What is the new Bvlgari Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar?
It is a monochromatic blue version of Bvlgari’s Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar. Originally launched in 2021 in titanium, it won the Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix – the most prestigious award – at the Grand Prix d’Horologie de Genève (GPHG) awards ceremony held in 2021. A world record holder for an ultra-thin titanium perpetual calendar, the model was presented in CarbonGold in 2023 and sandblasted 18K rose gold in 2025.
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What is its dial, case and strap features?
Dial: It features a blue varnished dial. The skeletonised hour and minute hands, and the day of the week, month and leap year hands are rhodium plated. The date hand appears to be part rhodium plated and part blued. Silver-coloured hour-markers.
Case: It is made from sandblasted blue PVD coated titanium. It measures 40 mm (diameter) * 5.80 mm (thin). Dial side and caseback feature sapphire crystals. Water resistant up to 3 ATM or approximately 30 metres.
Strap: It comes with a blue alligator leather strap fitted with a pin buckle made from polished titanium.
Does its movement feature a micro-rotor?
Yes. It is powered by calibre BVL 305, a manufacture automatic movement that drives the hours, minutes, and perpetual calendar functions of day of the week (between 7 and 8 o’clock), retrograde date (upper portion of dial), month (between 4 and 5 o’clock) and retrograde leap year indicator (6 o’clock). It measures 2.75 mm (thin), comprises 30 jewels, beats at a luxurious frequency of 3 Hz or 21,600 vph and delivers a power reserve of 60 hours.
What do we think?
The Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar incorporates the design’s iconic octagonal ultra-thin case (5.80 mm) with an ultra-thin perpetual calendar movement (2.75 mm) featuring a micro-rotor and two retrograde displays! It is an unreal interpretation of this classic grand complication. Ultra-thinness is not easy to accomplish and is itself considered a complication. No wonder it won the Aiguille d’Or Grand Prix in 2021. In its new monochromatic blue avatar, it adds versatility to the design while remaining as elegant as ever.
Examples of groundbreaking perpetual calendars include MB&F’s LM Perpetual and Vacheron Constantin’s Traditionnelle Twin Beat Perpetual Calendar. We covered both recently, please click here and here to read.
Additional Details
Name: Octo Finissimo Perpetual Calendar
Reference: 104262
Price: Not available at the time of authoring this article.
Limited edition of 50 pieces.
Please visit bulgari.com and horlogerie.bulgari.com to learn more about this model.
