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a round-THE-world Tour in businEss class

Dan Diaconu

Being everywhere at once. Only divinities from Antiquity and photons in quantum physics are endowed with this ability to be in several places at once. When it comes to us mere mortals, our life is THE ocTo roma worldTimEr governed by space and time. Having said that though, watchmaking offers offErs us a passporT roaming souls the opportunity to for EvEry dEsTinaTion zoom across time zones in style and on THE globE. in the best possible conditions. To satisfy their every wish, Bvlgari proposes a travel watch that embraces features deemed can’t-do-withouts for longhaul journeys and professional activities connected to a host of places across the globe. The 2017-launched Octo Roma collection is, as such, enhanced with a new reference, the Worldtimer which, as its name suggests, boasts the practical world time complication. The GMT standardized system of time, replaced in 1972 by UTC, Universal Coordinated Time, divides our planet into 24 separate zones. To find out quickly and easily the time in each of them, the Swiss master watchmaker Louis Cottier presented an ingenious system back at the beginning of the 1930s that was impressively effective. The central hand gives local time. Around the edge of the dial, a ring bears the names of key cities, New York, London, Moscow, Tokyo, etc. This ring interacts directly with a second graduated from 1 to 24. Once its reference time zone’s been placed at midday via the crown, all the cities are immediately coordinated with their respective time. This mechanism, which became a great classic, charms with its easy adjustment and has taken centre stage ever since on a myriad of models, irrespective of the brand. And, this is exactly what the Italian-Swiss

THE world TimE complicaTion is Easily adjusTEd via THE crown.

manufacture adopts for its Octo Roma WorldTimer! The time data is driven this time round by the BVL257 calibre assembled using 261 components. The presence of this self-winding movement, beating at a frequency of 4 Hz, delivers at least 42 hours of autonomy to the timepiece.

Bvlgari has rolled out this model in two attractive variations. The first combines its facetted octagonal case topped with a round, satin-brushed and polished steel bezel with an elegant blue sunburst-finish face. The second goes for a total black look through its DLC (Diamond-Like Carbon) coating and its dial. The Super-LumiNova®-adorned indexes and hands stand out perfectly in this monochrome scenescape. The chic-sporty spirit of these pieces with their ever-so one-of-a-kind design is boosted even more by their versatile size, 41 mm diameter and 11.35 mm thick, and by their waterproofness tested to depths of 100 m. A musthave companion for thrilling lifestyles enlivened by never-ending adventures. To ensure these pieces are wearerfriendly, each version comes with a special matching wraparound, a metallink bracelet or a textured rubber and textile strap, attached by a folding clasp or ardillon buckle. Even though all roads may lead to Rome, the Octo Roma Worldtimer offers us a passport for every destination on the globe.