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.
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