Thematic Play: WOW Editor?s Pick
The Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT is an almost perfect watch; little could have been done to improve its design or functionality.
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Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT
When I started out on my watch collecting journey, I spent a few years ?accumulating? very different watches. Then a pattern emerged, and I identified moon phase watches as my first real ?collecting? theme. Life events and romanticised ideals led me to develop a second theme of GMT watches about a decade later. Then, in late 2019, after five years of writing about watches in a professional capacity, I consciously started a third theme of buying one iconic case design from each watch brand.
Four watches and two years into this third theme, I decided to bite the bullet and just buy the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT I have always wanted, since seeing it for the first time at (the now-defunct) Baselworld in 2019. It is a logical purchase for me because it fits not only the iconic case design theme but also the GMT one; honestly, I did not quite care about its record-breaking slimness. To me, this watch deserved my hard-earned money because of the impeccable way the chronograph and GMT functions were joined on such an emblematic canvas.
This sleek timepiece offers so much functionality despite its minimalistic guise. At first glance, one may rationally assume that this Octo Finissimo is a normal tricompax chronogr...
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Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT
When I started out on my watch collecting journey, I spent a few years ?accumulating? very different watches. Then a pattern emerged, and I identified moon phase watches as my first real ?collecting? theme. Life events and romanticised ideals led me to develop a second theme of GMT watches about a decade later. Then, in late 2019, after five years of writing about watches in a professional capacity, I consciously started a third theme of buying one iconic case design from each watch brand.
Four watches and two years into this third theme, I decided to bite the bullet and just buy the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT I have always wanted, since seeing it for the first time at (the now-defunct) Baselworld in 2019. It is a logical purchase for me because it fits not only the iconic case design theme but also the GMT one; honestly, I did not quite care about its record-breaking slimness. To me, this watch deserved my hard-earned money because of the impeccable way the chronograph and GMT functions were joined on such an emblematic canvas.
This sleek timepiece offers so much functionality despite its minimalistic guise. At first glance, one may rationally assume that this Octo Finissimo is a normal tricompax chronogr...
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