Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando Limited Edition

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Technical specifications

Functions

  • Hours
  • Minutes
  • Seconds

Movement

  • Self Winding/Automatic
  • Manufactured
  • Swiss Made

Case

  • Octagonal
  • Ceramic
  • Brushed & Polished
  • 40.00mm

Glass

  • Sapphire

Buckle

  • Deployment Buckle
  • Ceramic

Strap

  • Ceramic

Year

  • 2021

Official description

How can one construct and interpret time in the most refined way possible? Bvlgari and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando have attempted to provide an answer to this equation by creating the 160-piece Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando limited series.

Tadao Ando has forged his international reputation through the use of cement and glass combined with the creative use of light in his architectural projects. These three elements are the common thread running through his architectural work, in perpetual search for absolute purity, the essential. Tadao Ando's work is now part of contemporary architectural history. Among his major achievements are the Church of Light in Osaka, the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth (Texas) and the 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo. After a first Octo Finissimo limited series jointly created by Bvlgari and Tadao Ando, in which the architect – impressed by Octo Finissimo pure shape - expressed time by means of a spiral engraved on the dial, a symbol of the black hole from where time is born, this second special edition picks up this theme dear to the Japanese construction specialist and based on the Mikazuki concept (三日月). While the theme of time remains central, this new model embodies a different approach.

Bvlgari Watches & Wonders Closing Keynote - Design Perspectives On Octo Finissimo Tadao Ando