With each fine, streamlined, round, elegantly restrained case, the Classima Collection by Baume & Mercier embodies both traditional and contemporary watchmaking. Its pieces are sophisticated and delightful to wear, asserting technical excellence made in Switzerland. From one watch to the next – from self-winding to quartz –, the collection asserts a variety of watch complications and also combines more than one in the same timepiece. Equally imaginative in terms of design, its pieces assert mother-of-pearl white, peacock blue, burgundy, green, and slate gray, alternating – and, in some cases, combining – materials, including gold and steel, leather and fabric.
An ideal holiday gift
Any watch from the creative, versatile Classima Collection makes the perfect Christmas gift because the holiday season is a special time to give something bold and precious to the ones we love. Imagine a Classima for each one, prettily wrapped and delicately placed under the tree. Such a timepiece is an unforgettable present, the guarantee of intense emotion: a declaration that the new models express with generosity and virtuosity.
Self-winding Classima capsule edition, visible balance wheel and power reserve
This piece features a visually strong design with a sun-satin gray dial decorated with diagonal lines. It forms a backdrop against which the balance wheel and escapement, at 12 o’clock, confront the power reserve indicator, at 6 o’clock. On either side, the hours, minutes and seconds are indicated by Arabic numerals and white indexes, gold-tone leaf hands, and a white-and-gold-tone minute track.
Containing a self-winding movement featuring a 42-hour power reserve and oscillating at a frequency of 4Hz (28,800 vph), the round case in polished stainless steel has a diameter of 42 mm and a thickness of 10.1 mm. It is protected by a scratch-resistant sapphire crystal, as is the case back, which may be engraved. The watch is water-resistant to 3 ATM (approx. 30 m).
The watch is mounted on an interchangeable strap in brown Holland & Sherry Super 120 wool with colored saddle stitching and a stainless steel pin buckle. It is interchangeable without the need for tools thanks to a very reliable spring bar system. An additional interchangeable strap in black alligator with a stainless steel pin buckle is also included, and it also features a very reliable spring bar system that may be changed without the need for tools.
