Signé Magazine
Browse
  • Horology
  • Automotive
  • Fashion
    • Accessories
    • Gear
    • Insider
  • Art & Design
  • Lifestyle
    • Dining
    • Grooming
    • Hotel & Spa
    • Property
    • Travel
  • More
    • Auctions
    • Philanthropy
Search
Signé Magazine
Signé Magazine
  • Horology
  • Automotive
  • Fashion
    • Accessories
    • Gear
    • Insider
  • Art & Design
  • Lifestyle
    • Dining
    • Grooming
    • Hotel & Spa
    • Property
    • Travel
  • More
    • Auctions
    • Philanthropy
  • Watches

Bovet Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter One with Red Quartz Dial

  • January 30, 2020
  • 3 minute read

To begin the year 2020, BOVET 1822 has commemorated the three international distinctions awarded to the tourbillon Récital 26 Brainstorm Chapter One, by manufacturing an exclusive edition of only 10 timepieces, characterized by a hemispherical dial sculpted from a block of red quartz.

This exceptional timepiece presents a host of innovations and gives a glimpse of the scope of the unprecedented possibilities for interpreting timekeeping offered by the “writing slope” case. For this first Brainstorm® chapter, Mr. Raffy wanted a sapphire model. Chosen for its crystalline transparency, sapphire is also the second hardest material known after diamond. The lightness of sapphire is also unsurpassed, and in fact weighs less than titanium.

This novel choice represented a major challenge for Maison BOVET’s technicians. While sapphire cases have been in use for almost forty years, their designs have, up to present, remained relatively simple, due to the machining and polishing constraints posed by this extremely hard material. The asymmetric profile of the middle, bezel, and glass of the “writing slope” case confronted engineers and technicians with hitherto unresolved difficulties.

Bovet Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter One with Red Quartz Dial

The middle and glass ultimately form a single element that respects the original design of the collection’s inclined cases. The back consists of a bezel and four horns that have been machine-cut from grade 5 titanium. The bezel features a sapphire glass that opens generously onto the back of the movement and reveals a wealth of secrets. In order to optimize transparency and ergonomics, BOVET 1822’s watchmakers decided to fasten the movement in the back rather than inside the middle as is usually the case.

The movement chosen to occupy this three-dimensional panoramic showcase is regulated by the patented double face flying tourbillon. It features a variable inertia balance for even greater chronometry through the use of a traditional hairspring. Mastery of hairspring production sets BOVET apart, a rarified science mastered by very few watchmakers. The new caliber draws its energy from a single barrel that guarantees 10 days’ power reserve despite numerous animated complications. To decrease the winding time, BOVET developed the doubly patented spherical differential winding system that halves the number of turns of the crown required to wind the timepiece completely.

Brainstorm® displays the hours and minutes offset at 12 o’clock. As it is the highest section under the case’s pronounced dome, the watchmakers have manufactured a special high hand-fitting. An index screwed onto the carriage wheel along with two of the carriage bridge’s arms follow one another 120° apart, crossing the graduated seconds sector in a main dial milling.

To accentuate the transparency of the case, the power reserve is displayed via a printed cam that shows the energy available through a “crescent-shaped” indicator placed at 4 o’clock. Positioned symmetrically at 8 o’clock, a big date almost mysteriously appears in a circular aperture. The entire mechanism is revealed to the collector’s eye, who will be able to appreciate its finest details through the use of the sapphire units disk that provides the necessary transparency.

Bovet Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter One with Red Quartz Dial case back

At 12 o’clock, nestled in the volume of the hours and minutes dial, arises a three-dimensional moon phase, whose dome’s camber masterfully counters the curves of the dial. For heightened realism, the lunar dome’s surface is engraved, and the lower sections filled with Superluminova®. The sky is represented here in its finest expression. BOVET 1822’s dial-makers have achieved an impressive feat by setting two circular aventurine glass plates in the pronounced curve of the hemispherical moon phase indicator. The moon phases are thus read with a striking realism through the two circular apertures that overlook the dome.

The dial of this new timepiece is a pronounced red quartz dome whose transparency allows the collector’s eye to roam unencumbered over the movement’s different layers.

The movement, entirely developed and manufactured in BOVET 1822’s offices and workshops, reveals a stepped architecture whose succession of inclined planes carries all the movement’s mobiles and components. This offers a host of advantages. First of all, it makes it possible to optimally fill the volume of the middle’s V-shaped profile for enhanced ergonomics and an aesthetic worthy of the most demanding criteria in fine watchmaking craftsmanship. Each indication hinges on an axis perpendicular to the bezel’s inclined plane, offering the best legibility from the most natural angle and positioning on the wrist.

This specific construction in sapphire created a set of unprecedented difficulties for all the artisans. Micro-engineers, decorators, dial-makers, and watchmakers together succeeded in meeting the many challenges presented by this new case material in the Récital 26.

The Tourbillon Brainstorm Chapter One is limited to sixty movements. But only ten exclusive timepieces adorned with a red quartz dial will be manufactured.

Related Topics
  • Bovet
  • Bovet Récital 26 Brainstorm® Chapter One with Red Quartz Dial
You May Also Like
Patek Philippe Grand Complications Sky Moon Tourbillon – Ref 6002G-001 sold at Christie's
View Post
  • Auctions
  • Watches

Patek Philippe ‘Sky Moon Tourbillon’ Breaks Record At Christie’s Online Sale

  • March 28, 2023
Breitling 6 New Premier Models 2023
View Post
  • Watches

Breitling’s 6 New Premiers Celebrate 80 Years of The Historic Chronograph

  • March 28, 2023
Watches & Wonders Geneva 2023
View Post
  • Watches

Geneva Set To Welcome Watch Enthusiasts During The W&W 2023 Week

  • March 26, 2023
Ressence Type 1 Round
View Post
  • Watches

The New Ressence Flavours At Watches & Wonders 2023

  • March 23, 2023
Angelus Médical x Massena Lab Chronographe
View Post
  • Watches

The Specialist: Angelus Chronographe Médical x Massena Lab Watch

  • March 19, 2023
HUBLOT x ARTIST DANIEL ARSHAM
View Post
  • Watches

Daniel Arsham, Artist & Hublot’s New Brand Ambassador

  • March 11, 2023
Girard Perregaux Laureato 2023
View Post
  • Watches

Beautifully Translucent: The New Laureato Absolute Models

  • March 6, 2023
Moser Cie Tantalum
View Post
  • Watches

H. Moser’s New Endeavour Perpetual Calendar Debuts Tantalum

  • March 1, 2023
FEATURED POSTS
  • The Crossing - Grand Master Chef Imtiaz Qureshi
    Master Chef Imtiaz Qureshi To Take Command At The Crossing In April
    • 30.03.23
    • 2 min
  • RM Sothebys Michael Schumacher Ferrari F1-2000 Chassis 198
    Michael Schumacher’s F1 Ferrari Is Up For Sale
    • 29.03.23
    • 5 min
  • Phillips x Bacs & Russo exhibition of last Qing Emperor Artefacts
    The Last Qing Emperor’s Artefacts, A Phillips Exhibition
    • 29.03.23
    • 4 min
  • Patek Philippe Grand Complications Sky Moon Tourbillon – Ref 6002G-001 sold at Christie's
    Patek Philippe ‘Sky Moon Tourbillon’ Breaks Record At Christie’s Online Sale
    • 28.03.23
    • 2 min
  • Breitling 6 New Premier Models 2023
    Breitling’s 6 New Premiers Celebrate 80 Years of The Historic Chronograph
    • 28.03.23
    • 4 min
Follow Us
  • Instagram
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Make your Inbox more interesting.

Every alternate week get a packaged update from the world of luxury. A newsletter tastefully curated by the 'Keepers of Craft', Signé Magazine.

Signé Magazine
  • Contact Us
Keepers of Craft

Input your search keywords and press Enter.

 

Loading Comments...