BULGARI | MEDITERRANEA HIGH-END WATCHES 2023 COLLECTION

Bulgari celebrates beauty and craftsmanship combining the most brilliant Italian creativity with the most exquisite Swiss watchmaking interpreted in an exceptional range of one of a kind High-End Watches Southern Radiance

The Bulgari watch design studio, based in Neuchatel in Switzerland, celebrates and interprets the richness of the Mediterranean underwater world. The brand’s skilled artisans and color gemstones experts gave life to two underwater gardens. The Giardino Marino Grande and Giardino Marino Piccolo. The flexible structure, along with a variety of hidden treasures and living reef convey a sense of vibrancy and joy. All the elements - fixed, moving or set on tremblers are assembled on a flexible bracelet made of coral-shaped parts in white gold evoking the movement of sea waves while providing comfort on the wrist.

All watches are mechanical and powered by Bulgari’s high horology calibers, notably the Piccolissimo caliber BVL 100, featuring miniature dimensions.

The Giardino Marino Grande secret watch required more than 3,900 hours to be completed. Crafted from over 4,800 colorful precious stones and gems, an exceptional combination of fishes, seashells, anemones set on tremblers, mobile corals, and decorated beads match to obtain vibrant color effects.

A starfish showing a central 3,96-carat cabochon rubellite and a seashell paved with diamonds and Paraiba tourmalines are both detachable and can be worn as earrings. Another sapphire-paved shell opens by pressing the round diamond revealing a pearl inside. The last treasure is hidden behind the central fish: the dial of the watch powered by the Piccolissimo micro mechanical movement. With a 12mm diameter, a thickness of 2.50mm and a weight of just 1.30 grams, Bulgari’s Piccolissimo is the smallest round mechanical caliber on the market and a testament to the Maison’s art of miniaturization. Exceptional craftsmanship and vibrant colorful stones meet watchmaking know-how to reveal a true masterwork.

The Octo Roma Mediterranea secret men’s watch is characterized by a precious octopus crafted with diamonds, sapphires, emeralds and Paraiba tourmalines. Showing a 44 mm rose gold case set with diamonds and a blue alligator strap, the watch reveals an ultra-thin manual movement, BVL 268 SK caliber with flying tourbillon.

Roman Splendor

Bulgari decided to employ the antique art of cameo carving to enrich the “Roman Splendor” range. To demonstrate a commitment to using traditional techniques and honoring the history and heritage of cameo carving, Bulgari collaborated with world-famous Torre del Greco-based artisans. Introducing men’s pieces in its High-End Watches collection, the Roman house unveiled The oneof-a-kind Octo Roma Secret Watch Cameo Imperiale. the profile of the Roman emperor is made in cameo and set with diamonds and lapis lazuli. Showing a precious 44 mm platinum case with diamonds and a black alligator strap, it reveals an ultra-thin manual winding mechanical movement, BVL 268 SK caliber with flying tourbillon. With a thickness of just under 2mm, it features a sleek and refined profile, making it a true standout in the world of fine watchmaking.

Serpenti 75

the new Serpenti Misteriosi Pallini secret watch is inspired by 1955’s yellow gold and diamond Serpenti secret watch. Thanks to the introduction of the Piccolissimo movement, for the first time featured in a Pallini watch, the proportions were significantly reduced guaranteeing an elegant aesthetic balance and impeccable fit. Showing Bulgari’s status as the master of colored gems, emeralds, Paraiba tourmalines and diamonds are wonderfully combined in this exclusive creation and are set on tremblers guaranteeing dynamic movement for this patented bracelet design. The white gold watch head is enriched with round brilliant-cut diamonds and two pear-shaped emerald eyes.

Taking inspiration from the Serpenti watch designed by Bulgari for Elizabeth Taylor when she was playing the main role in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s Cleopatra movie, the Serpenti Misteriosi Dragone secret watch shows a white gold dragon head covered with diamonds and featuring 2 pear-shape emerald eyes. The three-twirl white gold bracelet enriched with round brilliant-cut diamonds and emeralds completes an extraordinary timepiece, that offers an incomparable comfortable fit. Revealing Bulgari’s omnipresent playful touch, the snake head opens by pressing the little tongue and reveals a dial that can be easily turned, enabling to wear the timepiece either on the left or on right wrist, as it happened with the heritage piece. This extraordinary creation is powered by the brand’ smallest mechanical movement.

East Meets West

Presented with a matching necklace, the Oriental Buds high-jewelry secret watch evokes a lush exotic garden, its geometric symmetry inspired by Byzantine architecture. Bursting with life and energy, this exceptional timepiece, that required 900 hours to be completed, features a stunning combination of diamonds, tourmalines, emeralds and sapphires beads infused with dynamic vibrancy. The secret watch is dominated by a 5.65-carat Colombian cushion-cut emerald nested in a pavé-diamond setting of Indian Mughal-inspired motifs. Pushing the central emerald, the flower opens revealing the dial enriched with sparkling diamonds.

TECHNICAL DESCRIPTION

103869: Giardino Marino Grande

Giardino Marino Grande High-Jewelry secret watch in rose gold and white gold set with paraiba (14,71 ct), blue sapphires (31,59 ct), yellow sapphires (12,12 ct) and pink sapphires (16,10 ct), green and pink tourmalines (29,98 ct), mandarin garnets (29,81 ct), topaz (12,6 ct), emeralds (6,04 ct), tsavorites (5,18 ct), tanzanites (4,61 ct), citrine (3,6 ct), peridots (3,13 ct), diamonds (24,17 ct) and a hidden pearl. Two detachable elements to be worn as earrings. 165 mm bracelet. Piccolissimo manufacture manual winding mechanical micro movement, 2,5mm thick, 30-hour power reserve, 21'600 Vph (3Hz) frequency.

103874: Octo Roma Mediterranea secret watch

Octo Roma Mediterranea secret watch with 44 mm rose gold case and folding buckle set with baguette cut diamonds (10,85 ct). White and rose gold cap set with round brilliant cut diamonds (4,99 ct), round and pearshaped sapphires (0,56 ct), round emeralds (0.31 ct) and round and oval paraiba (0,77 ct). Transparent case back. Rose gold crown with black DLC titanium insert. Blue alligator strap. BVL 268SK manufacture manual winding mechanical ultra-thin skeletonized movement with flying tourbillon, 1,95 mm thick, 52-hour power reserve, 21'600 VpH (3Hz) frequency. Water resistant to 3 ATM.

103684: Octo Roma Secret Watch Cameo Imperiale

Cameo Imperiale Octo Roma Secret watch with 44 mm platinum case and folding buckle set with baguette cut diamonds (13,03 ct). Platinum cap set with a cameo and lapis lazuli representing Emperor Augusto Ottaviano, cap and bezel set with round brilliant cut diamonds (3,14 ct). Transparent case back. White gold crown with DLC titanium insert. Black alligator strap. BVL 268SK manufacture manual winding mechanical ultra-thin skeletonized movement with flying tourbillon, 1,95 mm thick, 52-hour power reserve, 21'600 VpH (3Hz) frequency. Water resistant to 3 ATM.

103882: Serpenti Misteriosi Pallini

Serpenti Misteriosi Pallini watch in white gold set with 128 paraibas (15,63 ct), 2 pear-shaped and 75 round emeralds (9,82 ct), round brilliant cut diamonds (31,69 ct). Pavé-set diamonds (0,28 ct) on the dial. 155 mm double-twirl bracelet. Piccolissimo manufacture manual winding mechanical micro movement, 2,5mm thick, 30-hour power reserve, 21'600 Vph (3Hz) frequency.

103785: Serpenti Misteriosi Dragone

Serpenti Misteriosi Dragone watch in white gold set with 2 pear-shaped and round emeralds (~11,66 ct), navette diamonds & round brilliant cut diamonds (~40,65 ct). Pavé-set diamonds (0,28 ct) on the dial. 165 mm three-twirl bracelet. Piccolissimo manufacture manual winding mechanical micro movement, 2,5mm thick, 30- hour power reserve, 21'600 Vph (3Hz) frequency.

103861: Oriental Buds secret watch

Oriental Buds High-Jewelry secret watch in rose gold set with 1 central cushion-shaped emerald (Colombia, 5,56 cts) and beads of pink tourmalines (3,64 ct), emeralds (11,58 ct), blue sapphires (12,83 ct) and buff-top emeralds (2,77 ct), buff-top blue sapphires (2,87 ct), round brilliant cut diamonds (13,58 ct) and baguette diamonds (1,75 ct). Pavé-set diamonds (0,28 ct) on the dial. 155 mm bracelet. Quartz movement.