Bulgari - Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar

Bulgari presented the Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar, the slimmest perpetual calendar on the market, their 7th world record. Bvlgari 2021 novelties

Bulgari is launching today the Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar, the latest evolution of the Octo Finissimo and the seventh world record of a model in this collection, this time for the slimmest perpetual calendar watch on the market.

Another demonstration of Bulgari’s skills in Haute Horlogerie, this new model is available in two variations: in sandblasted titanium, a “signature” of the brand, and a platinum version. 

The Octo Finissimo world record saga: Tourbillon Manual (2014), Minute Repeater (2016), Automatic (2017), Tourbillon Automatic (2018), Chronograph GMT Automatic (2019), Tourbillon Chronograph Skeleton Automatic (2020) and the latest one, the Perpetual Calendar. To read about each of them, just click its name.

The new model has a total thickness of 5.80 mm and the result is particularly remarkable if you consider that no less than 408 components interact flawlessly within such a limited volume.

To reduce the total thickness of the BVL 305 Calibre to just 2.75 mm, the engineers of the Manufacture paid attentions to every single detail, such as the use of a micro-rotor and the optimal use of the space between the components without reducing their dimensions.  Its autonomy is 60 hours.

Water-resistant to 30 metres / 100 feet, the 40 mm case frames a dial characterised by an original layout: central hours and minutes, a retrograde-display date in the upper half, month between 4 and 5 o'clock, day of the week between 7 and 8 o'clock, and leap year at 6 o'clock.

The adjustment of the calendar indications is performed by means of three correctors: one for the date at 2 o'clock, another for the month at 4 o'clock and a third for the day between 8 and 9 o’clock. 

The mechanism identifies different month lengths and leap years automatically and will work until February 2100 without needing any correction (2100 will not be a leap year. In fact, "Centurial” years -like 1800, 1900, 2000 - are leap years only if they are divisible by 400. So 2000 was a leap year, but not 2100).

The Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar Titanium ref. 103200 is equipped with a sandblasted titanium bracelet with folding clasp and has a price of Euro 60,000  while the platinum version ref. 103463 is matched to a blue alligator leather strap with platinum pin buckle and retails at Euro 90,000. bulgari.com

Suggested reading:

- The history of Bulgari watches