Gerald Genta OCTO Bi Retro WG (42.5 mm)

Considering purchasing a pre-owned minute repeater watch without being a top-notch brand. Seeking advice from more experienced owners about their usage, satisfaction, and service experiences. Bon weekend, Pelle.

I tried searching and assume this has been discussed before, so please link to an appropriate thread if possible... I'd like to learn about the design history of the Octo Finissimo. If I'm not mistaken, the design derives from the Bulgari Octo, which itself comes from the Gerald Genta brand Octo. I

Come on... Admit it. We are all prejudiced. We all have our tendencies, our prejudices, and our proclivities. And we all like Rolex. It was made for the masses. But, there's a famous saying, "never say never" and I often hear young watch collectors and even older and wiser collectors say the words,

[Note: For accuracy's sake and in response to the request of one of our members, I slightly amended the title from "Same designer [...]" to "Same design inspiration [...]." Mr. Genta himself was obviously not the designer of the Octo Finissimo, even though this line is greatly inspired by his work -

Not sure if you saw it already... Bulgari just released a stunner! I’ve always been on the fence for the Octo Finissimo Chrono... It has a lot of strong arguments: thinnest automatic chrono ever, winner of the GPHG 2019, Genta design... but I found it missing a bit of “craziness”... ... at least unt

Hi all, help needed please for the identification of this movement used by Daniel Roth and Gerald Genta in the nineties. Apparently this caliber is used now by Bulgari in the new Octo Minute Repeater, anyone knows where this movement come from and who realized it? I have been looking for info in the