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Company type | Privately held company |
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Industry | Watchmaking |
Founded | 1 May 1822 |
Founder | Edouard Bovet |
Headquarters | , |
Products | Wristwatches |
Website | www |
Bovet Fleurier SA is a Swiss brand of luxury watchmakers chartered 1 May 1822 in London, UK by Édouard Bovet. It is most noted for its pocket watches manufactured for the Chinese market in the 19th century. Today it produces high-end artistic watches (priced between US$18,000 and $2.5 million) with a style that references its history.
The company is known for its high-quality dials (such as the Fleurier Miniature Painting models), engraving and its seven-day tourbillon.[1] The original Bovet watches were also among the first to emphasize the beauty of their movements with skeletonized views and highly decorative movements.[2] Bovet watches were also among the first to include a second hand[1] while the company has a tradition of employing women artisans, which is rare for traditional watch making companies in Europe.[3] Pascal Raffy is the current owner.[4]