he House of Bovet has a long and distinguished history in multiple time zone timepieces, including dual time, three time zone, and world time timepieces. Now, with the Récital 28 Prowess 1, it addresses a uniquely modern timekeeping issue, and solves it in an innovative and elegant way.

The Problem: Ever since Daylight Saving Time (DST) was introduced, world time watches have not been able to adapt to the vagaries of when DST starts and ends in different countries, and which countries do not change (only about 70 countries use some form of DST).

The Solution: The Récital 28 Prowess 1 from Bovet, thanks to an ingenious roller system, can be adjusted to any one of the 24 times zones: UTC – Coordinated Universal Time; AST - American Summer Time; EAS - Europe and America Summer Time; EWT - European Winter Time. There is no other timepiece in the world that does all of this mechanically. Moreover, every component is hand-finished and the bridges of the movement are all hand-decorated and hand-engraved.

Unlike traditional world time watches, the Récital 28 debuts a remarkably intricate and innovative roller system, allowing world travellers to adjust the timepiece to any of the 24 global time zones, including UTC, American Summertime, Europe and America Summertime, and European Wintertime. In addition to this unique feature, the timepiece boasts an expanded flying tourbillon, a perpetual calendar with roller-based indications, and an impressive 10-day power reserve from a single barrel.

The entire development process for the Récital 28 Prowess 1 took more than five years. The 24 rollers each have four positions, all controlled through the crown – UTC, AST (American Summer Time), EAS (Europe and America Summer Time), and EWT (European Winter Time). Pushing the crown rotates each individual cylinder 90 degrees, so every time zone can be individually set.

“With this timepiece, you will never be at a loss for what time it is anywhere in the world,” notes Pascal Raffy, owner of the House of Bovet. The Récital 28 Prowess 1 comes in 18K red gold, 950 platinum and polished Grade 5 titanium. Production is extremely limited: Bovet can only handcraft a total of eight timepieces per year, as each movement takes weeks to assemble.

Price range: CHF 650,000-690,000

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