Bulgari has lengthy held the report for the world’s thinnest watch, nevertheless it needed to go even thinner following the 2022 launch of Richard Mille’s 1.75mm RM UP-01 Ferrari watch. The result’s the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Extremely COSC, which comes with an “optimized” 40mm case that’s “even thinner than a coin.” Bulgari one way or the other managed to suit all 170 elements that energy the wearable inside its case, a few of which you’ll see at work with the openwork dial.
Bulgari makes use of tungsten carbide for the watch’s mainplate (the a part of the watch that serves as the bottom for all of the shifting components), together with titanium for the bracelet, lugs, and bezel. Not like Bulgari’s earlier record-holding watches, this one is an authorized chronometer. The certification is granted by the Swiss Contrôle Officiel Suisse des Chronomètres (COSC) and signifies that the watch has gone by way of in depth testing to make sure it maintains correct timekeeping.
The watch has a “datamatrix” engraved on the again, which Bulgari managing director Antoine Pin says provides a “digital expertise of your watch.” It additionally provides house owners entry to “all details about the product,” together with the guarantee and person handbook. He doesn’t specify whether or not this code hyperlinks you to an NFT like Bulgari’s earlier ultra-thin watch, although.
The Octo Finissimo Extremely COSC prices $590,000. There are solely 20 fashions made, every of which comes with a case that mechanically units and winds the watch. I believe I’ll maintain off till Bulgari will get the watch as skinny as my angel hair spaghetti.
