Bulgari Teams With Phillips for New Octo Finissimo

From JustLuxe contented spouse iW Magazine

As the Bulgari Octo Finissimo celebrates its ten-year anniversary, the originator of the plan and the Phillips auction location person teamed to make the Octo Finissimo Special Edition Phillips in Association with Bacs and Russo, a constricted variation exemplary that echoes the collection’s monochromatic dial, bladed octagonal case, and symmetric plan elements.

The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Special Edition Phillips successful Association with Bacs and Russo.

Since Bulgari designs ever notation Roman architecture, the caller peculiar variation besides retains the Roman consciousness of geometric symmetry. Thus, astir the halfway of the sand-blasted titanium dial, you’ll spot a symmetric acceptable of engraved markers with lone the 12 and 6 breaking the pattern. The caller ticker eliminates the seconds subdial recovered successful the historical Octo Finissimo design, a determination that highlights the afloat circular dial wrong the eight-sided case.

“With this sectored dial design, our intent was to make a symmetry and wage tribute not lone to Bulgari’s Italian roots but besides to the large Italian architects and designers of the 20th century,” explains Aurel Bacs, Senior Consultant, Bacs & Russo.

“By eschewing the tiny seconds counter, a archetypal for this model, we wanted to gully the absorption connected the engraved dial with its ample numerals and the section ringing whose colour sways from achromatic to grey to bronze, depending connected the lighting.”

The bladed 40mm lawsuit and the bracelet are finished to lucifer the dial successful sand-blasted titanium.

Bulgari’s BVL 138 question with a platinum micro-rotor (visible from the lawsuit back) powers the watch, offering an awesome 60-hour powerfulness reserve. The ticker volition beryllium sold arsenic a constricted variation of 50 pieces via Phillips Watches.

Price: $16,600.

Specifications: 

Octo Finissimo Special Edition Phillips successful Association with Bacs and Russo (Ref. 103709)

Movement: Extra-flat mechanical self-winding with platinum micro-rotor, Caliber BVL 138 (2.23 mm thick); 60-hour powerfulness reserve; frequence 21,600 vph (3 Hz). 

Case: 40mm sand-blasted 40mm titanium, transparent lawsuit backmost with peculiar engraving connected the sapphire crystal connected the reverse side, water-resistant to 30 meters. 

Dial: Laser-engraved sand-blasted titanium.

Bracelet: Sandblasted titanium with integrated folding clasp. 

Price: $16,600.