As an accessory, this masculine sized wrist watch looks good on anything from casual to formal attires alike. And better yet, its robust construction is designed to be decently watertight to 200 meters, allowing you to keep wearing practically everywhere you may roam as long as you’re not diving too deep.
The watch is fairly rugged, sturdy, and quite a pleasure to wear, too. Its hefty round case that is approximately 16mm thick is made of premium grade stainless steel, and it is topped with a scratch resistant sapphire that offers an excellent degree of protection against nicks and scratches, which is encased by a handy uni-directional rotating bezel with 60-minute diving scale. Its 22mm wide Black rubber bracelet is supple, thick enough to sufficiently support the watch’s weight at ease, and it offers the convenient of an adjustable deployant folding clasp for comfortable fitting.
Typical to the watchmaker’s timepieces, this Baume & Mercier 8123 watch’s solid caseback is engraved with markers, and like its fluted steel screw-down-crown at the right hand side, it has the brand’s signature PHI emblem at its center. Furthermore, its dial is gorgeous as well; Bold in Black, and nicely fashioned in such manners that is looking good while also providing an pleasant read-ability and some degree of night vision support. On the dial, there are large sword-shaped metal hands with SuperLuminova that point to the applique luminescent coated sticks hour markers, a grey subsidiary small seconds at six, and a small yet easily noticeable date display at three. In addition, along the periphery, there are painted minute markers for easy reference.This BM’s CapeLand S automatic model has the same powerhouse as its 39mm sibling, which is an ETA 2895. Although it is not an exclusive caliber, this Swiss self-winding automatic 21 jewels movement is good enough in terms of both accuracy and reliability. This personalized ETA 2895 is beating at a high frequency of of 28,800 alterations per hour, and when fully wound, it provides around 42 hours of power reserve.
Anyway, for all of its quality offerings, this men’s 41mm steel on Black rubber Black dial Baume & Mercier Capeland Sport 8123 "two-hands, small seconds, and date" automatic watch is reasonably priced with an original manufacturer suggested retail price of $2,590.00.
Watch Specification
| Brand: | Baume & Mercier |
| Collection: | Capeland |
| Series: | Sport |
| Model number: | 8123 Style: 08123. also reffered as MOA08123, A8123. |
| Watch style: | Gents, Casual Dress, Sporty |
| Display type: | Analog |
| Movement: | Swiss automatic Caliber ETA 2895, personalized and refined by Baume et Mercier. Swiss made, automatic self-winding mechanical movement. |
| Functions: | Hour, Minute, Small seconds, Date |
| Dial: | Black sword shaped Silver-tone metal hands w/ SuperLuminova. applied silver-tone stick hour markers with luminescent. small seconds at 6. date display at 3. white printed markers around the outer rim. |
| Window: | Sapphire Crystal scratch resistant, anti reflective coated. |
| Case: | Stainless steel Round. Ø 41 mm, ± 16 mm thick. polished. |
| Bezel: | Stainless steel bi-directional rotating bezel. polished, features 60-minute diving scale. |
| Caseback: | Solid screwed-in stainless steel. engraved. |
| Crown: | Screw down crown Stainless steel. fluted. PHI decorated. |
| Bracelet: | Rubber / Silicone Black. ± 21.5 mm wide. standard length, ± 7 inches. |
| Clasp: | Deployment folding clasp |
| Notable Features: | Calendar Luminous hands and markers |
| Water resistant: | 200 m (20 ATM / 660 feet) suitable for splashes, rain, showering, swimming, snorkeling, and skin diving. not recommended for deep diving. |
| Additional info: | - |
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41mm Capeland Sport MOA08123 Automatic review in this page is written by Rief at Tuesday, August 13, 2013. The post is tagged as $2500 up to $5000, 200m, 41mm, analog, automatic, baume and mercier, date, low end, men, on rubber, round, small second, sporty, stainless steel, swiss automatic, two hands.
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