{"id":5277,"date":"2013-06-24T15:12:06","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T14:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/preprod.gmtmag.com\/?p=5277"},"modified":"2016-06-17T16:52:58","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T14:52:58","slug":"bovet-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/nouveaute-en-n-en\/focus-2\/bovet-19.html","title":{"rendered":"Bovet : An accomplished alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>Amadeo Virtuoso<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Case\u2009:<\/strong> convertible (wrist watch, pocket watch, table watch) in white or red gold. Sapphire back <strong>Diameter\u2009:<\/strong> 45 mm\u00a0 <strong>Movement\u2009:<\/strong> hand-wound tourbillon (Calibre 16BM02AI-HSMR), 439 parts, 5 day power reserve, Fine Watchmaking finishes, engraved d\u00e9cor <strong>Functions\u2009:<\/strong> jumping hours, retrograde minutes, seconds on the tourbillon, power reserve, reversed hand-fitting <strong>Strap\u2009:<\/strong> full-grain alligator leather<strong> Water resistance\u2009:<\/strong> 30 m <strong>Limited edition\u2009:<\/strong> 50 of each version<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"contenu_article\">The aptly named <strong>Virtuoso tourbillon<\/strong> combines technicality and aesthetics with rare virtuosity. Housed in a revisited Amadeo case with a more sensual curve and a crown-integrated convertibility system, it displays instantaneous-type jumping hours, jumping retrograde minutes and a remarkable power reserve \u2013 all along the same axis. The overall readability and refinement might tempt one to overlook the sheer complexity of the construction. The tourbillon mechanism, which fills the lower half of the dial, is characterised by a balance with three blued weights \u2013 echoing the design of the Rising Star tourbillon \u2013 an escapement wheel connected to its axis by two curved spokes instead of four straight ones and a tail lever inspired by those used in pocket watches in the second half of the 19th century. Thanks to the Amadeo system, the Virtuoso tourbillon presents a second face with reversed hand-fitting which displays the hours and minutes in traditional fashion, with hands. In true Bovet style, it boasts a distinctive engraved d\u00e9cor despite a surface area limited by the light, airy architecture of the movement.<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The aptly named <strong>Virtuoso tourbillon<\/strong> combines technicality and aesthetics with rare virtuosity. Housed in a revisited Amadeo case with a more sensual curve and a crown-integrated convertibility system, it displays instantaneous-type jumping hours, jumping retrograde minutes and a remarkable power reserve \u2013 all along the same axis. The overall readability and refinement might tempt one to overlook the sheer complexity of the construction. The tourbillon mechanism, which fills the lower half of the dial, is characterised by a balance with three blued weights \u2013 echoing the design of the Rising Star tourbillon \u2013 an escapement wheel connected to its axis by two curved spokes instead of four straight ones and a tail lever inspired by those used in pocket watches in the second half of the 19th century. Thanks to the Amadeo system, the Virtuoso tourbillon presents a second face with reversed hand-fitting which displays the hours and minutes in traditional fashion, with hands. In true Bovet style, it boasts a distinctive engraved d\u00e9cor despite a surface area limited by the light, airy architecture of the movement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":5274,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[80],"tags":[136],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5277"}],"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=5277"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15744,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5277\/revisions\/15744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gmtmag.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}