THE SIXTH WORLD RECORD
BVLGARI Octo Finissimo Watch continues its Saga made of excellence and performance
Fueled by passion, and driven by excellence and artistry, Octo continues to shift the paradigm of modern-day watchmaking with its latest and sixth World Record-breaking design: the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic Watch. The saga goes on with a new exceptional creation that highlights a mechanical manufacture ultra-thin skeleton movement with automatic winding, chronograph single-push and tourbillon. All those features combined for a 7.40mm total thickness, a concentrate of excellence and performance.
From the first model launched in 2014, Bvlgari Octo watch has built a saga of groundbreaking thinness records. But beyond those successive prowess’s, Octo Finissimo has reset the codes of watch design to become a new cult watch model.
Since that time, it has evolved into a central theme of the Octo collection, a distinctive characteristic of the watch known for its charisma, elegance and daring. There is no limit to Octo, as seen in the continuity of its progress, and that the watch has continued to achieve new world records with each passing year.
This new Octo Finissimo launched during the Geneva Watch Days trusts again the World Record podium in the ultra-thin and ultra-complicated automatic watches: it combines the single-push chronograph with a tourbillon functions, driven by a peripheral oscillating mass for a 3.50mm movement thickness. There is no equivalent including all these features on the market within such a reduced thinness. The innovations to deliver this development have privileged the most refined technical solutions such as a horizontal clutch and a column wheel securing the best performances.
The Octo saga is driven by a passion for excellence, showing a remarkable attention to detail and unique know-how in all of its designs. Beyond that, it is also a story of performance. Octo is known for its mechanical brilliance, and leverages the expertise of Swiss watchmaking to created new editions that are technical masterpieces — a feature that is made even more impressive by the thinness of the models.
Since its inception, Octo has been visionary in terms of the sleekness of its designs. With each new record holder, it seeks to make the impossible real — and has succeeded. The collection has achieved this miniaturization without sacrificing performance. Therein lies the genius of Octo.
“2020 is the year of the World records at Bvlgari with this new ultra-thin Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic. It is the 6th World record in a row for Octo Finissimo. We already launched last January in Dubai Serpenti Seduttori Tourbillon, the smallest ladies watch Tourbillon on the market which complements Diva Finissima Minute Repeater, the thinnest chiming ladies watch available on the market. Complication and records are without genders at Bvlgari!”.
Commented Jean-Christophe Babin, Bvlgari CEO.
Bvlgari watchmaking has long established itself as a master of L’Estetica della Meccanica, fusing its soul — that of The Roman Jeweller — with the technical expertise of Swiss watchmaking and mechanical movements. In doing so, it has led its own revolution in watchmaking, uniting cutting-edge aesthetics with technical mastery in a way that is utterly unique and singular to the Maison. In this way, Bvlgari has assumed the role of The Roman Jeweller of Time.
Within the luxury watches landscape, Bvlgari is unrivalled, carving out a niche of excellence with its provocative pieces. The Octo saga is perhaps the greatest example of Bvlgari’s signature disruptiveness, its passion for pushing the envelope and moving the needle on modern day watch design, with seemingly boundless vision and execution.
The six-year-long Octo saga, and the continuation of the story with yet another world record breaking Finissimo, highlights the exceptional nature of Bvlgari and its designs. It is part and parcel of the larger story of the Roman jeweller, which has always combined technical mastery with an unbridled visionary approach.
OCTO FINISSIMO
TOURBILLON
CHRONOGRAPH
SKELETON AUTOMATIC
Movement
Mechanical manufacture ultra-thin skeleton movement with automatic winding, chronograph single-push and tourbillon, BVL 388 caliber (3.50 mm thick). 52 hours power reserve, 21’600 VpH (3Hz).
Case, dial
42 mm sandblasted titanium case grade 5* with transparent case back; 7.40 mm thick; sandblasted titanium crown and push buttons; skeletonized grey matte dial with plain counters. Water-resistant up to 30m.
Bracelet
Sandblasted titanium bracelet with folding buckle.
Limited edition of 50 pieces.
THE OCTO FINISSIMO WORLD RECORD SAGA
2014
OCTO FINISSIMO
TOURBILLON MANUAL
Featuring the thinnest hand-wound flying tourbillon movement in the world, BVL 268 caliber, only 1.95 mm thick, the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Manual in platinum immediately becomes a major and innovative player in the field of watchmaking.
2016
OCTO FINISSIMO
MINUTE REPEATER
Bvlgari unveils the Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater in a titanium case, featuring the ultra-thin 3.12mm BVL 362 movement. A bold design, featuring cut-out dial markers that enabled the sound to pass through from the back of the movement, thus amplifying the volume of the chimes.
2017
OCTO FINISSIMO
AUTOMATIC
Bvlgari presents its third world record, the Octo Finissimo Automatic, the slimmest ultra-thin self-winding watch on the market, featuring a total thickness of just 5.15 mm and its self-winding BVL 138 caliber of just 2.23 mm thick for a 40mm diameter.
2018
OCTO FINISSIMO
TOURBILLON AUTOMATIC
Bvlgari presents a new breakthrough on the front of extreme slenderness. At just 3.95mm thick, Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic claims a new watch industry record for the fourth time. An automatic version of the tourbillon caliber, the BVL 288, introduces a bold new design for Bvlgari — a peripheral winding rotor, allowing one to view the movement in its entirety with the benefit of automatic winding.
2019
OCTO FINISSIMO
CHRONOGRAPH GMT AUTOMATIC
With its manufactured integrated movement that displays the classical chronograph functions, Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT Automatic is the thinnest ever mechanical Chronograph in watchmaking history. The watch features a modern
horizontally coupled, column wheel controlled chronograph with peripheral winding and a second time zone function, all within the 3.30mm.
