After marking the milestone of the World’s Thinnest Tourbillon Watch with the Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon measuring just 1.85 mm thick, earlier this year, Bvlgari is expanding the Octo Finissimo line with two new artistic iterations – Octo Finissimo Lee Ufan x Bvlgari, and Octo Finissimo Marble Tourbillon – for Geneva Watch Days 2025. Apart from these models, the maison is also launching the Bvlgari Bronzo GMT and Bvlgari Bronzo Chronograph with the first-ever use of bronze in the Bvlgari Aluminium collection.
Octo Finissimo Lee Ufan x Bvlgari
Created in collaboration with Japan-based artist Lee Ufan, this model is based on one of the artist’s key themes: the contrast between a rock – static and limited – and the infinite reflections of a mirror. Housed in the 40 mm titanium hand-filed case, it features an ombre mirrored dial with no hour-markers, black central hour and minutes hand, and the same black small-seconds hand at 7 o’clock. “I know Lee Ufan from his amazing paintings. Then I discovered his sculptures, where a big rock sits on a mirror - I was intrigued, at first you think that these two elements don’t work together, but in the end, it works perfectly”, says Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, Bvlgari Product Creation Executive Director.
At its heart beats the BVL 138 – an in-house automatic movement just 2.23 mm thin, with a platinum micro-rotor and finishes including Côtes de Genève, perlage, and chamfering, offering a 60-hour power reserve at 21,600 vph. The movement is visible through a transparent caseback signed by Lee Ufan and individually numbered, with only 150 pieces produced. The watch is paired with a matching hand-filed titanium bracelet with an integrated folding buckle.
Octo Finissimo Marble Tourbillon
Encased in a 40 mm platinum case, the dial of this novelty is cut from Blu Incanto marble, making each piece unique. It features grey hands and baton shaped hour-markers with a distinctive 12 numeral in the same finish. It also features a flying tourbillon at 6 o’clock. There is a crown at 3 o’clock, made of polished white gold inset with black ceramic. Visible through a clear caseback the manually wound BVL 268 caliber – one of the thinnest tourbillon movements ever created – at 1.95 mm thick, and offering a 52-hour power reserve. Limited to 30 pieces worldwide, each watch is individually numbered. Completing the timepiece is a deep blue alligator strap with a platinum pin buckle.
Bvlgari Bronzo GMT
The Bvlgari Bronzo GMT is encased in a 40 mm sandblasted bronze case and is 9.70 mm thick, and will develop a natural patina with time (as is the case with bronze watches) ensuring each watch ages uniquely with its owner. There is a black rubber bezel and sandblasted titanium caseback treated with DLC. The matte black dial is accented by a 24-hour disc with a day/night indicator. Rose-gold-plated hours, minutes, central seconds, and GMT hands are Super-LumiNova filled. There is a discreet date window at 3 o’clock. Powered by the B192 automatic caliber, it offers a 50-hour power reserve. A black rubber strap with sandblasted bronze inserts connects via a hook-and-loop closure. It is water resistant to 100 metres.
Bvlgari Bronzo Chronograph
This is a 41 mm sandblasted bronze watch with a black rubber ‘Bvlgari Bvlgari’ bezel. There are titanium pushers and a crown with black DLC treatment. The dial is varnished matte black featuring azure chronograph subdials, a tachymeter scale on the periphery, and luminous rose-gold-plated hands. Chronograph counters are equally treated with Super-LumiNova. Powering the watch is an automatic chronograph movement – B381 caliber – offering 42-hour power reserve. There is a date window at 4:30. As with the GMT model, the hybrid rubber and bronze strap with hook-and-loop closure finishes the watch and offers a water resistance of 100 metres.
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