Octo Finissimo

The Octo Finissimo collection is born in 2014 as a natural evolution of the Octo line, introduced a few years earlier and characterized by a faceted, angular case profile, which Bulgari traces back to the geometry of the octagonal coffered ceiling of the Basilica of Maxentius, in the heart of Rome. The first model to carry the "Finissimo" name is a tourbillon with a case just 5 mm thick and a 1.95 mm movement, a technical result that immediately sets the collection's tone: not a simple restyling of the Octo, but a true research program on mechanical thinness, conducted entirely by the Bulgari manufacture in Switzerland.

In the following years the collection expands with an almost uninterrupted sequence of records: in 2017 comes the Automatic, which with its 5.15 mm case thickness becomes, for years, the thinnest automatic watch with central winding in the world, thanks to a calibre with a platinum micro-rotor; these are followed by the Minute Repeater (2016), the Chronograph GMT (2019) with a column-wheel mechanism, and the Perpetual Calendar (2021), each able to claim its category's record while remaining faithful to the octagonal aesthetic and the bracelet-integrated case that distinguish the entire line.

The most radical chapter arrives with the Ultra sub-line, presented starting in 2022: by eliminating the traditional movement in favor of a construction in which the main plate coincides with the case back, Bulgari creates the thinnest mechanical timepiece ever produced, just over 1.8 mm in total thickness. A result that, in less than ten years from its debut, brings the Octo Finissimo to be recognized as the collection that redefined the very concept of contemporary ultra-flat watchmaking.