Bovet and Rolls-Royce Team Up for Bespoke, Dashboard-Mounted Timepieces
Rolls-Royce made major headlines recently with the unveiling of its latest bespoke automobile, the Boat Tail. The car is one of the most lavish vehicles in recent memory, inspired directly by the super-yachts that many Rolls Royce clients likely also own. Along with its luxurious construction, it comes with a selection of other high-end accessories, like a rapidly cooling double refrigerator and a fully automatic portable picnic set-up.
If all of this wasn?t enough, the Boat Tail also comes standard-equipped with a pair of bespoke his-and-hers Bovet 1822 watches, each a pièce unique crafted by the Swiss watchmaker and intended to serve as the car?s interchangeable dashboard clock.
The watches were developed in a close partnership between the Fleurier-based watchmaker and the British luxury automaker. Bovet estimates the total time for development and construction at around 3,000 hours by its most ?conservative? calculations. The pair share the same overall reversible design for their 44-mm 18k white gold cases, which are designed in Bovet?s signature pocketwatch-inspired style, complete with a 12 o?clock crown. The ?his? option pairs a polished case with a blue, alligator leather strap, while the ?her? version opts for an intricately engraved, blue lacquer-filled case with a contrasting red leather strap.
Underneath their sapphire crystals, both timepieces feature an Obsidian Ayous ebony hand-applied wood marquetry on the front dials, which are used fo...
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