iW Magazine Spring 2018 | Page 71

Far Left: Grande Sonnerie mvmt (4 hammers + 4 gongs) Left: Carillon Tourbillon mvmt (3 hammers + 3 gongs). INSIDE BULGARI DURING A RECENT TOUR OF BULGARI’S MANUFACTURE in Le Sentier, we discovered an impressive fully vertical manufacture. Movement plates are manufactured here from metal to the finished product. Complicated pieces, particularly all the company’s minute repeaters, are designed, manufactured, assembled and tested here. Here is a glimpse of what we observed. SPRING 2018 | INTERNATIONAL WATCH | 71