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Sharing my new Bovet 19thirty
Just arrived today (preowned but virtually new), over the moon with first impressions. Have been learning about Bovet and increasingly obsessed over the last few months and feel so fortunate to now have one in the collection.
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Sharing my new Bovet 19thirty
Just arrived today (preowned but virtually new), over the moon with first impressions. Have been learning about Bovet and increasingly obsessed over the last few months and feel so fortunate to now have one in the collection. ...
Thanks for sharing
We don’t see many and that strap/clasp mechanism is so unique. Looks very cool.
Congratulations!
Thanks for sharing pictures of this unique and wonderful piece. Bovet makes some incredibly unique, interesting and superb watches!
Congratulations and thanks for sharing this Bovet given we don’t see many examples.
I am intrigued by its lug ends…is this strap styling based on a pocket watch ‘conversion’ into a wristwatch? I ask based on the crown placement.
Correct…
…the name 19thirty even alludes to a time when Bovet was at the end of its pocket watch era. The watch is meant to recall these pocket watches both with the crown placement but also the case shape and the dials/fonts.
Congrats, such a lovely and charming piece.
Always like there watches but never pulled the trigger
Continued impressions…
Obviously have been wearing this almost nonstop, so thought I’d share a few additional thoughts. First, the watch can be positioned nicely as a desk clock under your computer monitor even though it doesn’t have the Amadeo system of other bovet’s. It has t...