1840
Frédéric Bovet leaves London for Fleurier where he manages the firm’s watchmaking workshops, which at the time employed 175 people.
1849
Edouard Bovet died in Fleurier at the age of 52. At this time, the Fleurier Watch had acquired a real monopoly in China. For a long time BOVET was synonym of watch for the celestial (Chinese people) and even a trade currency within the country. «(The watch Chinese;) A. Chapuis»
1855
During the first universal exhibition held in Paris, BOVET wins the gold medal in the category ‘luxury’ for a pair of enameled watches commissioned by the Emperor of China.
1889
Fritz Bovet, the eldest son of Alphonse, files a patent for a flyback chronograph equipped with a seconds-hand, minute-counter and hour-counter allowing measurements of up to 24 hours. This ingenious mechanism offered the possibility of using the chronograph as a second time zone.
1939
BOVET files a patent for the Easel watch, which allows for the use of a pocket watch as a table clock, and a patent for the Mono Split Second chronograph which today remains highly sought-after by collectors.