The Bulgari Octo Finissimo is one of my favorite contemporary watches. I love it in titanium, steel, gold, and with dials in tones that match the bracelet, contrast with it, and work as little art pieces unto themselves. I love the simple time only versions, and the record breaking complicated pieces that Bulgari makes to flex on the rest of the watch industry on an annual basis. The Octo is one of very few modern integrated bracelet sports watches that has an identity all its own, and doesn?t feel like bits and pieces have been borrowed from various Royal Oaks and Nautili (the H. Moser Streamliner is another). And one of the things I love most about the Octo is that it works so well as a blank canvas. When collaborators, like Italian retailer Pisa Orologeria in this particular instance, get a crack creating an LE, we see that the watch is capable of making a dramatic impact in unexpected ways with only small design tweaks. Is that the true mark of a modern classic" 
I suppose that?s a question that will be answered in time, but for now, let?s luxuriate in this uniquely attractive version of the Octo. We start with the standard sandblasted titanium Octo Finissimo case, the one that measures 40mm across and is just 5.15mm tall thanks to the micro-rotor movement inside. And we have the same bracelet as well, with those perfectly articulating and narrow links. The dial, though, is in bronze, and has a brushed finish that moves diagonally across it, giving the w...