Bite Autumn 2012

T wo of the world’s most prestigious Italian brands have combined their ideals and vision of excellence in a new creation. Bulgari, renowned designer of fine jewellery and luxury goods since 1884 and Maserati, manufacturers of luxury sports cars since 1914, have collaborated to create the exquisite Octo Maserati special series, a collection of

fine watches with combined expertise and dedication from both houses. The watch collection was presented at Bulgari’s showroom in Prague earlier this year. The event was attended by over a hundred people, including Maserati owners and Bulgari customers. The Octo Maserati is powered by haute horlogerie movement that features the refined self- winding mechanical Calibre GG7800. The graphic layout of the various displays provides time-measurement information that makes it unique within the exclusive circle of complicated

mechanisms. Besides having the jumping hour displayed through a window at 12 o’clock, the manufacture-made movement lines up four retrograde displays of the minutes, date and chronograph hour and minute counters. What is quite unusual about these unique watches is that the central chronograph seconds hand is positioned at 6 o’clock, which means that the hour indication is never covered.

Within the imposing 45 mm-diameter steel case is an exceptional motor. The Bulgari Oc