BVLGARI watches get their name from their founder Sotir Bulgari who lived from 1857 to 1932. He started off as a jeweler in his hometown of Paramythia which was located in a Greek city called Epirus and was the child of Bulgarian immigrants. He moved from there to Corfu and then to Naples and by 1881 set out for Rome. When in Rome, he established his company and soon thereafter opened his second store in Via Sistina. The shop that he opened in Via Sistina was later substituted for what is now their flagship location in Via dei Condotti which was opened in 1905 by Sotir Bulgari and his two children, Constantino Bulgari and Giorgio Bulgari. Although BVLGARI watch production only commenced in 1980 with the establishment of Bulgari Haute Horlogerie SA in Neuchatel.
It takes around one year to assemble, adjust and decorate a single Bulgari Grande Complication such as their chiming watches, tourbillons, perpetual calendar watches and moon phase watches, some of which combine up to one thousand components. Armed with the know-how and an undying passion for design and the pursuit of nothing but excellence, BVLGARI brings forth numerous watch collections that are truly unique and iconic.
Bvlgari watches has over 500 employees and develops its own Swiss watch movements and parts which include some high complication calibers. Bulgari also acquired two watch companies which are Daniel Roth and Gerald Genta .
The Daniel Roth watches, affectionately called Daniel watches, include several fine models such as the Daniel Roth Grande Lune, the Papillon Chronograph Jumping Hours and Voyageur GMT and the Daniel Roth Petite Seconds.
BVLGARI also makes the thinnest tourbillon movement in the world found in the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Tourbillon watches in the Octo by Gerald Genta collection, one of the watchmakers that Bvlgari absorbed under their brand. This collection features several series of stunning Octo watches including the Octo Automatic, Octo Velocissimo Chronograph 41mm, the Octo Finissimo Extra Thin 40mm, The Finissimo Tourbillon 40mm, The Octo Bi Retro and the Octo Quadri Retro 45mm, possibly the largest BVLGARI watch.
Which was it guys?My first was the result of a realisation that my previously-held view that sports watches were not my style needed changing.It wasn't difficult to imagine which watch I would opt for. Having been given more to dress styles, I found the 2254.50 too big so one late afternoon in February of 2004, I ordered a mid-size black SMP from a dealer I tracked down having hunted high and low ........
Gettin HOT ..........
Today was the hottest day of the year so far around here, up in the 80's :eek:Trying to think of the cooler days :cool::cool::cool:And its only going to get hotter ........
It's sad to see how dead this place is!
I joined WTF because of all the knowledgeable longtime collectors here and on the Hammy Forum. Any news if any might be returning now that the honorable former owner has taken his sheckles and gone elsewhere? These Forums are a ghosttown without Rene, Mark, Bryan, Tom, Adam, Rick, Randy, Will, and the restnot to mention their photos, catalogs, and great toys to share. Might the new owners reach........
Eppmann?
Anyone here ever heard of such a brand or seen one of their watches?........