The Baume and Mercier Riviera XXL Jump Hour reminds me somewhat of the Hublot $1m Big Bang, featured on this blog some time ago.

Here is the Baume and Mercier Riviera XXL Jump Hour:

and here is the Hublot $1m Big Bang:

The comments I made about the latter apply equally to the former. I have repeated them below, substituting Baume and Mercier for Hublot:

Don’t know about you, but the [Baume and Mercier Riviera XXL Jump Hour] does nothing for me. Not as a watch, anyway. I prefer to see it as an exquisite piece of jewellery.  In my opinion, there are only so many diamonds this side of decadence.