Virtuoso XI

• Limited Edition: The artisans at BOVET can only produce one or two a month.
• Case: 18K White Gold “Writing Slope” Case set with brilliant-white diamonds (optional).
• Size: 44 mm
• Movement: Hand wound and Skeletonized re-engineered Virtuoso VII manufacture movement
• Function: Hours, minutes. 60-seconds Flying Tourbillon
• Power Reserve: approximately 10 days with a single barrel
• Water Resistance: 30 m
• Dial: Fully skeletonized with incredible transparency. Every plate, bridge and surface is fully hand-engraved.
• Caseback: Sapphire glass
• Strap/Bracelet: Black Alligator strap, 18K white gold buckle
• Factory Warranty: 5 years

The House of Bovet Introduces the Virtuoso XI, which combines contemporary high watchmaking with artisanal hand-finishing and hand-engraving. 

The delicate dance when skeletonizing a movement is to remove enough material to enhance the aesthetics and completely show the inner workings, while still keeping the movement robust enough to function impeccably. Take away too much material from the bridges, for example, and they could deform and damage the performance of the movement.

With the Virtuoso XI, the movement was specifically conceived and designed from the start to have enough space to engrave both sides of the bridges and plates, and room to admire them, and the result is exceptional.

The hand-engraving for the Virtuoso XI takes around 60 hours for the movement and the Writing Slope case. The engraving is done free-hand and leaves no room for mistakes.

The decoration is Bovet’s own Fleurisanne motif. Inspired by the tree leaf pattern on Greek columns from centuries ago.

The flying tourbillon movement draws its energy from a single barrel that ensures more than 10 days of power reserve (240 hours, when the industry standard is 42-48 hours), all while maintaining the balance wheel’s oscillations at 18,000 vph.

Finally, the long power reserve, provided by a single barrel, would require meticulous winding if not for the spherical differential winding system. Because of this system, the number of crown turns needed for full winding of the mainspring is halved without increasing friction and forces exerted on the gears.

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