文坛巨匠从此著名制表品牌获得启发，对这些珍贵的时计作品不吝赞美。巴尔扎克在多部著作中援引宝玑，大仲马在其文学巨作《基督山恩仇记》中也提及宝玑时计。国际范围内，举世闻名的俄国文豪普希金和英国小说家及讽刺作家威廉•梅克匹斯•萨克雷也在各自的文学著作中充满热情地引述宝玑之名。
"As for "tickers", (…) her apartments were alive with their clicking. Tor, happening to mention one night that hers, (…) went ill, on the very next morning there came to her a little bijou marked Leroy (…) and another signed Breguet, which was covered with pearls (...)."William Makepeace ThackerayVanity Fair, 1847-1848
威廉•梅克匹斯•萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackeray）（1811-1863），英国小说家和讽刺作家，以《名利场》（Vanity Fair）(1847-1848年）而名声鹊起，《名利场》一书描述了拿破仑战争期间的英国社会。
