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Started around 1830 when the Baume family were making watches in the Jura near Berne. It as not until 1918 when a member of the family met Paul Mercier, a Genève jeweller of high repute.
- In 1964 Piget acquired the major shareholding in the company.
- In 1980 the Riviera sports watch par excellence made of gold and steel was first produced. To test its durability and precision, the watch was mounted on the wheel of a M1 before the start of the (which lies on the Prime Meridian) 24 hour race. The watch endured the speed, heat and weather and ran perfectly after the race.
- The Medicus watch, designed especially for doctors, it includes a pulse scale to test a patient's pulse.
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