Italian brand Bvlgari celebrates its anniversary with a world record, presenting women's watches with the thinnest minute repeater.

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Women's watch Diva Finissima Minute Repeater with the world's thinnest minute repeater. Diva Finissima Minute Repeater. Rose gold case. The bezel and straps are decorated with diamonds weighing about 4.26 carats.

Decades of investment, development, research and gradual improvement have helped Dom Bvlgari become the vanguard of the fine watchmaking art of Haute Horlogerie. In 2018, the House (founded in 1884) celebrates the centenary since the creation of the first Bvlgari jewelry watches. Diva Finissima Minute Repeater, a masterpiece of jewelry art, is timed to this event. The record-thin caliber was designed and manufactured by the watchmakers of the Italian brand in Le Santier (Switzerland).

The thinnest automatic watch and the thinnest automatic watch with a tourbillon in the world Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic.

The sensation of the Baselworld 2018 exhibition - the Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic for men is the thinnest automatic watch and the thinnest automatic watch with a tourbillon in the world. The thickness of the new titanium case is only 3.95 mm (1.95 mm - the thickness of the new BVL288 caliber, power reserve - 52 hours). The tourbillon in the mechanism is mounted on a special ball-bearing design, which made it possible to reduce the thickness of the titanium case.

The mechanism of Octo Finissimo Tourbillon Automatic is completely skeletonized, that is, all its details are open for review. The design of the window on the back of the case refers to the picture of the entrance to the Roman Bvlgari boutique on Via Condotti. Thanks to the window, you can observe the operation of both the tourbillon and the peripheral rotor of the automatic plant system.

Lvcea Tubogas. Among the novelties decorated with diamonds are: watches made of steel with a black lacquer dial (28 and 33 mm); watches in steel and rose gold with a mother of pearl dial (28 and 33 mm) and watches in rose gold (33 mm).

Women's watch Lvcea (the name comes from the Latin word "light") with a diameter of 28 and 33 mm this year received the famous Tubogas bracelet, which made it even more versatile and comfortable. There are versions in steel and pink gold, as well as with a skeletonized dial. The Tubogas bracelet, so named because of its similarity to lowly gas tubes, was made using the technology of the late 1940s.

Advertising watches on bracelets Tubogas 70s.

At that time, on the wave of fashion for industrial aesthetics, the idea of ​​miniaturization of engineering objects became popular. Bvlgari jewelers returned to this design in the 1970s, when they began using branded twisted elements in watches, bracelets, necklaces and rings. The effect of energy-rich spiral in combination with coins and bright gems created a fascinating contrast, which was marked by a special style of jewelry Bvlgari.