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Ours is definitely an age of transparency. This philosophy of knowledge and light-weight has driven Bulgari to discover a brand new dimension that the newest expression, named Octo Tourbillon Sapphire, epitomises the quest for balance and beauty.
This spectacular creation comes with a new interpretation with the formal purity in the octagon. The eight-sided geometrical figure, conveying a great deal of cultural and spiritual symbolism, has been viewed as an origin of perfection for hundreds of years, in Antiquity and through the Renaissance. Inside the wake of assorted formal variations for the Octo theme, it reinvents itself in 2017 using this type of new case distinguished by its modern, urban proportions.
The brand new case, unveiled with the Octo Roma line, is of course inspired from the motifs adorning the Basilica of Maxentius. The Roman roots of Bulgari, a jewelry Maison endowed with skills admired in excess of 130 years, cannot be concealed. As always at Bulgari, there is absolutely no question of separating form and substance. The exercise of modelling shapes and seeking ideal equilibrium in design are not undertaken for own sake, but always as a technique of matching functionality. Likewise, efficiency is just not sought with regard to mere pride in performance. It is all totally first of all about balance and wonder.
The formal purity of this exceptional watchespedia is now specialized in expressing a brand new watchmaking vision: allowing light to flood in in an attempt to showcase mechanism by way of a beautifully modernistic and innovative approach.
An innovative and spectacular architecture
Using its transparent case-back and dial, this spectacular 44mm-diameter timepiece created from titanium with a black Diamond Like Carbon (D.L.C.) treatment, offers enthusiasts a complete visual immersion into its inner workings. The mechanical manual-winding flying tourbillon movement, Caliber BVL 206, appears in the centre from the watch with 11 black DLC-coated bridges adorned with green bars of ITR2 - just one composite material laden with carbon nanotube particles along with a hardness similar to metallic - and SLN, a high-tech luminescent material enabling this wrist watch to present off at night each of the light they have received through the daytime. The bridges forming the hour-markers are a wholly original feature. They therefore are designed to bear and support the movement in position, while becoming functional elements with over hours and minutes, as well as decorative features causing the singular identity with the watch. Furthermore, the Octo Tourbillon Sapphire boasts a clever development associated with its time-setting operations: pressing the crown displays a red dot in a aperture at 3 o’clock, thereby signalling that this time may be set by just turning the crown. As soon as the operation is complete, another press causes the dot to vanish and locks the time-setting mechanism.
At a lower price informed connoisseurs, this model thus now offers a complicated expression of horological excellence, seemingly visiting life underneath the gaze of the baby observing it, with thanks to the regular and engaging beat from the tourbillon. Its daring and luminous decoration also can make it an especially fascinating example of contemporary design. Attired inside a highly on-trend, resolutely Italian shade of black, this watch is secured to the wrist by way of a matching black alligator leather strap having a folding clasp, having a classic appearance concealing a rubber lining that ensures perfect comfort for the wrist.
Using the Octo Tourbillon Sapphire, Bulgari is constant its personal meaning of horological excellence. A definition characterised by perfect transparency.
