While Bulgari is undoubtedly best known among watch enthusiasts these days for its record-setting ultra-thin timepieces, most notably within the Octo Finissimo collection which we covered earlier this week, the Italian brand is also well regarded for both its high-horology and high-jewelry creations. Today, we showcase a new model within the former category, the ?Masterpiece of Sound? within the Octo collection, the Octo Roma Carillon Tourbillon.

The new haute horologerie creation was ?designed to raise the level of sensorial expression through sound,? accomplishing this goal by bringing together a three-hammer chime with a tourbillon regulator ? Bulgari?s ultra-modern take on a traditional but uncommon complication. The limited-edition minute repeater joins the brand?s previous versions of that mechanism, released within its Octo Finissimo line and in the Octo Roma Grande Sonnerie watch.
The Carillon Tourbillon has a 44-mm case in DLC-coated, matte finished titanium, a metal chosen for its relatively clear diffusion of sound for the minute repeater compared to steel or precious metals. The look of the case is familiar within the Octo line, complete with the circle-on-octagon bezel that best signifies it. The case otherwise is quite modern-looking, with open-work riveting on its sides, sharply angled lugs that provide highlights on the otherwise matte case, a sharply finished left side, a white-gold minute repeater button, and a stylized, white-gold-and-cerami...