New Bulgari Serpenti designs
BULGARI GARNERED CONSIDERABLE ATTENTION WHEN IT DEBUTED THE OCTO FINISSIMO AUTOMATIC AT
BASELWORLD 2017. THE SLEEK TITANIUM TIMEPIECE IS THE FIRM’S THIRD ULTRA-THIN DEBUT WITHIN JUST A
FEW YEARS. IT ARRIVED ON THE HEELS OF THE 2014 OCTO FINISSIMO TOURBILLON AND JUST A YEAR AFTER
BULGARI DEBUTED THE WORLD’S THINNEST MINUTE REPEATER, THE OCTO FINISSIMO MINUTE REPEATER.
LEADING THE CHARGE FOR BULGARI’S RELATIVELY NEWFOUND SUPREMACY WITHIN THE ULTRA-THIN
WATCH CATEGORY IS FABRIZIO BUONAMASSA, BULGARI’S HEAD OF WATCH DESIGN. IW SPOKE WITH BUONA-
MASSA RECENTLY ABOUT BULGARI’S FOCUS ON THIS VERY SPECIFIC WATCH CATEGORY. HE EXPLAINS BELOW
AND ALSO WEIGHS IN ON CREATING SKELETON WATCHES, DESIGNING WATCHES FOR WOMEN AND WHAT TO
EXPECT IN THE FUTURE FROM BULGARI.
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