Mido Baroncelli watches

The Mido Baroncelli is a classically styled round watch from Mido, the Swiss brand Georges Schaeren founded in Biel in 1918, now part of the Swatch Group and based in Le Locle. The references here are the Baroncelli Chronometer Silicon: a pure dial with index markers and double-sided hands, and Mido's point is the movement behind it.

In the 40 mm men's watch that movement is Mido's automatic Caliber 80 Chronometer Si, based on the ETA C07.821 and running at 21,600 vibrations per hour. It is certified as a chronometer by the COSC and has a silicon balance spring, which Mido says makes it antimagnetic, more precise and more resistant to shocks. The power reserve is up to 80 hours. The movement shows through a see-through caseback, and the dial adds a date.

The men's watch has a steel case 9.4 mm thick, with sapphire crystal and water resistance to 30 m, and its 20 mm lugs take a 20 mm strap. Dials come in silver, white, black and blue. The anthracite M027.408.16.061.00 has a slate-like pattern with rose-gold PVD hands and indexes. The Baroncelli Chronometer Lady is the 34 mm version, 9.1 mm thick, in silver, white and, on the two-tone M027.208.41.266.00, ivory. Both sizes also come as Rose Gold versions and as two-tone steel and rose gold versions.