Aside from the amazing flinqué guilloché and the spiky tourbillon carriage with its center sapphire, my favorite thing about the Bovet Virtuoso IX fake watch is the gothic-style font for the date display and the serpentine center minutes hand. This is an extremely decorative fake watch yet somehow subtle in design, with its matte white and rose gold details amidst that extraordinary deep blue background. The fact that it is also a dual timer with a flying tourbillon escapement is a bonus that adds mechanical virtuosity as well. Is it too lavish to be considered masculine?
SpecificationsBrand: Bovet Model: Virtuoso IX Case Dimensions: 46.30mm, 16mm thick Water Resistance: 30m Case Material: 18k red gold, white gold, or platinum Crystal: Sapphire crystal front and back Diamonds: 45 round brilliant diamonds totaling 0.1 carat Movement: Hand-wound caliber 17BM04-DFR Frequency: 18,000vph Power Reserve: 10 days Strap/Bracelet: Full skin alligator Price and availability: 230,000 CHF
Advertising Message AnalysisAt 46.3mm, this is a big watch, so it is not necessarily made for ladies. If it were decisively so, it would be set somewhere with diamonds, which is the main differentiator in an era when highly finished replica watches are made for both genders. Even the crown and strap attachment at 6 o'clock on the brand's signature Fleurier Amadeo convertible case is a decorative element ?is it meant to evoke a belt buckle or a handbag buckle? It could represent either. The case also works as a table clock, or a pocket watch, which not too many women wear.
The scroll-like "bris de verre?engraving and blue finish on the openworked bridges of the movement, seen through the caseback, are as beautiful as the engraving on the front dial. I would wear this fake watch as a pendant, replica breitling and not worry about which side is facing out. It contains a new movement, the hand-wound caliber 17BM04-DFR, with a flying tourbillon escapement and a spherical deferential winding system that requires half the number of turns to wind the mainspring.
ConclusionThe Virtuoso IX represents to me the perfect balance between decorative and technical elements. It does this while preserving and reinforcing the iconic design elements of the brand, which are often abandoned by other brands that, as soon as they apply decorative elements, end up with a fake watch that veers so far from signature design codes that it could be a special edition made by almost any other swiss replica watches brand. The functions are well-organized and readable, including a second time zone, with the city noted in a window on the top left of the local time subdial. Both local time and home time share the same (gorgeous) minute hand. The correctors take into account the difference between daylight savings time and standard time. The power reserve indicator is also straightforward, like the battery indicator on a cell phone. Price is 230,000 CHF. Learn more at bovet.com
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