Felix Scholz
While I know Bulgari released a full suite of new models at Baselworld 2018 including a nice new Lucea and variants on the Octo Roma really, it was all about their geometric critical hit, the Octo.And while we didn't exactly see the Octo come in new shapes and sizes (it's still very square), we did see it come in a genuinely interesting new mix of case finishes and complications. Take, for example, the new carbon minute repeater, giving the chiming champion a completely new feel. And then there's their latest record-breaker, the Octo Tourbillon Automatic, a technical tour de force that looks good to boot. But, for me, the real star is the two new case variations on the Octo Finissimo Automatic, in rhodium-coated steel and pink gold. I'm especially taken by the pink gold, which has never looked so low-key.In the comments on one of our videos, someone asked the question (and I'm paraphrasing here): How is it that a jewellery house is making such excellent watches? My answer is that they're making cohesive, distinctive, zeitgeist-y and genuinely good timepieces precisely because they're a jewellery house. They're not so bound by the covenants and conventions of the industry as some of their Swiss cousins, as their latest collection proves.
04.04.18