Bvlgari Expands Octo Finissimo and Aluminium Strains at Geneva Watch Days

For the latest version of Geneva Watch Days, Bvlgari offered new additions to 2 of its key collections, Octo Finissimo and Bvlgari Aluminium.

For the previous, it unveils its newest artist collaboration timepiece, the Octo Finissimo Lee Ufan x Bvlgari, in addition to the most recent iteration of the Octo Finissimo Marble Tourbillon; for the latter, a GMT and chronograph duo encased in bronze, marking the debut of this steel within the assortment.

The Roman model has had a years-long historical past of collaborating with paragons of design on particular restricted editions of Octo Finissimo, with Tadao Ando (2020), Laurent Grasso (2024) and Mo Coppoletta (2021, 2022, 2023) all contributing distinctive interpretations.

Now, Bvlgari joins forces with the South Korean painter, sculptor and educational Lee Ufan, arguably greatest identified for his “Relatum” collection of minimalist sculptures and installations that includes boulders set towards mirrored surfaces, representing a juxtaposition of pure and man-made supplies.

In a restricted run of 150, the Octo Finissimo Lee Ufan x Bvlgari extends the identical creative philosophy with a hypnotic, extremely polished mirror-like dial with no indices or numerals or perhaps a Bvlgari inscription, contrasted towards a titanium case and bracelet lined with a hand-filed floor therapy designed to embody roughness.

Inside the case measuring 40mm throughout and 5.5mm in thickness resides the two.23mm-thick BVL138 micro-rotor manufacture calibre (60 hours of energy reserve). The artist’s signature is engraved throughout the exhibition caseback.

The Octo Finissimo Marble Tourbillon follows within the footsteps of earlier marble watches such because the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon for Solely Watch (2023) and this 12 months’s Octo Finissimo Marble Tourbillon with a dial of Verde Alpi inexperienced marble.

The latest addition incorporates a dial of Blu Incanto blue marble, a 40mm satin-polished platinum case, and a blue alligator-leather strap.

Powered by the BVL268 ultra-thin manual-winding mechanical motion with a flying tourbillon (52 hours of energy reserve), this watch is restricted to only 30 items.

Going from metamorphic rock to steel alloy, the Bvlgari Bronzo collection provides a brand new dimension to the Bvlgari Aluminium assortment by introducing bronze within the assortment within the type of two fraternal-twin sporty- stylish watches.

The 40mm GMT mannequin runs on the B192 automated motion (50 hours of energy reserve), whereas the 41mm chronograph mannequin runs on the B381 automated motion (42 hours of energy reserve). Each are distinguished by a sand-blasted bronze case, a black rubber bezel, varnished black dials, and brass hours and minutes palms plated with rose gold.

This story was first seen as a part of the WOW #81 Autumn 2025 Subject

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