GAME CHANGER

Bulgari set the record for thinnest tourbillon movement in 2015; now its new ultra-slim models show it continues to master wafer-thin complications, writes Annie Darling

It’s perhaps surprising that Bulgari, a brand with such affection for Roman opulence—think the saffron-coloured silk, oversized chandeliers and stacks of marble slabs in its glistening flagship store in Central—should create starkly architectural and futuristic watches. At Baselworld, always one of the world’s most highly anticipated watch and jewellery shows, fans of the Italian brand would have been pleased to see it continuing its quest for discreet modernism through extra-thin mechanical movements. Bulgari has been busy for years developing techniques for ultra-slim watchmaking and has given various models—most notably those in the Octo case—a whole new lease of life by shrinking their movements down to just a few millimetres thick. The Finissima, an evolved version of the Finissimo Minute Repeater movement first presented for men at Baselworld 2016, is given…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2019

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