BOVET'S CRAFTSMANSHIP

BOVET perpetuates the tradition in decorative arts for its dials and movements that made its watches among the most treasured luxury objects of the 19th century. 
 

Today workmanship, mother-of-pearl, miniatures and engraving continue to set BOVET watches apart as distinctive works of art. Miniature painting takes more than seventy hours of concentration and sixty or more firings in a kiln to distil the emotion of a portrait or the drama of a wildlife study.
 

Decorating a movement is also a delicate operation involving a vast array of tiny details, many of which are hidden, and all of which require a specialist’s hand. Movements for the Fleurier line are richly engraved in BOVET’s own fleurisanne style, sometimes enamelled and set with split pearls, whereas Sportster movements are finished in the classic Côtes de Genève decoration with screws and rotor blued by fire.