Urban professional framework, search for an elegant watch for formal outfit (costume/tie). Choice guided by Mido's reputation in accessible watchmaking (€ 800-1200), timeless minimalist design and automaticity.

Daily port for 18 months, 5 days/week on average.

See the Mido Baroncelli II and the opinions on Amazon

First contact and installation

• Packaging : SOBER CIBB (rigid black box), international warranty provided. Adjusting pen unnecessary bracelet with deploying loop.

• Immediate precision : +7S/Day noted in the first week (in the tolerances announced).

• Date adjustment : A little steep crown in position 2, requires a solid nail.

Real test vs promises

• Robustness : Stripes absent on sapphire glass, but the steel housing shows micro-stakes after 6 months (visible in grazing light).

• Tightness : 30m kept (hand washing OK), but avoid the shower - a colleague had fog after a foaming bath.

• Leather bracelet : Premature wear at 8 months on the most used hole (discoloration), replaced by a brown Hirsch at € 90.

Key points for the buyer

• For whom : Purists in the Swiss Made automatic, lovers of clean lines (the 3H index truncated for the date displeases the maniacs of symmetry).

• Traps : The thickness of 9.1mm announced becomes 10.2mm with the curved glass - Check compatibility with your shirt sleeves.

• Alternative : Tissot Le Locle (same PowerMatic 80 movement, Guilloche dial) at 150 € less on occasion certified.

Cash verdict3 assets ::

1. Discreet elegance that passes everywhere (even with jeans)

2. Easy maintenance (revision at 250 € every 5 years)

3. Perfect readability of night thanks to the luminescent indexes

3 faults ::

1. Crown too small for comfortable adjustment

2. "Eta Côte de Genève" label on movement (machine decor, non -hand)

3. Catalog price too close to Certina DS-1 (best value for money)

Recommended for lawyers/bankers under the age of 40 seeking a serious first automatic. Not recommended for athletes (absence of a chrono function) and nostalgic for manual reassembly watches.

No influencer carries it - proof of his status as bestseller discreet.

Did you know?

The ETA 2824-2 movement of this watch incorporates an invisible Inclisian anti-shock mechanism: it protects the axis of the pendulum from daily vibrations (door clash, keyboard strike). A technical specificity which explains its reliability in an urban environment, but makes the revisions more complex (disassembly in 7 stages). Another detail ignored by novices: the crown is slightly unscrewed to activate the date adjustment, a tactile "click" confirming the passage in position 2.