The Bauer is essentially a Baby Browning, the only difference is the direction you twist the barrel during disassembly if I remember correctly, as for quality the Bauer I have is not as carefully finished but that's a superficial difference.
I have BB's (Including the Bauer) made by FN, and a South African P.A.F. Junior and also one made by PSA under license. I never read whether or not the P.A.F. Junior or the Bauer bothered to buy into a licensing agreement.
There was also a copy shown in Hanriot's Ebook about Baby Brownings, and he can find no reference to where it was made or who by.
As neat as the striker fired .25's are I always prefer a hammer, and my own opinion (As one who owns quite a few .25 ACP's strictly for range fun) the best one ever made was the Astra, of which I have a few. They have better sights than most and of course you can see at a glance if it's cocked from across the room.
I load my own .25 ACP in an RCBS Pro2000, but had to make a special shellplate to make that work as RCBS never made a shellplate for the progressives. And yes, they are tedious to load, but far cheaper than commercially loaded ammo, and I have loaded some up very hot, but I'd still never expect to use one for protection.
I feel that most people only think of firearms as personal protection, and that's a little sad, because many pistols are not suited to CC but are very fun to own and shoot. An example is the large gas operated pistols, and on down to tiny parlor pistols. But for me it has to have good sights and, as I said, a hammer, to be interesting for range use. Tiny pistols of all kinds are interesting though as collectables, which most of mine are, along with many full sized pistols I wouldn't trust for defense.
To carry a gun for elf defense means familiarity that does not require thinking about the controls under high stress, how many rounds the mag holds, whether it's cocked and locked or whether it's extremely reliable or not, to my way of thinking. But the great thing about having many firearms is that the great majority never need to conform to those strictures to be enjoyed for a lifetime.