BOVET 1822 Récital 22 Grand Récital – 9 Day Flying Tourbillon Tellurium-Orrery and Retrograde Perpetual Calendar

After Récital 18 Shooting Star tourbillon (2016) and Récital 20 Astérium (2017), Bovet updates its trilogy of celestial timepieces by unveiling the Récital 22 Grand Récital, the third chapter in the collection.



Surface of the hemispherical earth is adorned with an engraved and hand-painted map, on which the oceans, mountains, deserts, and forests are executed in painstaking detail. The hemispherical surface also incorporates luminescent substances into the miniature painting. In this way, the earth becomes a radiant highlight in the dark, as the earth itself appears in the heavens above.


Customers can also choose the orientation of the painted world map so that their favorite location would be positioned on the earth-sun axis when the timepiece displays midday. This customization option means that each movement and timepiece is assembled once the collector’s special requests have been received. This customization also makes it possible to determine where it is currently night time in the world thanks to the black and white coloring of the ring surrounding the earth. This concave circular indicator, widened at the bottom to display the hour, demonstrates the masterful skill of the micro-mechanics responsible for its manufacturing.

The spherical moon makes a complete orbit once every 29.53 days exactly. The high-precision mechanism that powers the moon and moon phase display, also visible on the Earth’s concentric, needs only one day correction in every 122 years. The sphere is divided into two parts: one black, while the second is engraved with the textured surface of the moon. The engraved sections of the second half are filled with a luminescent substance, which makes it possible to clearly see which part of the moon is directly illuminated by the Sun. This rare combination of indications is the subject of one of the five patents protecting the movement of the Grand Récital.





For this timepiece, the Manufacture created a mechanism to simplify the entire perpetual calendar’s adjustment. In addition to the traditional correctors used to adjust each indication individually, the watch features a push-piece between the upper lugs that simultaneously adjusts all the timepiece’s functions. Therefore, if the timepiece has been stopped for six days, for instance, this push-piece can be simply pressed six times to perfectly adjust the perpetual calendar and Tellurium functions simultaneously.


A double-sided flying tourbillon was chosen to regulate this caliber. This patented construction improves chronometric performance by significantly reducing the lever arm at the point of attachment and intelligently distributing mass. The sprung balance and escapement are positioned on either side of the central attachment point in an atypical architecture that also enhances the piece’s aesthetics, as it renders the tourbillon’s attachment to the movement practically invisible. Meanwhile a variable-inertia balance wheel, paired with a balance-spring manufactured in BOVET’s workshops, ensures the accuracy of the movement by oscillating at 18,000 vibrations/hour.

The case’s design, inspired by the shape of a writing slope and measuring 46 mm in diameter, is inseparable from the structure of the movement. Available in red gold or platinum case versions, the Récital 22 Grand Récital will be presented as a limited edition, so only sixty Grand Récital movements will be issued by BOVET’s workshops.

Technical details
Model: Récital 22 Grand Récital

Type Dimier
Diameter 46.30 mm
Thickness 19.60 mm
Material 18K red gold or 950/1000 platinum
Water resistance 30 m

Material Full-grain alligator
Buckle 18K red or white gold

Hours (24hr), Retrograde minutes, Seconds on the double-sided ﬂying tourbillon, Precision Moon phase, Retrograde double-sided date, Power reserve. / Retrograde perpetual calendar on the back.

Double-sided flying tourbillon
Micrometric track for retrograde display
Timepiece movement comprising a display mechanism for information relating to the movement of the moon
Timepiece movement comprising a control organ which activates several mechanisms simultaneously
Timepiece movement comprising an indicator visible on both sides of the movement simultaneously

Calibre 17DM03-TEL
Type Hand-wound mechanical
Diameter 17’’’
Frequency 18,000 vibrations/heure
Power reserve 9 days
Tourbillon 1 minute, double-sided ﬂying tourbillon

Limited edition
60 movements

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