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The Bulgari Octo: Il Duomo, Florence

A design inspiration for the watch, this Florentine basilica's engineer was also a clockmaker

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The next stop in our ongoing series with Bulgari is in celebration of the designs that inspired their Octo watch line, which happens to be one of the most globally recognizable basilicas: Florence, Italy’s The Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore—more commonly known as Il Duomo. With towering, architectural magnificence, exceptional detail work and octagonal composition, the cathedral is truly inspiring. While the Octo prominently …

The Bulgari Octos

Classic geometric inspiration infuses men's watches with historic beauty

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With an invocation of one of design’s most historic geometric shapes, Bulgari’s Octo men’s watch line reinvents classic, colossal beauty. Their iconic double bezel lays the purity of a circle, atop the faceted structure of an octagon. The resulting combination harks back to the power of architecture, a structural beauty and strength in power. The most recent watch in the series, the Octo Steel takes …