the timepiece is water resistant to 660 feet (200 M).

In 1973 the Riviera revolutionized the aesthetic watch-making characteristics by being equipped with a dodecagonal case--12 sides for 12 hours, or the geometric expression of a clever dose of innovation, classicism and creativity. Today a highly contemporary design that highlights the pure lines of this legendary watch, indissociable from Baume & Mercier's rich history.

The Baume & Mercier Story

Baume & Mercier has a rich history in storied tradition of Swiss watchmaking, now over 170 years. In 1830, brothers Louis Victor and Pierre-Joseph-Celestin Baume established the Baume Freres Watch firm in the Swiss Jura region--the heart of the Swiss watch industry. As business flourished in Europe a grandson of the founder, William Baume met Paul Mercier, a great lover of the arts and in 1918 they created a business partnership. The contrast of the rigorous, precise Baume with the artistic, free thinking Mercier fused form and function to create the traditions of perfection, quality, and luxury that still exist today.

In 1964, Baume & Mercier registered the Greek letter PHI as its brand logo, and it continues to be present on all Baume & Mercier designs. A symbol of the golden ratio and Leonard de Vinci's theory of proportion, it represents aesthetic elegance based on "divine proportions" that remain the brand's cardinal values.

the designers at Baume & Mercier utilize the goldmine of the company's over 175 years of watch-making history--from the oval of a crown to the graphics of a dial--to create the aesthetic contours of new timepieces. Inspired by a rectangular pink gold watch introduced by Baume & Mercier in 1960, the signature Hampton line of watches was created as a blend of watchmaking tradition and contemporary design. And the company still lives by the original slogan of the Baume brothers when they started Baume Freres: "Accept only perfection, only manufacture watches of the highest quality."