Sunday, May 1, 2022, marks 200 years since Bovet founder Edouard Bovet, a watchmaker from Fleurier, Switzerland, founded the London-based Bovet watch company. The founder is believed to be an avid traveler and sold four complicated watches during a trip to China that today each cost more than $1 million. Due to this remarkable history, House of BOVET closely linked with tourism. The House collection is complete with a number of double, triple and world watches, all of which have been very successful with collectors worldwide over the past 20 years. To celebrate the company’s biennial, Bovet introduced a watch like the New Orbis Mundi. This new watch shows at a glance all 24 time zones fully adjustable through its iconic real sapphire-cabochon crown.
Bovet 1822
Bovet has never been a company afraid to experiment. In the recent past, the Récital 22 Grand Récital watch that has won Bovet’s Aiguille d’Or since 2018 features a perpetual calendar and narrated world time display. In 2020, Bovet introduced the Récital 26 Chapter Two, an award-winning watch at GPHG 2020 for the ‘Mechanical Exception’, featuring a universal time sub-dial at three o’clock, lifting the display of multiple time zones. go a step further. After two years of meticulous development, the company introduced another miracle – the caliber 15BM01HU in-house movement.
Bovet 1822
The Orbis Mundi, Latin for ‘world’, comes in a case in either 42mm Grade 5 titanium or scientifically designed 18k red gold. A slightly domed Aventurine glass covers the dial. The world time display is located in the center of the watch, surrounded by a 24-hour ring in Arabic numerals. Local time display on the last ring with 12 Roman numerals. Turning the crown counterclockwise will set the hours and minutes, and turning it clockwise will set the dial with a unique 24 world time zone. The fourth wheel is visible from the large cutout at the traditional six o’clock position with the three-pointed seconds hand and the 20-second mark at the bottom of the dial. The power reserve indicator is located at three o’clock, highlighting the amazing and useful seven-day power reserve with a single barrel running at 3 Hz using all 246 components. together. Finely finished, the Orbis Mundi stands out for its ease of use and the iconic Fleurier case, a true symbol of two centuries of watchmaking excellence. This watch has a thin 11.25 mm bezel, providing optimal wearer comfort.
Bovet 1822
The screw-down sapphire crystal allows collectors to appreciate every detail of this finely finished hand-winding movement, polished, angled and decorated like a complication. High of the House of BOVET.
