iW Magazine iW Magazine Summer 2017 | Page 140

BASELREVIEW2017 Artistic/Avant-Garde BULGARI OCTO TOURBILLON SAPPHIRE WITH ITS TRANSPARENT CASE-BACK and dial, this spectacular 44mm-diameter timepiece made of titanium with a black Diamond Like Carbon (D.L.C.) treatment, offers a full visual immersion into its movement. The mechanical manual-winding flying tourbillon movement, Caliber BVL 206, features 11 black DLC-coated bridges adorned with green bars of ITR2 – a single composite material laden with carbon nanotube particles and a hardness comparable to a metal - and SLN, a high-tech luminescent material enabling the watch to give off at night all the light it has received during the daytime. The bridges forming the hour-markers are an entirely original feature. They therefore serve to bear and hold the movement in place, while also acting as functional elements for reading off the hours and minutes. DOXA BLUE PLANET ONE OFTHREE renditions that feature either blue aventurine (left), tiger eye and agate, this new design is presented in a 42mm case made of stainless steel coupled with a rose gold bezel. An explicit date display is located at 6 o’clock. Limited to 800 pieces. 138 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | SUMMER 2017