Baumer history since 1830

Baume & Mercier's story began in 1830. Louis victor and celestine Baum brothers opened a watch shop in the woods in Jura, Switzerland.
Baume brothers' business is developing rapidly and has established a good reputation by creating excellent parts including cutting-edge innovation in line with the motto of "don't let anything go, only produce the highest quality watches".

International Development

 
The company, Baume brothers, realized the potential of the new territories and set up a branch in London. It soon expanded its business throughout the British Empire. By the end of the 19th century, the company had enjoyed a high reputation in the world and became an overseas tabulation company that can not be missed.
At that time, the brand was famous for its timepieces and highly complex models. The company has won ten awards and seven gold medals at international fairs all over the world. Its time measuring instrument is very accurate. In 1892, the company won the timing competition organized by Kew Observatory near London. The observatory is equipped with a timing watch with vortex motion, and its accuracy will remain unparalleled for more than 10 years.
Don't let anything pass, only make the highest quality watches

In the early 1920s, the owners of the house, William Baum and Paul messier, were in partnership. In 1918, they co founded Baume & Mercier in Geneva. Therefore, the company is recognized as one of the most active companies in the field of watches, providing an excellent form of balance. In 1919, the company was awarded the highest honor of "Geneva punch".
In the crazy years and the whole period of decorative art, the brand has left a lasting mark in the field of clock design. Paul Messier understands that brands must keep pace with the times and adapt to changes. This brand captures the importance of women's Liberation and makes their desires an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
The house launched a great success in the late 1940s: the marquis. Driven by this momentum, the brand has produced women's watches with great creativity and rare modernity, which proves that women's watches are not only a miniature and a little simple interpretation of men's watches.
At the same time, baomei company launched its first fashion watch to show the public its pursuit of new products. These clocks, whether urban or fashionable, mark the combination of life art and elegance.

In the 1960s, the pursuit of such a balanced house marked by the Greek letter phi (the current symbol of Baume & Mercier) laid the foundation for the prototype of the traditional round watch. It has launched the classic round watch and timing watch, which has the functions of lunar phase or quantum triple.
Baume & Mercier constantly demonstrated its creativity and launched an innovative form of timepiece in the 1970s: Galaxy or Stardust, which won famous international awards, including Baden Baden Golden Rose Award; In 1973, Riviera became one of the earliest steel sports watches in the world. In 1988, the company joined the vend ô me group as Richemont, and regarded its collection of successful models as the flagship of the brand.
Thanks to this extraordinary history, Baume & Mercier house celebrated its 185th anniversary in 2015.
Today, Baume & Mercier launched five series to show the best performance of Swiss high-quality watches: classima, Clifton, promise, Hampton, and finally linea.