{"id":23126,"date":"2017-04-17T07:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-17T05:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com?p=23126"},"modified":"2017-03-30T12:06:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:06:13","slug":"bovet-two-centuries-of-virtuosity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/bovet-two-centuries-of-virtuosity.html","title":{"rendered":"Bovet : Two centuries of virtuosity"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Virtuoso VIII<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>CASE<\/strong> : white gold, red gold or platinum, sapphire back, 12 o\u2019clock crown set with a cabochon, water-resistant to 30m<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIAMETER<\/strong> : 44mm<\/p>\n<p><strong>MOVEMENT<\/strong> : mechanical hand-winding (Caliber 17BMos-GD, 10-day power reserve), rounded-off and polished attachments, Fleurisanne decorative engraving, patented tridimensional toothing with multiple gearing of one of its pinions, patented spherical differential, patented double face tourbillon<\/p>\n<p><strong>FUNCTIONS<\/strong> : hours, minutes, seconds, large date, power-reserve display DIAL : black lacquered, ivory lacquered or aventurine<\/p>\n<p><strong>STRAP<\/strong> : full grain alligator leather with red or white gold pin buckle<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIMITED SERIES<\/strong> : 80 movements<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One might as well say right away that summing up in just a few lines five pages of a press kit \u2013 as well as an exciting and detailed presentation during the SIHH \u2013 is tantamount to sacrilege and by nature over-simplistic. Issued to mark the 195th anniversary of the founding of Bovet, the Virtuoso VIII from the Fleurier Grandes Complications collection is a concentrated blend of decorative arts, chronometry, radical aesthetics and functionality. Could this be the year the Maison earns a richly deserved award at the Grand Prix d\u2019Horlogerie de Gen\u00e8ve ? Artfully hollowed out into a series of scrolls, the bridges of this new Manufacture caliber are respectfully turned towards the titanium carriage of the patented double face flying tourbillon, beautifully set amid a decorative environment dedicated to artisan-style Haute Horlogerie. Displayed above it and striking a proud contrast in glossy black lacquer sits the display of its 10-day power reserve (supplied by a single barrel with a patented spherical differential). Its legibility matches that of the big date appearing opposite. The seconds make for equally smooth and easy reading, indicated with the same care and a certain degree of originality by the marker screwed to the carriage wheel, featuring an arrow overlooking the black graduated 60-seconds ring dial. Adding an ultimate touch of refinement, Bovet gives collectors a choice between three precious metals and three dial variations housing a total of 80 movements that may be personalized as desired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One might as well say right away that summing up in just a few lines five pages of a press kit \u2013 as well as an exciting and detailed presentation during the SIHH \u2013 is tantamount to sacrilege and by nature over-simplistic. Issued to mark the 195th anniversary of the founding of Bovet, the Virtuoso VIII from the Fleurier Grandes Complications collection is a concentrated blend of decorative arts, chronometry, radical aesthetics and functionality. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":23122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23126"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23126"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23126\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23128,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23126\/revisions\/23128"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23126"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23126"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23126"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}