LVMH’s Dubai Watch Week may have been only seven months ago, but it genuinely feels like it could’ve been last century. Cast your mind back those long, long … long seven months, though, and there seemed to be a general consensus among punters and professional hacks alike that there was one novelty that eclipsed all else. I am, of course, talking about the TAG Heuer Carrera 160 Years Silver. Kudos to TAG, it is a brilliant timepiece. T+T founder Andrew McUtchen even said that it “might be the perfect watch”. Thing is, though, it wasn’t the best watch unveiled at the boojee event in the desert. Contrary to popular belief, the real MVP was Bulgari’s Octo Finissimo in satin-polished stainless steel. The words “game” and “changer” get thrown about quite a bit in the editorial and marketeering worlds, but mark my words, this watch, cliché or not, is exactly that. In fact, I’m shocked that more folks in our world weren’t shouting from the rooftops upon its unveiling. Here is a luxury steel sports watch with an integrated bracelet, gorgeously finished manufacture movement with a platinum micro rotor and a blend of archetypal visual cues with a real, truly unique…
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