Since its launch in 2012, Bulgari’s Octo collection of eight-sided luxury watches has grown and become the Italian-based brand?s best-seller in the mechanical timepiece category. Moreover, the pieces within the Octo Finissimo sub-family, launched in 2014, continues to set new standards in watch thinness, counting among its member the thinnest tourbillon, time-only automatic, GMT chronograph, tourbillon chronograph, and minute repeater, as well as a handful of other record-setters.

With all of this said, it is no surprise that Bulgari chose the newest pieces in the Octo Finissimo line to lead its releases for the year. The three new watches unveiled for LVMH Watch Week include a monochrome Octo Finissimo S, an all-new Octo Finissimo S Chronograph GMT, and an updated Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Titanium.
Octo Finissimo S

In 2020, Bulgari upgraded the Octo Finissimo line with new dial colors and also with notably increased water resistance, allowing the watches to begin treading into the popular sports watch territory. Now the brand updates these hardier watches with a new monochrome colorway, introducing a popular all-metal look to the time-only watch.

The 40-mm x 6.4-mm, square-shaped case, its shell produced in the now-familiar Octo Finissimo style, features primarily satin finishing but also accents of polishing here and there. As mentioned, the watch has improved water resistance (100 meters) compared to previous models in the series, whic...