Baroncelli Roman White Ladies - Bracelet Ref. M7600.4.21.1

“INSPIRED BY CLASSICAL AND SOPHISTICATED MONUMENTS. WITH THEIR DETAILS AND HARMONIOUS SHAPES”

1976 Mido launched its first Baroncelli model 40 years or so ago. Mido presented a new collection which perpetuates the spirit of the line. The line consists of purely classical interpretation, inspired by the sublime and timeless aesthetic of stringed instruments. Today, we take a look at the Baroncelli Roman White Ladies Ref. M7600.4.21.1. The Baroncelli collection launched in tribute of their own 40 years of product line with Mido, and it's a very straightforward piece of watchmaking.

Mido Baroncelli Roman White Ladies - Bracelet Ref. M7600.4.21.1

The Baroncelli Roman White Ladies Ref. M7600.4.21.1 design elements have been influenced by the architecture of the Rennes Opera House in France, unveiled in 1836, since then, it boasts harmonious and elegant architecture, with outstanding interior decoration. The Baroncelli reflects this elegance and grandeur of the 18th-century architecture that the Opera House beholds.

Let's dive into the dimensions of this Ladies Mido, available in stainless steel case measuring at 29mm wide and 37mm from lugs to lugs, totally a perfect fitting and proportion even for the slimmest wrist. The Baroncelli nails best would be its thickness. At 8.65mm in height, keeping its thin and elegance for anyone to strap on and out for corporate meetings and dinner dates at your favorite restaurants. The case is sophisticated from the top; for an instant, the thin bezel creates more dial and old-school dress watch look. And the slightly thick lugs allowing the Baroncelli to feel sturdy with much versatility and then some. All these little details enhance the wrist presence and experience for the wearer thoroughly.

Guilloche textured dial w/ Roman numerals

Speaking on architecture influence, if anyone of you has been to the Rennes Opera House, once knows the glass windows and old concrete walls plays an essential factor in the old-school cathedral charm of the 18th-century. If anyone of you disbelieve this, I strongly suggest heading there and spend some time there. Within minutes you will be enticed by the surrounding atmosphere where the old-school warmth absorbed into you, creating a sort of elevated mood.

That same experience is adopted here when one glance underneath the flat sapphire crystal of the Baroncelli Roman White. The multi-finished white dial is further divided into two, which evokes both elegance and certain mystery while allow one to admire when glancing for time-check, allowing the different decorative finishings to dance freely depending on how the light hits the surface. The inner section separated by a round metal trim, gets a sunburst white finishings of decorative guilloche texture. The lustre effects go beyond the inner dial with circular ribbings running on the outer circumference where the hour markers are.  To top things off, Roman numerals are painted in deep blue on the periphery with matching small blue strokes at the minute intervals. The "Mido" logo applied on the top of the dial whereas the “Automatic” font balanced below. Dress watch kind of watchmaking gets pretty hard done as there are only a few elements to play within, but Mido nails a unique way to display the date window perfectly on the dial without interrupting any elements.

Mido caliber based on the ETA C07.611 / 2824-2

Under the dial spots, the Swiss Caliber ETA 2671 automatic movement from Mido. The ETA 2671 is the essential automatic watch movement for this ladies collection— a diameter of 17.2mm with a full 80-hour power reserve with 25 jewels count. The movement is considered in-house as MIDO is part of the Swatch group family, and the features an ETAChron regulating system spring with its frequency of 28,800 Hz for and having date adjustment. The ETA 2671 inside the Baroncelli makes it so value-driven as it hoods one of the highest-quality movements today at an exceptional price point.

Finally, the 15mm multi-links bracelet made of steel with the same impeccable finishing, give the Baroncelli Roman White Ladies the superb versatility yet elegance watch-look.

Open case-back exhibition

Ladies' mechanical watches in the current watch trend are booming, leaning lesser towards just decorative fashionable quartz wristlets that tell times, and they are more than a niche market. They are more insightful towards the timepieces they choose, while not towards the masculinity side of Men's timepieces but picking one up tastefully. Everything on the Mido Roman White Ladies Ref. M7600.4.21.1 has been piece together beautifully in both the design and how its executed — offering incredible details that make it one of the most refined pieces in the collection. It further looks both elegant and reliable, with its heritage of a century worth of watchmaking prowess, and an undisrupted mechanical line since the early days. Ladies can now be a very satisfying watch to wear the Baroncelli every day while still able to admire what ticks inside it now and then.