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Baume & Mercier Clifton 39mm Mens Watch Black
Ref. BMM0A10758
Sits in Baume & Mercier’s upper tier here — more premium than three quarters of the Baume & Mercier watches we list, which start at £850.
Price range £850 to £18,000 across 47 Baume & Mercier watches in stock.The Baumatic BM14-1975AC1 that powers this watch was developed with Manufacture Horlogère ValFleurier, and it represents a genuine engineering priority for the Clifton line: a five-day power reserve and meaningful resistance to the magnetic fields of daily life, in a movement built to manufacture standard rather than sourced from a supplier. The 39mm case, introduced in 2024, brings the Clifton's dress proportions into a size that works for a broader range of wrists than the collection's traditional larger references. The grey lacquered dial is the considered element here — it graduates from a lighter centre outward to a darker periphery, which gives the rhodium-plated indexes and the moonphase aperture at six o'clock a sense of depth that flat dials do not. The case alternates polished and satin-brushed surfaces so the light catches differently depending on the angle. On the wrist, the alligator strap with tone-on-tone stitching carries the register well, and Baume & Mercier's tool-free quick-release system means changing it takes seconds rather than a watchmaker's appointment.
- Reference
- BMM0A10758
- Brand
- Baume & Mercier
- Collection
- Clifton
- Case size
- 39mm
- Case thickness
- 12.25mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- Grey
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- Baumatic BM14-1975AC1
- Functions
- Date, Moonphase
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Leather strap
- Strap colour
- Black
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Power reserve
- 120 hours
- Origin
- Swiss made
Learn more about Baume & Mercier
The Baume brothers opened a watchmaking business in Les Bois in the Swiss Jura in 1830, and built a substantial export operation through a London office. The company won significant honours at nineteenth-century observatory trials, including a record for a chronograph tourbillon at Kew that stood for years.
The modern company dates from 1918, when William Baume partnered with Paul Mercier in Geneva. Mercier brought design sensibility, and the house's Art Deco pieces of the 1920s — shaped cases, jewelled dials, and the Phi emblem representing the golden ratio — established a decorative direction it has largely kept.
Baume & Mercier was among the founding members of the Geneva Seal system and produced complications including minute repeaters and perpetual calendars in its earlier decades.
Its modern position is deliberately accessible: classical Swiss watchmaking at prices below the group's luxury tier, with the Clifton, Riviera, and Hampton collections covering round dress watches, integrated-bracelet sports watches, and rectangular Art Deco shapes respectively. The Riviera, introduced in 1973, was among the first steel luxury sports watches with an integrated bracelet, arriving a year after the Royal Oak.
The house has been part of Richemont since the group's formation, and produces around two hundred thousand watches annually.
- 1830
- The Baume brothers begin watchmaking in Les Bois.
- 1892
- A Kew observatory record is set with a chronograph tourbillon.
- 1918
- William Baume and Paul Mercier partner in Geneva.
- 1973
- The twelve-sided Riviera launches.
Also in 7 collections
This watch appears in the Baume & Mercier Clifton range (5), Back in Stock (5,399), Stainless Steel Watches (3,501), Automatic Watches (1,861), Leather Strap Watches (1,148), Dress Watches (588) and Grey Dial Watches (276).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 39mm suits most wrists
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- 120-hour reserve survives a weekend off the wrist
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Baume & Mercier's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 50m suits rain and handwashing, not swimming
Baume & Mercier Clifton alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | BMM0A10758 | 85249AA01.BVA150 | SBGM257 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £4,450 | £4,500 | £4,550 |
| Case size | 39mm | 39mm | 39.5mm |
| Water resistance | 50m | 50m | 30m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Leather strap | Leather strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | 120 hours | 38 hours | 72 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched |
|
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Showering yes, swimming no. 50m covers splashes and brief immersion, but a swimming stroke generates well above the pressure that figure describes.
Water resistance explainedWill the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Sapphire, mineral and acrylic comparedDoes it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
Quartz, automatic and solar comparedHow long does it run for when it's not worn?
About 120 hours fully wound — enough to sit off the wrist over a weekend and still be running.
Is it a men's or women's watch?
Listed as men's, though at 39mm it sits in the range that suits anyone.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference, so there is nothing to compare it against today.
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