When Pascal Raffy sets out to develop a new timepiece, he strives
to combine the talent of every artisan working on its design and on
the manufacture of each component. The Virtuoso VII Retrograde
Perpetual Calendar is no exception.
The Virtuoso II specialty calibre that equips this new timepiece first appeared in the collections in 2014.
This movement is adapted to the features of the Amadeo case and is capable of displaying the hours, minutes,
seconds and any conceivable complication simultaneously on its two faces. The perpetual calendar
complication is highly sought after by collectors by virtue of the ever-useful information it provides: day,
date, month and leap year cycle, with an accuracy that
requires no adjustments for 400 years.
Introduced in 2010, the Amadeo convertible case system
allows the timepiece to be transformed into a reversible
wristwatch, a table clock or a pocket watch without
the use of any tools. Available in red or white gold, the
Virtuoso VII Retrograde Perpetual Calendar offers a
black or white lacquered dial. Masters of personalisation,
the Bovet artisans can also use the full extent of
their talents to meet the specific requests of each collector,
if he or she so wishes.
By dividing up the seconds to obtain unparalleled chronometry
while simultaneously inviting collectors to
suspend time, the Virtuoso VII Perpetual Calendar
represents a piece of eternity as interpreted by Pascal
Raffy and the Bovet artisans, in a most noble expression
of time.
Source: Europa Star TIME.BUSINESS/TIME.KEEPER Dec. 2016 - Jan. 2017