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Baume & Mercier Clifton 39mm Mens Watch White
Ref. BMM0A10793
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 34 Baume & Mercier watches in stock.The Clifton was always Baume & Mercier's case for understated dress watchmaking, and this revision of the line sharpens that argument considerably. The movement underneath — the in-house Baumatic BM13-1975A — carries a five-day power reserve and resists magnetic fields up to 1,500 Gauss, which means it survives the environments a dress watch actually encounters: laptop bags, phone pockets, office environments thick with interference. The exhibition caseback lets you see the decorated movement, which is worth seeing. At 39mm with an 11.22mm profile, it sits close enough to the wrist to disappear beneath a cuff without pressing against it, which is rarer than it should be among dress watches at this diameter. The dial rewards a second look — a subtly grained off-white surface divided by a crosshair, with gilded trapezoidal indices and a single Arabic numeral at 12, a detail that anchors the layout without breaking its restraint. The integrated three-row bracelet, mixing polished and satin finishing, changes without tools, so swapping to a strap for the weekend costs nothing but a few seconds.
- Reference
- BMM0A10793
- Brand
- Baume & Mercier
- Collection
- Clifton
- Case size
- 39mm
- Case thickness
- 11.22mm
- Case material
- Stainless steel
- Case shape
- Round
- Dial
- White
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- BM13-1975A
- Functions
- Date
- Water resistance
- 50m
- Bracelet / strap
- Stainless steel bracelet
- Strap colour
- Silver
- Clasp
- Deployant clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Lug-to-lug
- 46mm
- 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 2 collections
This watch appears in Stainless Steel Watches (2,624) and Automatic Watches (1,472).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 39mm suits most wrists
- 46mm lug-to-lug keeps the 39mm case wearable
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- 120-hour reserve survives a weekend off the wrist
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
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 | BMM0A10793 | 140 | 35123TA11.BMT12 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £3,300 | £3,400 | £3,290 |
| Case size | 39mm | 38.5mm | 40mm |
| Water resistance | 50m | 50m | 50m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Stainless steel bracelet | Leather strap | Stainless steel bracelet |
| Power reserve | 120 hours | 43 hours | 56 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched | Closely matched |
Your new watch
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.
Will the glass scratch?
Unlikely. Sapphire is second only to diamond in hardness and shrugs off everyday marking.
Does it need a battery?
No. It is automatic — the motion of your wrist winds it, and there is no cell to replace.
How 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.
Will it fit my wrist?
Lug-to-lug is 46mm, which suits wrists from roughly 16cm (6¼ inches) upward.
Lug-to-lug decides fit more than case diameter does.
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 new, at £3,300. There is nothing to compare it against today.
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