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Introducing: The New Worlds Thinnest Tourbillon, the 1.85mm Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon
We are undoubtedly in a golden age of the ultra-thin watch, with records continuously being shattered and timepieces at a level of thinness that would have been almost unimaginable just a few years ago At Watches and Wonders 2024, Piaget clinched the record for the thinnest tourbillon ever with its?Altiplano Ultimate Concept Tourbillon, measuring a mere 2mm. Well, just a year later, Bulgari recaptures this title – and the bragging rights. Meet the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Ultra Tourbillon, a 1.85mm watch that's now the new world's thinnest tourbillon watch available.?The Bulgari Octo Finissimo series is one of the most striking watch collections of the last decade. This impressive saga turned Bulgari into one of the unrivalled masters of ultra-thin watchmaking, topping one record of thinness after another. 2014 –?Octo Finissimo Tourbillon?– thinnest Tourbillon movement 1.95mm – case 5.00mm – calibre BVL 268 2016 –?Octo Finissimo Minute Repeater?–
Buying Guide - 5 Desirable Sports Watches Recently Launched
The summer is almost over. Amid the virus-fuelled uncertainty, new watch launches have been massively disrupted, but September remains a strategic time of year to introduce new products The past weeks have seen a slew of new watches and we have picked up five, eye-catching sports watches presented recently. Let's dive right in hoping you find something you love.Dive Watch – Submariner 41mm 124060There is a new Sub for 2020! At first glance, you would hardly spot the difference. The evolution is subtle but remodelled almost everything. If the Sub has measured 40mm across for decades, the new 124060 is 41mm in diameter (in fact, closer to 40.5mm). Its proportions have changed, in particular with thinner and more tapered lugs. On the wrist, it gains in elegance and compactness. The bracelet width has been increased by 1mm at 21mm. The new Submariner also gets the brand's new-generation movements, replacing its calibre 3130 with the modern calibre 3230. Ad - Scroll to
Weekly Watch Photo: The Arnold and Son Collection - Monochrome-Watches
In the past year?we have covered Arnold and Son quite often. And with good reason, because they have unveiled a lot of impressive novelties. In our article about the new?UTTE Tourbillon?we even started with “Yet another novelty from Arnold & Son!” and?we explained that we were rather impressed by Arnold & Son. For our Weekly Watch Photo we asked several of our befriended brand for some summer photos, and of course we also asked Arnold & Son. They work together with Watch-Anish?for their (superb) photos and we get to present you even more of their collection…What is truly interesting with Arnold and Son is the number and the complexity of the watches in collection. And even if the brand is quite new and is not a proper manufacture (meaning an integrated structure with R&D, conception and fabrication in the same entity), they never hide the fact that all the movements were?coming from the highly qualified manufacture La Joux-Perret. And another very inte
Spotted - Robert Downey JR with a URWERK UR-110 in Spider-Man Homecoming
In the world of watches, it’s become de rigeur?to have watches “placed” in movies (and?sometimes, it’s a bit more than just that). It’s a practice known as?“product placement” and, in certain measures, it seems to help selling watches (do you feel the irony here…?) However, the story here is much cooler than the usual “watch in a movie” commercial tie-up, and has been dictated by passion, involving?with one of the coolest watches around. So, what could well be the watch worn by?Iron Man / Tony Stark a.k.a Robert Downey Jr in upcoming movie?Spider-Man Homecoming? And why this choice?Recently, in a post on his own Instagram account,?Robert Downey JR showed himself wearing no less than a URWERK UR-110 Torpedo in Rose Gold, while attending the world-premiere of Spider-Man Homecoming. Even cooler, he posted another image with Yacine Sar, the independent watchmaker’s Head of Communication. So, what to think of that…? The
TAG Heuer Formula 1 Calibre 16 Max Verstappen Special Edition 2019 - Introducing, Price
After three years of quartz watches for Max Verstappen, covered here, here and here, his TAG Heuer special edition has now come of age. And despite the autumn rain and a very disappointing race last weekend for the Dutchman, spirits were high during the presentation of a watch that will most likely be sold out even before it hits the shelves. Meet the new TAG Heuer chronograph Max Verstappen Special Edition 2019 (finally mechanical).It doesn't really matter anymore how well Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen performs; people will line up to catch a glimpse of him everywhere he goes. Especially in his home country, the Netherlands, where he lightened up the quintessentially Dutch autumn weather with a flash visit to present his latest watch, the TAG Heuer Formula 1 Calibre 16 Max Verstappen Special Edition 2019. Ad - Scroll to continue with article During the last F
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