Bulgari

CALIBRE 168 New pictures of Bulgari's first in-house movement, CALIBRE 168, a mechanical self-winding base movement entirely designed, developed and produced in-house. It was launched at Baselworld 2010 and now powers watches in the Sotirio Bulgari Collec...  

Didn't know that the Bulgari 168 utilized German silver parts! Thanks for the information! And I wonder what kind of useful and interesting complications will be modulated to this movement in the future!

.. with beautiful design. Would love to meet in person with casing one day..... Ken

Most new in house movements being introduced by other brands seem to be extending the power reserve past 42 hours, but I think this is perfectly acceptable. Looking forward to new watches with this motor.

ping, Thanks for the update. I remember the few celebratory watches for Sotirio Bulgari's anniversary but not many watches use this movement ....yet. The usually unseen front of the movement is under the dial and there is the feature described in the tech... 

Here are some of the watches that have the Caliber 168 movement. Yes, the jumping date is along the perimeter which imo, is an attractive detail of the watch. ...  

The initial press photos were a little underwhelming. I still don't like the rotor's aesthetics, but the movement looks very solid. Cheers, Daos

...and the movement seems well made - but why and where are the "powerful torque" needed? Just curious... Ken