BAUME & MERCIER | Super Jumbo Chronograph
Full Calender | Triple Date
Unique Bezel Control
Ref. 1915
1960s
Unlike many other Swiss watch companies, the immediate history of the house of Baume & Mercier began not in French-speaking western Switzerland, but near the capital city of Bern. More specifically, Joseph-Célestin and Louis-Victor Baume founded the "Société Baume Frères" in 1830 in Le Bois, a small village in the Bernese Jura. Under the name "Baume Brothers", the company opened a branch in London. At the end of the 19th century, the company already enjoyed an excellent international reputation and advanced to become a major player in the overseas watchmaking industry. At that time, the company was famous for its chronographs and its models with grand complications. At international exhibitions, the company's timepieces win the Grand Prix ten times and seven gold medals worldwide. Just before the beginning of the 1920s, the director of the company, William Baume and Paul Mercier merge their business. Together, they founded the Baume & Mercier, Genève brand in 1918.
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This multi colour dial beauty works with a unique & incomparable "bezel-driven" full calendar.
It means the triple date calender is operated by rotating the bezel. Turn the bezel right changes three different positions (triple date). Turn the bezel left changes the date, day or month depending in which position bezel is aligned.
We deliver this incredibly well-preserved piece of contemporary history with the original Baume & Mercier pin-buckle mounted on a new Baume & Mercier vintage leather strap.
Manual movement
Diameter 38 mm without crown
Technical indications | Keeping time -8 sec/day
Service 2024
Differential taxation according to § 25a UStG. No taxes included. | Differenzbesteuerung nach § 25a UStG. Kunstgegenstände und Sammlungsstücke, Sonderregelung.
