I was presented with the opportunity to interview Sara Josephine Sandmeier, a designer at Baume & Mercier. Nothing quite prepared me for the vivacious young designer, with profound charm and an abundance of style.

I have never made any secret of my admiration for Baume & Mercier on ESCAPEMENT. I believe they proffer charming aesthetics, drawing on their extensive back catalogue of models. Moreover, they offer excellent value for money, surpassing the talents of many other, more ambitiously priced, timepieces.

Family values   The nature of my occupation is that everyday I get to touch and see incredible timepieces and lose my heart to a watch with a stratospheric price. I have sometimes caught myself being blasé about a watch costing six or seven figur...

Flyback to 1948   Baume & Mercier have looked to it's past and one of it's historic chronographs from 1948, when they conceived the modern-day Capeland range of models.   The year, 1948, seems very distant from life as we know it today. It wa...

Parting is such sweet sorrow The offer came out of the blue. Would I like to wear a watch for a month and comment on it for ESCAPEMENT? With a rapier response, I replied in the affirmative and a new timepiece was to be mine, albeit only for a mont...

Follow Route 27  Take the New York State Route 27 and head out of Brooklyn and continue east towards the Hamptons.     If you visit the town of East Hampton you will be greeted with designer boutiques, Peconic farmland, Polo horses galloping in s...

I am more frugal I am more frugal than my son who will happily pay the premium price for haute horology, with always another model becoming the object of his desire. I do love the craftsmanship, the tradition, the beautiful finish, the detailing, ...

“Accept only perfection, only manufacture watches of the highest quality.”

Baume and Mercier declare their intent in their motto. They adhere to it. For me this watch is perfection. There is not a discordant note, no blemish, no fault. The lines flow. The styling is beautiful.

“Capeland” is a watch range from Baume & Mercier bearing a name which conjures thoughts of the North Eastern coastal area of the United States of America.