2019
WITH THE NEW 46.3MM TOURBILLON AMADÉO FLEURIER
VIRTUOSO IX, Bovet again creates a complex tourbillon movement
with a host of functions in the convertible Amedeo case. Here you’ll
find off-centered hours, minutes, seconds (on the tourbillon), big
date, power reserve indicator, second time zone with 24-hour hand
and 24-city disc. The all-new Bovet caliber generates ten-day power
reserve wound quickly thanks to a twice-patented spherical differential
winding system. And all this is nicely proportioned with a stunning
blue flinqué dial. Bovet explains that to create this dial, its artisans first
guilloche the base material with a fan motif. Eight layers of translucent
lacquer are then applied before the surface of the dial is polished.
Bovet makes the watches with a red gold, white gold or platinum case.
PIAGET ADDS AT LEAST THREE NEW ALTIPLANO watches to its
collection of manual-wind ultra-thin timepieces. Two of the new
pieces feature meteorite dials and the third offers a baguette-set
bezel and markers. The Piaget Altiplano with grey/brown meteorite
dial ($24,600) is set in a 40mm pink gold case and is limited to
300 pieces. The second meteorite dial, this time a blue one, is on
the 41mm pink gold Piaget Altiplano Tourbillon (a 28-piece limited
edition—price upon request) and the 36mm Altiplano with blue
dial and diamond bezel/markers ($59,000) is a limited edition of
twenty-eight. Prices noted are subject to change.
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