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According to Bulgari , the idea creates a “ contrast between material and transparency , the visible and the invisible ,” which Sejima devised in part to reflect the aesthetic codes apparent in her architectural work .
The architect ’’ s signature is inscribed on the sapphire crystal caseback , which opens up the nicely decorated automatic Manufacture movement , BVL Calibre 138 – complete with ( surprise !) a platinum micro-rotor .
Bulgari will make the Octo Finissimo Sejima Edition as a 360-piece limited edition and will delivered it in a special mirrored steel box . Price : $ 14,100 .
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