MIDO (BARONCELLI)


Story extracted from http://yeomanseiko.spaces.live.com, posting dated 15th Mar 2008

Mido Baroncelli - Model# M3880

This time round, I had the opportunity to handle a hand wind Mido Baroncelli. This watch has a design that most dress watch lovers would love. It features a simple dial design characterized by the Arabic hour markers and slim hour and minute hands. The second hand is located the 6 o'clock sub-dial. The hour markers and Mido logo are all applied. In addition to the four words - Timeless, Classical, Elegant and Mechanical, that Mido uses to describe the watch, I would like to add that this is really a gentleman's watch.



Winding the watch is very easy because the crown is big enough to get a good grip. All I need was to get use to the feel and know when it is almost fully wound.



This watch is available in leather strap and mesh bracelet versions. On the bracelet version, the bracelet is attached directly to the watch just like the Mido Commander. The leather strap version has a pair of lugs attached on both sides the watch and the leather strap is then installed onto the lugs.

Here's the side profile of the watch. The attached lugs look pretty cool. They make the watch case stands out on its own.



Watch case is very slim and compact. Thickness is about 6.5mm and diameter is 35mm excluding the crown. The use of flat sapphire crystal and 'snap on' caseback (see pic below) helps to shave off some thickness off the watch.

It feels comfortable on the wrist not just because it is slim but also because it is very light. I almost don't feel it on my wrist.

Here's the transparent caseback, showing the Mido 1160 hand wind movement which is based on the ETA Peseux 7001.




Here's the nicely made and signed deployant buckle that came along with the leather strap.

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