The Bulgari serpent is what the panther is to Cartier: an iconic symbol of the brand. These predatory members of the animal kingdom serve not only as fascinating design elements, but signify the heritage of these brands as jewelers first, and lend a special authenticity to their jewelry watch lines. Bulgari started using the serpent motif in the 1940s and it has since gro [...]

Italian watch and fashion brand Bulgari has collaborated with Italian car maker Maserati on special edition watches since 2012. The latest fruits of that collaboration were released at the Frankfurt motor show, and they are a pair of Bulgari Octo Maserati Mono-Retro watches that despite being individually named are essentially different material versions of an Octo with a dial design based [...]

Bulgari is a major force in the world of all things luxury, and there is no denying they are also heavy hitters in the world of watchmaking. An understanding of trends helps keep Bulgaris watch collections dynamic and interesting with a broad range from formal to sporty styles, but backed up with impressive in-house movements. For 2017, the trendy-looking ult [...]

The hottest mens watch collection within Bulgari is the Octo, and within that, the hottest sub-family is the very thin (in fact record breaking thin) Octo Finissimo with its several variants. At Baselworld 2017 Bulgari added another very important model into the Octo Finissimo family with the Octo Finissimo Automatic (hands-on here). That supplemen [...]

It is often an uphill battle for fashion brands to be accepted by watch enthusiasts, but Bulgari has thoroughly proven their dedication to the segment with everything from ultra high-end complications to more down-to-earth and practical luxury watches such as the Bulgari Diagono Scuba. New for summer 2017 are several different colors of Bulgaris sportiest watch in summery [...]

Cars and watches have a lot in common, so it is little wonder that tie-ins between the two worlds are so popular. Watchmakers and automakers have collaborated for quite a while now. Rolex is active in Formula 1, Chopard has its connections with the famous Mille Miglia, and the partnership between Hublot and Ferrari is now in [...]

No Baselworld watch trade show is complete without an in-depth team discussion about what timepieces should make our list of the top 10 watches. Last year, in 2016, we actually had so many good options that we made two lists, one being the top 10 totally new watches of 2016 and the other represented the top 10 updates for existing watches released at Baselworld 20 [...]

While?most big brands seem?to be saving their RD pennies for another year as they dedicate 2017 to celebrating, ahem,?their?heritage and paying homage to watches their predecessors?had made?anywhere between 1917 and 1976, we saw the quiet debut of a competit [...]

I still feel cautious?when calling one of the most prominent and successful luxury brands a plucky underdog, but Ill do it anyway because that is what Bulgari largely remains in the field of watchmaking; and that is also why I enjoyed going hands-on with their latest and greatest thinnest statement-watch if t [...]

For 2017, Bulgari adds a new flavor to its popular Octo watch collection with the new Bulgari Octo Roma. At first glance, youd be totally forgiven for not knowing that it is new or exactly what is new about it. Despite having a new case and dial, the magic Bulgari wanted to lend to the Octo Roma was that it look as though it was part of the Octo collection a [...]

To mark the 90th birthday of Giotto Bizzarini, and celebrate his lifetime of incredible contributions to the automotive community, Italian brand?Bulgari sponsored a special class at the 2016 Pebble Beach Concours dElegance auto event dedicated to the gorgeous vehicles which bear the master craftsmans name. Why would a luxury jewelry and watch maker get involved with bringing obscure Italia [...]

I believe it was in 2015 that Bulgari first debuted the Papillon Tourbillon Central as an extension of the Daniel Roth brand that they absorbed some years back. By now, all that is left of the Daniel Roth brand DNA is the Papillon name, distinctive case design, and movement architecture that exists within Bulgaris exclusive haute horology department. In other words, [...]

Special Content for BulgariRecently, we took a close look at?The History Present Of High Jewelry Fine Watchmaking For Ladies By Bulgari, where we discovered some of the most important creations of the brand, both in the fields of jewelry and ladies watches. Today, the subject of our focus will be an unmistakably Bulgari creation, [...]

Bulgari is right to be heavily focused on further fleshing out the Octo watch collection given the attractive and distinctive shape of the Gerald Genta-designed case. Bulgari today has taken this now iconic design (that was ironically overshadowed for a number of years prior to Bulgaris inclusion of it in their collection) and created a collection of modern, edgy, bold, yet elegant [...]

Special Content for BulgariFiner details of watchmaking, including different finishing techniques and proprietary movement construction solutions are very much common knowledge among watch enthusiasts. Haute joaillerie, or high?jewelry, on the other hand, is a more rarely discussed element in these c [...]

It used to be all about tourbillons and minute repeaters and complex chronographs, but if there is one genuinely useful complication that has been getting more attention from luxury watch?brands lately, then it is the dual time zone display. The latest, and one of the most comprehensive additions to the ever-growing family of multiple time zone watches is the Bulgari Hora Domus.In todays world where it is not [...]

The octagon: ancient yet timeless, simple yet complex, common yet unique. These are some rather impressive attributes not just for a geometric shape but for well anything, really. It should be no wonder, then, that one of the most highly?praised?watch designers of all time, a certain Gerald Genta, also preferred to use?this polygon?in a fair number of his works. The [...]

If you like modern chronograph sport watches, it might be in your best interest to take a good look at the new-for-2016 versions of the Bulgari Diagono Chronograph collection. In the past, Bulgari hasnt been shy about producing a vast range of Diagono timepieces, as the Diagono collection continue [...]

A discreet and classy luxury diving watch should be an absolute requirement for any well-rounded timepiece collection, in my own personal opinion. In fact, I have many diving watches to choose from when deciding what to wear, and I find it interesting to analyze the choices I make. This brings me to our review of the Bulgari Diagono Scuba which saw a nice refresh and re-lease in 2015. In short [...]

If a picture says?a thousand words, then this hands-on video probably says a million. Describing a minute repeater watch in text does it about as much justice as describing Scarlett Johansson over the phone-not much, and probably not the experience youre looking for.?At Baselworld 2016, we went hands-on with and filmed four very rare and very complicated Bulgari minute rep [...]