1834 The Baumes had already spent decades making watches when the company BAUME FRERES was founded in Bois (Suisse Romande), producing above all enamelled fob watches.
1844 Joseph Cιlestin Baume established contacts in England. He sold watches signed WATERLOO, DIVIKO and SIRDAR in Australia and New Zealand.
1893 Baume won the chronometry competition of the KEW TEDDINGTON Observatory with a score of 91.9 out of 100.
1912 William Baume made the acquaintance of the jeweller Paul Mercier, at the HAAS atelier in Geneva.
1918 BAUME & MERCIER founded in Geneva.
1937 William Baume and Paul Mercier withdrew from the business, and the jeweller Constantin de Gorski joined the company.
After the Second World War, BAUME & MERCIER concentrated on classic mens watches, sports chronographs and ladies jewelled wristwatches.
1965 PIAGET bought a majority shareholding in BAUME & MERCIER.
1968 Production of one the slimmest calendar watches in the world with micro-rotor automatic rewind.
The same year, the landmarks for tuning electronics were established.
1970 The brand bet everything on quartz.
1983 BAUME & MERCIER temporarily stopped manufacture of mechanical watches.
1988 Christian and Yves Piaget sold 60% of their stake in PIAGET HOLDING S.A. and BAUME & MERCIER to CARTIER MONDE S.A.
1993 PIAGET and BAUME & MERCIER taken oven entirely by the CARTIER Group.
1994 Launch of the HAMPTON Line
1997 Introduction of CATWALK.
1999 Launch of the HAMPTON MILLEIS.
2000 Launch of the CAPELAND Line.
2002 Launch of the HAMPTON SPIRIT.
2003 In September, inauguration of the new Manufacture in Brenets. Launch of HAMPTON CITY.
