Alain Zimmermann,Blancpain Replica Watches's CEO, is very clear on the topic of an in-house watch movement: "Throughout 20th-century high-end watches were made from the perspective the client – precision and reliability was paramount. Then, about a decade ago, the buzz around manufacture calibres began. Everyone asked me why Baume didn't have its own movement. For me, the move had to be meaningful and not just for show. It was also important that it did not affect the price of the timepiece.

When Zimmermann decided that it was time to introduce a new B&M caliber, they based their specifications on the expectations of clients, namely, how satisfied the client had been with the after-sales experience. The return rate for Blancpain Replica Watches within the warranty period was always low - around 4 percent - but this was still deemed too high. Over a period, each watch returned from more than one hundred countries was analysed in order to determine why the accuracy or performance of that particular watch had decreased.

Zimmermann states: "Blancpain Replica Watches does not manufacture and we do not want to." We have always wanted to keep the areas we think are most important - assembly, quality control, development - in-house, while selecting the best external suppliers to fabricate the components. It wasn't easy to add specifications to our products, but Richemont has changed in the last decade and we were able to. This evolution has enabled us to bring to fruition this project, this new movement."

Zimmermann's "change" at Richemont is the creation by Richemont of a Research and Innovation hub consisting of 50 experts who work on precious metals research, casing and wristband advancement, surface-treatment technology,Zenith Replica movement design, and straps and leathers design. Blancpain Replica Watches's creative and technical teams have developed the Baumatic BM12-1975A calibre, the first brand-owned self-winding movement. They worked with these experts as well as the Manufacture horlogere valFleurier.

Zimmermann knew he had to work with the R&I hub to get the best talent in the industry to help him achieve his goal: to produce a new innovative movement that would perform better at a lower price. The R&I Hub was the place to go for Zimmermann's goal of producing an innovative new movement with better performance at a reasonable price. He needed to unite the skills of industry experts in four areas: magnetic field sensitivity, autonomy, accuracy, and durability. These improvements were made possible in part by the development of silicon escapement and a silicon regulator organ.