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Bulgari

The Italian luxury company Bulgari is a diversified luxury brand. Bulgari operates in the categories of watches, perfumes, accessories, and hotels. Bulgari’s Swiss watch division is called Bulgari Haute Horlogerie, it is on the market since 1980. Bulgari watches come with their own movements and parts.

Bulgari Sets its Seventh Horological Thinness Record with Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar

When it comes to ultra-thin watchmaking, few brands have as much claim to the space these days as Bulgari, and in particular its Octo Finissimo collection. The collection launched in its current form in 2014 and has since blazed a trail of world-record-setting thin watches including the Octo Finissimo Automatic, Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic, Octo...

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Apr 11, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

It’s Time – WatchTime New York 2024 Tickets On Sale Now!

After an incredible show in 2023, WatchTime New York, the premier collector’s event in North America, is set to return to Manhattan from October 18th to 20th, 2024. WatchTime New York 2024 promises to be even more spectacular, with the show marking the 25th anniversary of WatchTime and bringing together the world’s finest watchmakers, timepieces,...

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Jun 20, 2024 by WatchTime

Highlights from WatchTime’s March-April 2021 Issue, On Sale Now

The March-April issue of WatchTime is available at retailers (and in our online store) today. Among the highlights of the issue are a cover feature spotlighting the newest additions to Bulgari’s record-breaking Octo Finissimo range; a journey through Longines’ history of making timepieces for pioneering aviators; a comprehensive review of TAG Heuer’s recently released Carrera...

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Mar 9, 2021 by WatchTime

LVMH Watch Week: Bulgari Unveils its Octo Roma Carillon Tourbillon, A New Kind of Repeater

While Bulgari is undoubtedly best known among watch enthusiasts these days for its record-setting ultra-thin timepieces, most notably within the Octo Finissimo collection which we covered earlier this week, the Italian brand is also well regarded for both its high-horology and high-jewelry creations. Today, we showcase a new model within the former category, the “Masterpiece...

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Jan 28, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

LVMH Watch Week: Bulgari Expands Octo Finissimo Collection with Three New Ultra-Thin Timepieces

Since its launch in 2012, Bulgari’s Octo collection of eight-sided luxury watches has grown and become the Italian-based brand’s best-seller in the mechanical timepiece category. Moreover, the pieces within the Octo Finissimo sub-family, launched in 2014, continues to set new standards in watch thinness, counting among its member the thinnest tourbillon, time-only automatic, GMT chronograph,...

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Jan 26, 2021 by Caleb Anderson

FEATURE

Essence of Emerald: 15 Green-Dial Watches On Sale Now

It doesn’t get any greener in today’s watch world. Or does it? There have never been as many green watches as there are today, and in this feature we explore the emergence of the trend and showcase 15 currently available emerald-hued timepieces. Although blue has been the most prominent trendy color for watches for the...

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Jan 18, 2021 by Ruediger Bucher

2020, The Watch Year in Review: 7 Scintillating Skeleton Watches

It goes without saying: 2020 was far from an ideal year for most of us. Looking back, however, it was also a year that brought many noteworthy watch launches despite the huge obstacles posed by the pandemic and its effects on the world economy. As we look ahead hopefully to 2021, it’s time for our...

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Dec 31, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Watches, Whiskies, and More: Six Pairings of High-End Timepieces and Top-Shelf Spirits

There’s nothing like a well-earned, sublime sip of your favorite libation at the end of a long workday, whether at home or out-and-about — especially if you’re wearing just the right wristwatch to count down to your Happy Hour. Here we match up six noteworthy spirits — four Scotch whiskies, a mezcal and a brandy...

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Oct 30, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

The Shortlisted Watches in This Year’s Grand Prix d’Horlogerie de Genève

The 2020 edition of the Grand Prix d'Horologerie de Geneve (GPHG) has announced the shortlisted (pre-selected) watches that will be competing for an award. Click here to see the full list.

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Sep 16, 2020 by WatchTime

Bulgari Aluminium Watch Updates a 1990s Jet-Set Classic

Of the new timepieces it unveiled at Geneva Watch Days earlier this month, Bulgari's record-breaking Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic received the lion's share of accolades and coverage. Not to be lost in the shuffle, however, is the new Bulgari Aluminium Watch, a modern re-interpretation of a groundbreaking model the Roman jeweler-watchmaker introduced in 1998.

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Sep 4, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Bulgari Sets Another Record with Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic (Updated with Live Photos)

As followers of the watch industry are well aware by now, “Roman Jeweller of Time” Bulgari has made pushing the boundaries of mechanical-watch thinness its stock-in-trade, with each year bringing at least one new record-setting watch that combines horological complexity with waif-like profiles. This year is no exception: as one of the founding maisons of...

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Aug 26, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

Still Trending Slender: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic in Satin-Polished Steel

Italian watch-and-jewelry giant Bulgari has gone all-in on going thin. Its six world record-holding timepieces include the world’s thinnest tourbillon, introduced in 2014; the thinnest minute repeater, in 2016; and the slimmest self-winding automatic watch, the Octo Finissimo Automatic, in 2018. This year, Bulgari refreshes its lineup with new Octo Finissimo Automatic references whose hallmark octagonal-shape cases are...

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Aug 18, 2020 by Corey Vlahos

Nine Cities, One Watch: Bulgari Launches Bulgari Bulgari Cities Special Edition 2020

Recently, Italian jeweler and watchmaking maison Bulgari unveiled the latest update to its collections with the new Bulgari Bulgari Cities Special Edition 2020. The new collection includes nine watches, each with the same matte-black-and-rose-gold base “Bulgari Bulgari” design, but distinguished from the others by the engraved name of one of nine world cities that have...

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May 9, 2020 by Caleb Anderson

CLASSIC DESIGNS:

5 Iconic Watches from the Mind of Gérald Genta

We take a look at 5 of legendary watch designer Gerald Genta's most notable watch creations, including the Patek Philippe Nautilus and Audemars Piguet Royal Oak.

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May 4, 2020 by WatchTime

LVMH DUBAI WATCH WEEK 2020:

Bulgari Unveils its Record-Breaking Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater in New Rose-Gold Case

The watch maisons of the LVMH luxury group take center stage in the horological universe this week, unveiling their newest models for 2020 at an exclusive event in Dubai. Among the presenters is Italian jeweler-watchmaker Bulgari, whose new timepiece releases include a version of its Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater, the world's thinnest timepiece equipped with this high complication, in a sandblasted 18k rose-gold case.

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Jan 13, 2020 by Mark Bernardo

TREND PIECE:

Two-Tone Tendencies: The Hottest Bicolor Watches of 2019

Depending on execution, two-tone timepieces can come off as a striking alternative to your daily wristwear or fall into the domain of over the top and extravagant. Despite the fine line that exists between good looking and gauche, two-tone has emerged as one of 2019’s hottest trends with the halls of Baselworld and SIHH filled...

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Nov 25, 2019 by WatchTime

PORTFOLIO

Record Breakers: 9 Watches That Set World Records

A Rolex Daytona formerly owned by Paul Newman broke a record when it sold at auction for 17.7 million dollars in 2017. But certain other records cannot be measured in money. Here are some spectacular examples from the wristwatch world.

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Aug 9, 2019 by WatchTime

EVENTS:

Join WatchTime at South Coast Plaza for “The Art of the Timepiece” on June 6, 2019

Summer has finally arrived, so why not join us for an evening celebrating “The Art of the Timepiece” at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, California? South Coast Plaza is the largest shopping mall on the West Coast and features over 20 fine timepiece boutiques. From June 6 – 9, 2019, the luxury retail destination...

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May 30, 2019 by WatchTime

THE WATCHTIME Q&A

Bulgari CEO Jean-Christophe Babin Talks Watches, Fashion, and Breaking Records

Bulgari-CEO Jean-Christophe Babin talked to Rüdiger Bucher, editor-in-chief of WatchTime’s German sister magazine Chronos and International Editorial Director of Ebner Publishing, about The connection between a new world record and fashion. RB: Generally speaking, how does your strategy for men’s watches differ from watches for women? JCB: We have been creating jewelry watches for women for 101 years....

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May 7, 2019 by Ruediger Bucher

Baselworld 2019:

WatchTime’s Official Editors’ Round Table for Baselworld

Baselworld 2019 will most likely go down as the show’s deciding year: On one hand, Baselworld had to deal with yet another significantly lower number of exhibitors (and visitors); on the other hand, the show’s new management also had to make sure the outlook for 2020 would be convincing enough to bring back large portions...

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Apr 6, 2019 by WatchTime

Baselworld 2019

Bulgari’s Fifth Thinness Record: The New Octo Finissimo GMT Chronograph

After the world’s thinnest tourbillon movement at Baselworld in 2014, the thinnest minute repeater in 2016 and the thinnest self-winding watch in 2017, Bulgari unveiled its fifth horological record today, the thinnest automatic chronograph movement (3.3mm), after “almost three years of development”, according to Guido Terreni, Managing Director of Bulgari’s Watch Business Unit. Like the...

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Mar 20, 2019 by Roger Ruegger
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