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COLLECTOR'S PIECES Bovet’s medieval castle, the Château de Môtiers THE WATCHES The day before we visit the Dimier manufacture, we stroll across the bridge from Hotel Bristol in Geneva and into the Jardin Anglais garden which is in full bloom. We continue walking briskly along the promenade of Lake Geneva until we quickly duck across the road onto Rue Pierre-Fatio and into Bovet’s flagship boutique. There are only four Bovet boutiques worldwide: Geneva, Moscow, Baku and New York City. Here at the Geneva boutique, we are shown some of the brand’s most popular timepieces for both men and women including the Bovet by Pininfarina collection that first debuted in 2010 to celebrate Pininfarina’s 80th anniversary; the entrylevel 19Thirty collection; and 2015’s $340,000 Recital <strong>18</strong> Shooting Star tourbillon world-timer. We’re also shown the brand’s signature statement, the Amadeo, whose case is built in such a way that it can be used as a pocketwatch and a wristwatch too. Bovet’s timepieces are typically priced between $20,000 to $65,000. However, the grand complications and oneoff commissioned watches range from $220,000 to $1 million a pop. The brand makes less than 2,000 watches a year – spotting one in the wild is difficult. THE CASTLE The Count of Neuchatel built the 5,800 square-metre castle in the 14th century. The Chateau de Môiters, perched over the village of Môtiers, is where we head to straight after the Dimier manufacture visit. The Bovet family acquired the castle in the nineteenth century and owned it until 1957 when they decided to gift it to the Canton of Neuchatel. By 2006, it needed urgent repairs and the state could no longer afford to maintain it. It was offered for sale, and Raffy decided to buy and renovate it. Raffy is based in America, and whenever he visits Switzerland, he stays here at the castle. Some of Bovet’s sales and logistical operations are managed out of this location. Also located here is a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility where some of the brand’s most exquisite and complex timepieces are engraved. I try my luck at engraving on a rough piece of metal – and fail miserably. There is just one school of engraving in Switzerland and only three students graduate each year. I’m only too happy to get up from my seat and allow the exceptionally talented engraver whose desk is flooded with natural light from the window that opens out into the valley below to resume his work as he sets about engraving a solid gold plate with artful, effortless strokes of his wrist. THE RETURN TO CHINA? Bovet doesn’t have any boutique in China (although it does have points of sale in the country). Returning triumphantly to China with Bovet’s own boutique is on the agenda for Raffy. In many ways, it would mean a homecoming for Edouard Bovet himself. Doing so would mean that Raffy hasn’t only resurrected Bovet, but instead, he’s also reconnected it with its core. We’ll raise a glass to a brand that’s still hasn’t lost sight of what made it great nearly two centuries ago. The Bovet Braveheart grand complication can be used as a pocketwatch as well as a wristwatch 48 EQUITY
COLLECTOR'S PIECES GADGETS McIntosh XRT2.1K LOUDSPEAKER Boutique American high-end electronic manufacturer McIntosh is at it again. A few months ago they debuted the excellent MA9000 integrated amplifier. Last month, they unveiled their latest creation, the seven-foot-tall lithe floorstanding speakers called the XRT2.1K that they claims were 45 years in the making. The speakers have a four-way design and are fitted with 81 Nanocarbon Fibre/Nomex Honeycomb drivers. There are six eight-inch longthrow woofers, two 6.5-inch low-frequency midrange drivers, 28 two-inch midrange dome drivers and 45 0.75-inch dome tweeters. Collectively, these speakers can handle up to 2,000 watts of power, generating enough sound to keep the neighbours awake. Or frighten unsuspecting pets too. $130,000 (DHS478,000) FOR A PAIR AT MCINTOSHLABS.COM 49 EQUITY
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