Launched during the House of BOVET’s 200-year anniversary, the Orbis Mundi honors the journey of founder Edouard Bovet, who traveled all over the world to establish the House. From Fleurier, seated in the center of the Jura Mountains of Switzerland, he traveled to London, then on to Guangzhou, China. After conquering the Middle Kingdom, he set his sights on the rest of the world. Soon enough, timepieces from BOVET were being collected in the Ottoman Empire, all over Asia, throughout Europe, and into the Americas.

Today, more than ever before, it’s vital to know what time it is in the major cities of the world. The Orbis Mundi aventurine world time dial is inspired by the award-winning Récital 26 Chapter Two, and this timepiece fits today’s world perfectly. Set only with the crown, this dial makes telling the time in all 24-world time zones easy. The Orbis Mundi is inspired by a legendary adventurer and designed for today’s world travelers.

Its finely finished manufacture movement is on full display through its exhibition back, and the in-house hairspring and regulating organ are visible through the aperture at 6 o’clock on the front dial. Every component in the Orbis Mundi movement is hand-finished just like the high complications in BOVET’s collection