Baume & Mercier Riviera
Originally launched in 1973 as one of the world's first steel sports watches, wearing a distinctive twelve-sided (dodecagonal) bezel; the line has been revived multiple times, most recently with...
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“Differs” marks a spec with different recorded values. — means not recorded.
| Spec | Riviera (original, 1973) | M0A10716 Riviera Azur 300m, blue | M0A10717 Riviera Azur 300m, black | M0A10825 Riviera Chronograph Day-Date 41mm, black dial | M0A10826 Riviera Chronograph Day-Date 41mm, blue dial | M0A10827 Riviera Chronograph 41mm, panda dial | M0A10828 Riviera Chronograph Flyback 41mm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case size Differs | Not recorded | 42.4 mm | 42.4 mm | 41 mm | 41 mm | 41 mm | 41 mm |
| Thickness Differs | Not recorded | 11.97 mm | 11.97 mm | 13.94 mm | 13.94 mm | 13.94 mm | 14.34 mm |
| Case Differs | stainless steel, dodecagonal (12-sided bezel, widely reported but not independently re-confirmed this session) | stainless steel, dodecagonal (12-sided bezel) | stainless steel, dodecagonal (12-sided bezel) | stainless steel, dodecagonal (12-sided bezel) | stainless steel, dodecagonal (12-sided bezel) | stainless steel, dodecagonal (12-sided bezel) | stainless steel, dodecagonal (12-sided bezel) |
| Bezel Differs | stainless steel fixed, twelve-sided | blue anodised aluminium insert on steel bezel ring unidirectional rotating | steel bezel ring with lacquered numerals unidirectional rotating | stainless steel fixed, multi-faceted | stainless steel fixed, multi-faceted | stainless steel fixed, dodecagonal | stainless steel fixed, dodecagonal |
| Crystal | Not recorded | sapphire | sapphire | sapphire | sapphire | sapphire | sapphire |
| Water resistance Differs | Not recorded | 300 m | 300 m | 100 m | 100 m | 100 m | 100 m |
| Caliber Differs | Not recorded | BM13-1975A | BM13-1975A | Valjoux 7750 | Valjoux 7750 | Valjoux 7753 | La Joux-Perret 8147 |
| Movement maker Differs | Not recorded | Baume & Mercier (in-house Baumatic) | Baume & Mercier (in-house Baumatic) | La Joux-Perret (Valjoux) | La Joux-Perret (Valjoux) | La Joux-Perret (Valjoux) | La Joux-Perret |
| Movement type | Not recorded | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic | Automatic |
| Power reserve Differs | Not recorded | 120 h | 120 h | 48 h | 48 h | 48 h | 42 h |
| Complications Differs | Not recorded | date | date | chronograph, day-date | chronograph, day-date | chronograph, tachymeter | chronograph, flyback, telemeter, tachymeter |
| Dial Differs | Not recorded | smoked blue sapphire crystal dial (wave pattern) | smoked grey sapphire crystal dial (wave pattern) | black | blue | white (panda) / black (counters) | gold, vertically brushed |
| Indices Differs | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | 6-9-12 subdial layout | 6-9-12 subdial layout | 3-6-9 subdial layout | Not recorded |
| Lume Differs | Not recorded | Super-LumiNova (beige, blue emission) | Super-LumiNova (grey, blue emission) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Bracelet | integrated steel bracelet (commonly reported, not independently confirmed this session) | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded | Not recorded |
| Produced Differs | 1973 | 2023 | 2023 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 | 2025 |