BULGARI
OCTO ROMA
BULGARI EXPANDS OCTO FAMILY with Octo Roma, a pared-down collection that offers the dress / casual demeanor of the Octo Solotempo line, but with a thinner, less angular design.
With the new design, Bulgari has smoothed the edges of the octagon case layers and reigned in the lugs to emphasize the round bezel and has reduced the number of facets required to finish the case from 110 to 58. Just as critical to the less fussy feel of the new collection is the thinner lug width( to 32.5mm) to echo a strap size that, while still wide, is closer to a traditional dress / casual watch size. Nonetheless, the case size of the new collection remains a comfortable 41mm. The movement inside is in-house, specifically the BVL 191, a caliber also found in existing Octo Solotempo 38mm models.( My guess is we’ ll eventually see a 38mm version of this new collection next year.) Prices begin at $ 5,950.
MEISTERSINGER
CIRCULARIS POWER RESERVE
THIS LATEST ADDITION TO THE MEISTERSINGER PREMIUM LINE extends the dial color options of this one-handed 43mm steel-cased wonder. Twin mainspring barrels provide a power reserve of 120 hours when fully wound. MeisterSinger’ s wellknown one-handed configuration features applied Arabic numerals and an extra‘ 0’ for the single-digit numerals that punctuate the outer minute track. Each marker represents about five minutes. Prices begin at about $ 5,300.
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