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Hands-On Bulgari Octo Finissimo Automatic Sejima Limited Edition
The Octo Finissimo series is one of the most striking collections of the last decade. With it, Bulgari has secured an impressive series of world records for thinness. But more than anything else, the Octo Finissimo is a style statement. Fabrizio Buonamassa and the?Bulgari team have created a modern icon, whose ultra-thin profile broke into the market in muted monochrome attire. Many iterations of the model have been released over the years. On the occasion of the Geneva Watch Days, Bulgari unveils an exceptional limited edition created with Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima.Winner of the 2010 Pritzker Prize and of the Golden Lion at the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2004, Japanese architect Kazuyo Sejima is known for her clean modernist designs. Her use of materials, contrasts, light, transparency, and the play between the visible and the invisible are defining elements of her works. Unveiled on the occasion of the Geneva Watch Days, her collaboration with Bulgari has given birth to a
First Look: The Anoma A1 Slate, The Second Edition of the Oddly-Shaped Watch
About a year ago, a new micro-brand launched on the scene and caused quite some noise due to its oddly shaped, slightly overdesigned but rather appealing triangular watch, the Anoma A1 Watch. The project of a young French-British watch enthusiast, Matteo Violet Vianello, the watch made a sensation with a sculptural case playing on the trend for shaped watches – Cartier Crash or Pebble, to name a few – and the initial limited run of blue watches sold out fast. The brand is back with the second chapter in its adventure, the Anoma A1 Slate – but there’s a bit more than just a new dial colour here.Anoma’s inaugural model, the blue A1 watchViolet Vianello’s passion for watches began in childhood and led him to work at Sotheby's and later at respected indie watch retailer A Collected Man. Last year, he started his own venture, Anoma, which is short for anomaly and does reflect the unconventional shape of his first model. The A1 watch draws inspiration from
Hands-On - Breguet Classique Extra-Plate 5157 Pink Gold (Specs & Price)
Creating a two-hand ultra-thin watch is, believe it or not, one of the most complex exercises for a watch designer. Because of the extreme simplicity of such pieces, it is easy to end up with the most boring watch possible – and how do you differentiate yourself when you simply have nothing to express…? This is where the?Breguet Classique Extra-Plate 5157 (and its 2018 pink gold version) is brilliant. It manages to be extremely pure, clean and simple and at the same time remains a quintessentially Breguet product.With ultra-thin, time-only watches, what sounds initially like an advantage is actually a disadvantage. Don’t think for a second that creating a pleasant ultra-thin, time-only watch with its own personality is easy. In fact, it can be much more complex than a watch with complications – a topic we discussed here with another brand – as there is a very low margin to express the DNA of the brand: a small case, two hands and a dial… That’s
The Auction Hammer - Patek Philippe Millennium ref.5032J - Monochrome Watches
Catch the bug after a decade – a Patek Philippe Millennium (ref.5032J) will be auctioned at the upcoming Antiquorum auction in New York. It is almost unbelievable but it has already been more than a decade ago since the world entered the new millennium. Despite this unique and joyful event, there was the dark shadow of the famous Y2K bug that promised black outs, meltdowns, total mayhem and, of course, the end of civilization as we knew it. Fortunately these doom-scenario's did not keep watchmakers from creating limited editions to commemorated this special event. Very interesting of course, especially when the name of this watchmaker is Patek Philippe. Ad - Scroll to continue with article Patek Philippe actually issued more than one model to commemorate the new millennium. Reference 5100J with their superb 10 days movement,?a double-sided pocket watch wit
Pre SIHH 2014: Introducing the Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 Pink Gold Case and Chocolate-toned Dial - Monochrome Watches
Three years after introducing the first Grande Reverso Ultra-Thin Tribute to 1931, Jaeger-LeCoultre created a second pink gold version, now featuring a lovely chocolate brown dial. The full name of this watch – Jaeger-LeCoultre Grande Reverso Ultra Thin 1931 Pink Gold Case and Chocolate-toned Dial – is quite a mouthful. The name might be a tongue-twister, but with these looks it can easily become a heart-breaker as well. (pre-Jaeger) LeCoultre Reverso from 1934The Reverso finds its roots in the polo game, back in the 1930’s, and has appear in many different variations over the years. On the occasion of the 80th anniversary, Jaeger-LeCoultre chose to return to the very origins by presenting the Grande Reverso Ultra Thin Tribute to 1931, which was directly inspired by the aesthetic codes of the historical model. The ultra-thin case, and just on the early models the dial lacks the brand name and only has the model name – Reverso – printed on it.Reverso models
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