A world timer would have been a useful travel companion for Edouard Bovet, who left London on April 20, 1818, aboard the Orwell, a ship of the Compagnie des Indes, to China. On Aug 16, he arrived in Canton, where he quickly sold four timepieces.
The Bovet brothers registered their family business on May 1, 1822, with Edouard residing in Canton, while Alphonse and Frederic were in London, and Gustave was managing the workshops in Fleurier.
