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Baume & Mercier Riviera 43mm Mens Watch Grey
Ref. BMOA10722
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 Riviera name goes back to the 1970s, when Baume & Mercier built a sports watch around a twelve-sided bezel — an unusual geometric choice that distinguished it immediately from the integrated-bracelet wave then sweeping the industry. This fifth-generation interpretation keeps that dodecagonal form but executes it in sandblasted titanium, with a rose gold PVD ring where the bezel meets the case. The contrast is quiet but deliberate, and it pulls the grey palette — slate dial, grey rubber strap, brushed steel — back from severity. The Valjoux 7750 inside is one of the most thoroughly proven chronograph movements in Swiss watchmaking: a column-wheel design that has been in continuous production since 1974, serviced by virtually any competent watchmaker anywhere in the world. At 43mm across and 51.5mm lug to lug, this wears as a proper sports chronograph should — present on the wrist without being unwieldy. The sun-satin finish on the dial catches directional light in a way a matte surface would not, giving the day and date apertures at three o'clock something to read against. The rubber strap uses a canvas texture and a quick-change system, so swapping it requires no tools; the exhibition caseback means the 7750's rotor is visible when the watch is off the wrist.
- Reference
- BMOA10722
- Brand
- Baume & Mercier
- Collection
- Riviera
- Case size
- 43mm
- Case thickness
- 14.14mm
- Case material
- Titanium
- Case shape
- Octagonal
- Dial
- Grey
- Crystal
- Sapphire
- Movement
- Automatic
- Calibre
- Valjoux 7750
- Functions
- Chronograph, Day-date
- Water resistance
- 100m
- Bracelet / strap
- Rubber strap
- Strap colour
- Grey
- Clasp
- Folding clasp
- Lume
- Luminous
- Retailer
- Mappin & Webb
Additional specifications
- Lug-to-lug
- 51.5mm
- Power reserve
- 48 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 6 collections
This watch appears in the Baume & Mercier Riviera range (14), Back in Stock (1,916), Automatic Watches (1,472), Chronograph Watches (1,010), Grey Dial Watches (217) and Titanium Watches (143).
What the specifications mean
A mechanical watch for everyday wear.
Strengths
- 100m water resistance covers swimming and watersports
- Sapphire crystal, which resists scratching
- Luminous hands and markers for low light
- One of Baume & Mercier's more premium watches
Worth knowing
- 43mm sits at the larger end
- 14.14mm thick, so it will not disappear under a cuff
Baume & Mercier Riviera alternatives
Watches from other brands at a similar price, style and size, so you can see what else your budget can buy.
| Specification | BMOA10722 | N2200.18S01.B01.R03 | L28384539 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | £4,100 | £3,950 | £3,650 |
| Case size | 43mm | 43mm | 43mm |
| Water resistance | 100m | 100m | 100m |
| Movement | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Strap | Rubber strap | Rubber strap | Leather strap |
| Power reserve | 48 hours | 62 hours | 72 hours |
| This watch | Closely matched | Closely matched |
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Frequently asked questions, and things you should know about this watch
Can I swim with it?
Yes. At 100m it is rated for swimming and snorkelling, though not for diving.
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 48 hours fully wound — enough to survive a night off the wrist, but not a full weekend.
Will it fit my wrist?
Lug-to-lug is 51.5mm, which suits wrists from roughly 17.5cm (7 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.
Cheapest place to buy
Mappin & Webb is the only UK retailer we track stocking this reference new, at £4,100. There is nothing to compare it against today.
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