Watch: 3 Minutes with Daniil Medvedev
BOVET owner Pascal Raffy first started working with Daniil Medvedev in 2019. Intrigued by his unusual style and a strategical savvy, Mr. Raffy arranged a meeting with him to explore how they could work together. Mr. Raffy was impressed with Daniil’s intelligence and maturity, and the partnership was born.
Daniil is a whirlwind on the tennis court, chasing down everything and using his booming serve and powerful groundstrokes to control the match.
Not just a physically gifted player, Daniil is considered a true game-changer of the sport. Now ranked number seven in the world, Daniil is approaching the 2025 season with both optimism and expectation. We recently spent time with Daniil in Monaco, where he lives. We had the opportunity to do a photo and video shoot with him, as well as sit down with him, one-on-one, to do an interview.
Connecting with BOVET
Question: How did you connect with BOVET?
Answer for Daniil Medvedev (DM): My agent got in touch with BOVET and as soon as he told me about it, I thought it was a great project. BOVET has a history with tennis, they have the best timepieces in the world, so I wanted to represent the brand. To me, the idea was very interesting and we decided to work together.
Even before my first breakthrough, we connected with Mr. Raffy, and, straight away, I felt a kind of connection, a little bit like a family connection. So, yeah, we decided to go further together, and I did some amazing things, and BOVET was always by my side, and I am really happy to continue working together.
Q: What do you like about BOVET?
DM: What I like the most about BOVET is, that I think, just like me in tennis, BOVET thinks a lot about details. And like in tennis, if you want to be the best, you need to think about the tiniest details, you need to search for perfection, and that’s what BOVET does, on a daily basis. And that’s, I think, what I like the most.

Q: What do you like about BOVET timepieces?
DM: I like the style. The timepieces have unbelievable mechanisms and the design of each is so special. All of them are limited and exclusive. It’s super cool to know that you can have a timepiece that no one else has. I feel you can find anything you want in the BOVET collection.
Q: What values do you share with BOVET?
DM: The main one is loyalty. That’s what I try to do with every company I work with. We can have good moments and bad ones, and we go through them together. It is important for me to know that even during the tough moments, we stay together. I know a lot of people in the company and it’s like a big family. We have each other’s back.

The APERTO 1
With the introduction of the APERTO 1, Italian for “Open,” BOVET and Pininfarina unveil a highly contemporary take on this traditional design ethic.
Looking ahead
Q: In 2025, there are higher expectations as a result of your successes in the past. Does this worry you or does it motivate you?
DM: High expectations motivate me. I have to work hard in practice. I try to win every match I play. It’s match by match to win a tournament. In Grand Slams, it’s seven matches to win the tournament. It doesn’t matter where you are ranked. My expectation is higher, and the better I do, the better I want to do.
Q: What are your goals for 2025?
DM: I don’t really set goals for tournaments, we have 20 or so tournaments, and some are more important than others. I want to win all of them. I don’t want to set a goal of winning the French Open, because if I don’t achieve it, it can have a negative mental influence. My first goal is to continue working hard, trying my best, so after the season I can say I had no regrets and I will try to do better next season. I will learn from my successes and my mistakes. I don’t want to live a life with regrets.

Q: Tennis is one of the few sports that are not bound by time. Are you aware of the time while you are playing?
DM: Sometimes, I am aware of the time. Sometimes I play a night match, so I am aware of how late it is, because I have to worry about when I can get to bed so I can be rested for the next match. During a night match, for example, I could be close to winning, then something happens and the match starts to get away from me and go longer, so I might look at the time to see when I might be able to get to sleep.
If I have to play seven hours to win a match, I will. I sometimes think about closing it out quicker, but each match is different.
I look at the time clock all the time. We only have 25 seconds to hit the next serve, so that’s important to keep track of.

The Récital 12
The Récital 12 features a new 40mm case, a redesigned and reconfigured manual-wind movement, and the aforementioned bracelet – all in titanium.
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The APERTO 1
Italian for “open,” discover a highly contemporary take on a traditional design ethic.
The Récital 12
Featuring a new 40mm case, a redesigned and reconfigured manual-wind movement, all in titanium.
Q: Tennis is one of the few sports that are not bound by time. Are you aware of the time while you are playing?
“I look at the time clock all the time. We only have 25 seconds to hit the next serve, so that’s important to keep track of.”
Daniil Medvedev