Customer Reviews

Baume & Mercier Men's 8692 Classima Automatic Chronograph Watch

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Watch reviews are subjective and this one is no different, here is some information that I feel would be useful to know before purchasing
* The watch face is light silver but it looks almost pure white. The watch face detail and blued hands are the best features of this watch
* The watch wears big because there is no bezel and because it is very thick / tall.
* This watch has no active second hand; the only second hand is the chronograph function.
* The Valjoux 7750 movement in this watch keeps great time but it is fairly loud and wobbly - I have read some reviews where people say they like to hear and feel the watch winding on their wrist but I would prefer a quieter movement.
* The band and clasp are excellent. The color is very dark brown, almost black. The clasp can be used with any standard replacement strap.
Conclusion: I wanted a classical looking dress watch with a chronograph feature to add little character and this watch fits the bill. The movement is "energetic" but it is growing on me.

Nice dial, love the blue hands. Decent casing, but an ebauche 7750. Not too bad for the money, certainly nothing original really. However, the clasp isn't the greatest. Be wary that the design of the clasp system can endanger the safety of this piece. The primary buckle merely pushes through the strap holes, but there's nothing to secure it there other than the friction of metal on leather. My Hamilton (H32616553) has a clasp that is more secure. B&M can do better. For another $1k you can pick up a Sinn, or for another $2k, a Glashutte Original. Other than this, a fair piece for the price.

Edit: A little over a month of ownership and the watch has stopped operating. I was going to mention how loud the movement is, but another poster mentioned this, so I assume it's normal for this watch. Stunner, I'm less than one week outside of the return/exchange policy for Amazon. Will call B&M tomorrow and update the review.

Edit (Update): Amazon is using a 3rd party to repair the watches; as you might expect. However, I'm now sending it back to them a preposterous 3rd time to repair what seems to be a misaligned stem. The first time, they did absolutely nothing, and it was clear. The second time, they must have made an attempt to repair something, and it did decrease the occurrence of the problem, but it is still not fixed. Bottom line: you get what you pay for. B&M will not support watches bought through Amazon, they are not an authorized dealer. In the past, Amazon has been stellar. However, their arrangement with this repair shop has left me completely dissatisfied.

This is unfortunate, since the watch is quite appealing, and the 7750 is known for reliability given its complexity.

The watch looks and feels really solid. Simple design and classical colours make this watch even better - it does not need any whistles and many dials to show off.
The bracelet lock could be better though - in summer time it sometimes even irritates the skin.
I was wondering how the blue colour of the hands will look like. They are deep blue and they do look beautiful - in most cases you wont notice they're blue, but when you do notice, it just makes watch look even more solid.

We've seen this watch at a number of stores, all for considerably more money than we paid at Amazon! What a great deal!

Baume & Mercier watches are of lowest quality. I bought a watch at 1-1/2 year ago and it quit working, I sent it Baume & Mercier repair shop and they are charging $300/- to fix it and taking over 9 weeks to be repaired.

I will RECOMMEND NOT TO BUY Baume & Mercier ever !!!!!!