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Bulgari Puts Vianney Halter on the Octo Finissimo Dual Time for Geneva Watch Days 2026

The maison's Geneva Watch Days slate names two new calibres and withholds almost every number collectors will ask for.

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Bulgari has revealed its Geneva Watch Days 2026 lineup, pairing its ultra-thin flagship with independent watchmaker Vianney Halter. “For the first time, Bvlgari joins forces with independent master watchmaker Vianney Halter,” the brand says on its Geneva Watch Days 2026 page.

The result is an Octo Finissimo Dual Time. Bulgari retains the familiar faceted Octo case, available in titanium or rose gold, and entrusts the dial to Halter, whose signature four-dial architecture defines the collaboration. Powering it is the BVF 200, a new manufacture movement with GMT, date, and day/night indications. Two limited editions will follow, one in each metal.

The rest of the lineup is brief. There is an Octo Finissimo 37, cased at 37 mm in titanium with a satin polish, carrying another new calibre called the BVF 100. Its 72 hours of autonomy is the only power reserve figure Bulgari publishes anywhere in the announcement. An Octo Finissimo Dazzle applies laser engraving to a titanium case. And Bvlgari Titanio moves the Aluminium collection into Grade 5 titanium, in GMT and chronograph guises.

Then there are the omissions, and here they are the real story. Bulgari gives no case thickness for any of the four, an odd silence for a line whose whole identity is measured in fractions of a millimetre. No reference numbers, no prices, no water resistance, and no edition sizes for the Halter pieces.

For a collaboration this unexpected, the full specs remain to be seen.

Source: bulgari.com

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