Review
Discover the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Skeleton Titanium Blue. A hands-on review of its ultra-thin BVL 128SK movement, 40mm titanium case, and Roman design inspiration.
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Market
Patrick_y analyzes IWC Ingenieur's pricing strategy, comparing it to the Mark XX and Rolex Submariner. Explore collector debate on value, design, and market positioning.
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Reference Guide
Explore the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic's movement manufacture in Le Sentier. Patrick_y's factory tour reveals the craftsmanship, design philosophy, and collector insights into this ultra-thin timepiece.
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Reference Guide
Explore the Bulgari Octo Finissimo's 10-year journey, from its Gerald Genta origins to its ultra-thin horological achievements. Patrick_y's factory tour reveals Bulgari's innovation.
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Collection
Explore the 'Quantity or Quality' debate in luxury watch collecting on WatchProSite. Collectors discuss owning few high-value watches vs. many diverse pieces.
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Community
Explore WatchProSite's exclusive GPHG 2021 event coverage by patrick_y, featuring historic wins, key trends, and collector insights on the 'Oscars of Watchmaking'.
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Yes ... but
Do we really care ?? It's like they want to prove something that nobody asks for, nobody needs , and nobody buys Like Bugatti makes a car with a top speed limit at 440 km/h ... Well if they produce one next year that goes 450 ... anybody cares ? Love my O...
I find it a “novelty” and that is fine. I think that the point is to prove that they can and I appreciate these pushes.
It makes it better to have some technical improvements than just design aesthetics improvements. Moreover, from an R&D standpoint, maybe they develop things along the way that could change watchmaking for others that could permeate the industry as a whole...
Yes...if some of the tech trickles down...
...and enables other watches to be thinner. For instance, if a 'thick' chronograph at 14mm can be reduced to 11 or 12mm, that's good with me...
Or you must like thick beasts
Imagine a watch as thin as a leaf of paper. Bulgari shows off where they capable of, and if you see a lot of complications make watches thicker, it is good to know Bulgari do not want thick unpleasant watches. But if you look at Moser, they have that amaz...
I see what you mean...
But you also have to realize that this watch has other technology that may trickle down to other watches. Bugatti was a technical exercise, but some of its technologies actually did transfer down to normal cars. Especially some of its cooling map technolo...
It is impossibly thin.
I think everyone can appreciate the skill required to produce a watch like this and of course from Bulgari's point of view it is bragging rights over Piaget who were the original thin movement manufacturer and king. I think if you had this watch a really ...
Technically impressive, but the aesthetic is lost on me....
Just like that hyper-thin RM for Ferrari....
