Baume & Mercier Capeland watches

The Baume & Mercier Capeland is a collection built around round chronographs. Baume & Mercier presented a reworked Capeland in 2011, with a design based on a single-pusher chronograph from 1948.

The Capeland Flyback (10006) shows the formula most completely: a domed dial with Arabic numerals and Breguet-style hands, tachymeter and telemeter scales, and an anti-glare sapphire crystal. Inside is the automatic La Joux-Perret 8147-2 flyback chronograph calibre with a 48-hour power reserve and a date, visible through a sapphire caseback; water resistance is 50 m. At 16.5 mm it stands noticeably taller than the 44 mm Capeland Chronograph, at 14.8 to 15.1 mm.

Launch coverage gave the other chronographs automatic movements too: an ETA Valjoux 7753 in the 42 mm Capeland Chronograph and a La Joux-Perret 8120 in the 44 mm. The 42 mm Chronograph (10000) has a white dial; the 44 mm comes in black, blue or silver, on an alligator strap or a steel bracelet. Beyond the chronographs sit the Capeland Worldtimer (10106) and its blue-dial limited edition of 100 pieces (10135), and the blue-dial Capeland Chronograph Shelby Cobra (10232). The cases are stainless steel.