Still Trending Slender: Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic in Satin-Polished Steel
Italian watch-and-jewelry giant Bulgari has gone all-in on going thin. Its six world record-holding timepieces include the world’s thinnest tourbillon, introduced in 2014; the thinnest minute repeater, in 2016; and the slimmest self-winding automatic watch, the Octo Finissimo Automatic, in 2018. This year, Bulgari refreshes its lineup with new Octo Finissimo Automatic references whose hallmark octagonal-shape cases are in satin-polished steel with increased water resistance and new dial colors.
The Octo Finissimo features an ultra-thin automatic movement and a water resistance of 100 meters, made possible by increasing the case just slightly to 6.4mm and adding a screw-down crown.
Inside the three new models, whose Octo cases measure 40 mm in diameter and 6.40 mm thick (just slightly taller than their predecessors) is the ultra-thin automatic BVL138 caliber, powered by a platinum micro-rotor. Each new watch features a transparent caseback and a water-resistance of 100 meters thanks to a screw-down crown, the addition of which necessitated the few extra millimeters of thickness. As on previous Octo Automatic models, the dials’ off-centered small seconds subdial appears at 7 o’clock. The dials are either black- or blue-lacquered, with a sunburst finish.
The watches’ off-centered small seconds subdials are at 7 o’clock on either a black- or blue-lacquered dial with a sunburst finish.
The entire movement measures 36.6-mm in diameter...
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