Bulgari

To me, the bvlgari-bvlgari bezel is what got me interested in watches in the first place.

I fell in love with them and have owned 4 bvlgari pieces with the double logo bezel (my first bvlgari was a Diagono aluminium 38mm)

Good thing about bulgari's collection is that if you don't like the double-logo bezel so much...there is the Diagono Professional line which include the Diagono Aria, Terra, and Scuba. All are fantastic watches with top-notch cases, dials, and bracelets.

I have owned a Scuba before (40mm), and my latest purchase is the new Aria (42mm), and I'm loving it

So, logo or no logo, I think they are great watches, some of them even superior to watches made by "a watch-only" companies like Breitling or Omega, IMHO ofcourse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hi Faisal,

Really looking forward to see your pics and your thoughts on the Aria.  I think the GMT 3 time zones is a pretty cool concept and I'm interested in learning how it functions.  Do you find it easy to read each time zone?  Hope you can start a new thread about it

Regards,
ED-209

Hi Ed,

The Aria is one of the best watches I've ever owned, both in terms of aesthetics and function.

It is really beautifully finished.

It is sooo easy to read all 3 time zones.

And I get lots of compliments. 

I will post pics as soon as I get my new camera

 

Regards,

-Faisal

 

 

 

 

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I would like to add some notes regarding the use of the letter "V" instead of "U".

You have correctly written that the "V" in the Bulgari logo is only used when it is written in all caps, as that is the classical Roman type. In fact, first of all, the archaic latin alphabet had only the sign "V" (only with the sound "U", probably); in the second place, it had only capital letters, since the small ones  was introduced in the Middle Ages. The differentiation of the letters "V" and "U" was brought only in the XVI century.

Ciao!

Thanks for that background information. Very interesting and much appreciated.

I wonder why, then, that they use BVLGARI as a logo, but refer to the company as "Bulgari". Would it be sensible to have consistency and just refer to themselves as "BVLGARI"?

Andrew

Hi Andrew,

    I too was intrigued by that when i got interested in bulgari timepieces and what i found was the aggregated of what Ping & Hear349 stated: The company originated in Greece was "bulgari", then they moved & opened shop in Rome where in old Latin characters there were no "U" but only "V" the shop logo was then designed in capital letter in "BVLGARI". it was successful & stated that way since

Cheers,
Ed~



  

Ciao!

Hi Andrew

The real name is BOULGARIS and was a greek familly befor they move to Italy

And the V to replace the U was decided By Sotirio (founder) before his death