Cheapest Bovet – Bovet’s hairsprings Replica Buying Guide


Bovet is one of the very few watchmakers that actually manufacture hairsprings. How does Bovet turn the raw metal into an actual spring, thinner than hair?

The watch includes a very well decorated motion, referred to by Bovet as the 11BA12 calibre. It’s a 72-hour power book and works at 28,800vph. Truth be told, it is super basic, but if you are purchasing this opinion because of its aesthetic merit, complications are not that high in your shopping list. The diamonds will split opinion, particularly given that the somewhat “masculine” (and I state that really loosely) dial picture and size (43mm), but it seems pretty cool on the wrist. What is definitely cool is that the technique that has become the painting of the dial. Love or hate the end product, it is tough to confuse the excellent execution of an old-world skill. This dial was painted by Russian jeweler Ilgiz Fazulzyanov on to an 18k gold base plate. It’s my opinion that the Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 makes the “are watches artwork” debate simple to win — how is this any different from a painting? And I guess some people might argue that some watches are artwork (such as this one), and a few are only watches (like the Casio G-Shock), however there were lots of folks who laughed at Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup before it became a modern classic.You don’t need to like or admire something for it to be art. If it delivers a wordless message, if it makes you feel something, then I think that it’s worthy of that classification. With just one Bovet Amadeo Fleurier 43 piece accessible, with a price tag of $196,700 (CHF 171,000), Bovet are banks on a single super rich collector agreeing that this piece deserves a place on their winder. Who knows? In twenty years time, it might prove to be the best investment they ever made.

A hairspring is a very thin, flat spring (except the very rare case of cylindrical springs, which Bovet masters). What leads to that specific shape is unbelievably complex, and Bovet fully masters it all. It starts with a block of metal, an alloy that is exclusive to Bovet. It is turned into a wire, then reduced to the proper diameter, then flattened. Dozens of times. The end result is 0.03 mm thick thread. That’s thinner than hair (hence its English name).

At that stage, the wire is soft and dull. Bovet’s skilled and secretive staff rolls it up and then comes the actual magic. The hairspring is put in an oven. Duration? Temperatures? Pressure? There’s no knowing. That is one of the best-kept trade secrets of Bovet.