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Agree completely Josh! It really is outrageous that they continue to show the nicer old version on their website...
Apr 12, 2022,02:10 AM
Pretty sure Tim was not fooled. The watch looks legit.
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Octo Finissimo got a new movement and Bulgari forgot to tell anyone? đ§
By: oyster case : April 12th, 2022-01:37
Screenshot from shows the old calibre 138 movement with 36 jewels. Screenshot of the new 138 movement with 31 jewels. The bridges arenât separated in the same places and the bevels and movement interior are less visible. Both new movement screenshots tak...
Haha
By: oyster case : April 12th, 2022-01:42
I looked into that
By: oyster case : April 12th, 2022-01:44
Donât think so. Other micro rotor replicas look much different. Also, he said the finish is on par with other top brands.
Interesting.
By: JoshTheCanadian : April 12th, 2022-02:09
Did you find the finishing on the new movement to be of a lower quality? Visually, it seems less arresting, and the bridges are far less ornate. The old movements were a cut above JLC, in my opinion.
So, since I am already working, I'm going to keep my lawyer hat on...
By: JoshTheCanadian : April 12th, 2022-02:07
Caveat - it is entirely possible that Tim Mosso's version is a fake. In this day and age, this is nothing short of shocking to me. It would be one thing to roll this movement out in a new watch - however, to put a "new" movement into existing lines withou...
Am glad to have the 'old' version. Has been solid and reliable.
By: enjoythemusic : April 12th, 2022-02:56
Have taken her swimming to the beach many times, and our pool, plus there's the on/off road bicycling. So far she has been incredibly durable and keeps excellent time. Winding is fine too, stay active my friends. If the new movements turns out to be true,...
I'm with you...
By: oyster case : April 12th, 2022-03:35
but I've watched that review a couple times. The watch is as real looking as it gets. Tim has already commented in the thread with some additional info.
Hmmm ok, interesting catch!
By: Daandeluxe : April 12th, 2022-05:40
In order to make it more interesting: please see attached photo of my OF 10th anniversary. Apparently with the new movement..... ...
More interesting indeed.
By: oyster case : April 12th, 2022-06:16
Just checked the Bulgari website they show the new version on the anniversary model. ...
Agreed. It was definitely a very covert move...
By: patrick_y : April 12th, 2022-06:34
Definitely unusual! I might have called it BVL 138 V2 or 138B or something to denote there's a difference. But then again, I'm not the one in charge!
Oh. I thought he identified the changes.
By: patrick_y : April 12th, 2022-16:45
The other threads cited they found out through Timâs video and I must have made the incorrect assumption that Tim mentioned it. Oops. Sorry! Thanks for straightening out the record there!
Overall, these YouTube videos aren't terribly critical...
By: patrick_y : April 13th, 2022-02:50
And especially on Watchbox, a platform with the intention of selling a watch, one has to assume they will naturally never be critical of their own product in a video. It's neither the place nor the time, and the questions it raises wouldn't be able to be ...
Maybe. Who knows.
By: patrick_y : April 14th, 2022-02:31
Patek Philippe had made a modification from the 315 to the 324 movements. They were relatively minor. But enough for them to make a new caliber number for it. The two movements look physically the same to my eyes. These Bulgari movements to me looks somew...
It was easy to see, but I'm not sure there's a functional change here.
By: Tim_M : April 20th, 2022-01:36
In videos, I try to focus on functional changes that alter how the product works or ages during use time. Also, it's not clear to me when this running change was made, and I like to link changes to identifiable model years or production periods. The chang...
Agreed!
By: patrick_y : April 12th, 2022-07:52
Probably for better winding is my guess...
Perplexing for sure.
By: MiguelFlash : April 12th, 2022-11:31
I am very happy with the original movement on mine. Beautiful. If Bvlgari made changes to improve the movement it should be transparent. But in my opinion the original is much nicer looking.