Twenty years made the most expensive watches in the world

within twenty yearsFounded by Edward Boveيه and his brothers who enjoyed the insight into the success of the Maison BOVET, which depended on the flourishing trade with China.

From London to Canton: The watchmaker Edouard Bovet left his village of Fleurier with أJoye Alphonse and Frédéric in 1814, heading to London, which at that time was a major trading center for European watchmaking.

In 1818, at the age of twenty-one, Edouard Bovet left for China as a representative of an American merchantsurviveLizzie, departing from London on 20 April on the East India Company's steamer Orwell, and arriving on 10000 August in Canton, the obligatory entry point for goods from Europe. Soon he was able to sell four pocket watches for XNUMX Swiss francs, which is the equivalent of one million francs in today's currency. Founded by Edward who أRealizing the extraordinary potential of the Chinese market, BOVET House in 1822, together with his brothers Frédéric, Alphonse, Gustave and Charles. Their business stretched from Fleurier, where pocket watches were made, to London, which was the center of trading, and Canton, where BOVET watches were sold.

The hourat Chinese: The Chinese, who had long admired decorative and ornamental watches in a variety of forms, appeared with the arrival of pocket watches. With their “Chinese Watches”, the Bovet brothers established a form of watchmaking that took the arts of watchmaking to new heights. The movements were distinguished by the richness of their decoration, while the frames of the watches were gold-plated or made of gold. Its edges are often studded, and sometimesً Bows with half-pearl. The cover could be decorated with a stylized painting, and sometimes with an enameled drawing, and this prompted the Bovet brothers to commission the great painters and artاNin enamel specialists from Geneva create exceptional works, often depicting a scenea rusticanimals or people.

Another feature of this “Chinese watch” is that they are sold in pairs, and the enamel graphics on the two watches are usually the same but in reverse.

" BO WEIThe movements are engraved with traditional Chinese motifs such as spiral motifs and fluorescent patterns, while others were mirror-polished, ornate, or inlaid with flowers carved from gold. The company also adopted three Chinese symbols - the lotus flower, the incense burner, and the vase - for its distinctive signature of the watches. The most emblematic of these is the ornate lotus flower, which today adorns the movements of the Maison BOVET.

engraved name Bovet In the middle of each of these symbols, who wrote "Bo Wei', in Chinese characters. And after gainingت The house has a solid reputation, it has become a name.”Bo Wei” is synonymous with the word “hour” in everyday language, and was even a form of currency for trade in the empire.

Al Buffet in China: With their commercial passion and open mindset, the BOVET brothers were able to meet the special expectations of their Chinese customers, as attested by the numerous messages sent to their workshops that sought to improve their collections to better suit the requirements of the Far Eastern market.

The Bovet brothers have been called the "Chinese Bovet" as a result of their domination of the Swiss watch trade in the "Heavenly Empire" for centuries. A street in the village of Fleurier still bears this family's name to this day.

Coming home: After making his fortune in China and securing work for 175 artists in Val-de-Travere, Edouard Bovey returnedه To Fleurier in 1830, accompanied by his young son, Edouard George.. They founded a family in a house known as the “Chonois Palace” built by Edouard Beauvais. This building is currently used as a Town hall

In 1840, the Buffet brothers decided to increase the company's capital to one million Swiss francs, a huge sum at that time. The international reputation of Maison BOVET has outstripped that of its competitors thanks to its good commercial intuition. It was the first to offer back transparent watch frames to customers who were fond of fine mechanics. The movements were distinguished by an elaborate decoration that made Fleurier's engravings famous.

Share Edouard BuffYeh, a republican, in the failed uprising of 1831, but fled to BزانسWen, where he lived in exile for seventeen years, then returned to his village of Fleurier in 1848 before dying in 1849.

1818 – 2018 : Celebrating 200 yearsa Upon Edouard Bovet's arrival in China, it was only natural that Pascal Raffy and the artists at the Manufacture chose to develop a watch dedicated to the world of travel – presenting a watch Edouard Bovet Tourbillon Triple time zone with hemispherical maps of the Earth, Watch equipped with a reverse time indicator on the second faceTime display on both sides of the movement, and a ten-day power reserve. This Manufacture's caliber is also fitted to the Amadeo logo convertible bezel. Thanks to a patent granted in 2010, the Amadeo system turns a watch into a reversible wristwatch, table clock, or pocket watch without the need for a أي tools.