Customer Reviews

Baume & Mercier Men's 8734 Classima Automatic Bracelet Watch

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Elegant, comfortable, perfectly designed. Dual time is a bonus for the price. One of the most beautiful watches in the $2000 price range. I bought it at a retail store because of the warranty.

The watch looks great, and keeps excellent time (well, at that price, it should!). It wasn't just an initial infatuation - I still love the simplicity and classy attractiveness after 4-5 months of owning it.
Couple of drawbacks: I do have to wear it pretty much all the time (except while sleeping at night) to keep it running. If I leave it for a day, it will stop and will have to be rewound. The wrist-off time seems to be less for this watch than for other comparable automatics. This is not a major issue for me because, well, I wear it every day. The other drawback (which is more common across watches of this type) is that the date window doesn't really know what the month is - and goes to 31 every month. So I have to fix the date manually every other month. Small gripe I know - but it almost seems incomprehensible that while I can have a freaking computer in my cellphone, my $2,000 watch can't figure out what month it is.
Overall, I am very pleased with this purchase (and the fact that I got it for almost $1,000 less than what it was selling for at Tourneau).

UPDATE: As someone else has also mentioned, get an Automatic Watch Winder if you are planning to buy this watch and don't plan to wear it every day. I got a decent one for less than $40 at Amazon that does the job. That will resolve at least one of the drawbacks I mention above. Still no way for it to know the month, though :).

Classic elegance that never goes out of style. The large white face is easy to read and looks stunning on your wrist.

The quality that drew me to the Classima is its simplicity. I did not want a watch with a great number of functions that will allow you to dive to 1000m and go to the moon--mainly because I don't plan to do this. Instead I wanted a good quality automatic watch that looks great and is not going to break the bank. This watch meets that criteria and the added GMT is a bonus. This watch keeps perfect time and fits great. It was extremely easy to adjust to my size, simply by unscrewing the links.

I would recommend to anyone purchasing an automatic watch to invest in an electric winder. This will ensure that your watch runs perfectly even when you're not wearing it.

I purchased this watch from Amazon.com. I've had it less than 1.5 years and it's running too fast. I'm trying to find out if the Amazon warranty will cover the issue but regardless, I find this to be unacceptable. Given the price, I really expected zero issues for a long time and am very annoyed and disappointed. I would not recommed this watch - I think Longines or something similar would have been a better purchase.