Bulgari S.p.A is an Italian jewelry and luxury goods brand that produces and markets several product lines, including watches, fragrances, accessories, and even hotels. Usually stylized “BVLGARI” in the classical Latin alphabet, the company’s name is derived from the surname of Greek founder Sotirios Voulgaris, who began his career as a jeweler in his home village of Paramythia, Epirus, Greece in the 1870s. He eventually moved to Rome, Italy in 1881 where he founded his company and opened his second shop in 1884 in via Sistina–which was replaced by the company’s current flagship store in via dei Condotti in 1905 with the help of his two sons, Costantino and Giorgio, who took over the company after their father’s passing in 1932. In the late 1970s–with Giorgio’s son Gianni and his cousin Marina at the helm–the company underwent a complete overhaul and established a new watch business while also opening their first international stores in New York City, Paris, Geneva, and Monte Carlo. In 2011, French luxury group LVMF Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA acquired Bulgari in an all-share deal for a current $5.46 billion, which doubled the size of LVMF’s watches and jewelry unit. The company’s Swiss subsidiary, Bulgari Haute Horlogerie SA, is responsible for Bulgari’s watch production and develops its own calibers and parts. In 2010, Bulgari had a revenue of $1.36 billion. Read on for a list of the most expensive Bulgari watches priced from bulgari.com.
5. Women’s Serpenti Secret Coral/Onyx/Turquoise – $310,000
These three Serpenti Secret luxury women’s watches are some of the most elegant of the special Bulgari series, featuring quartz movement, brilliant-cut diamonds, and 40 mm 18-caret gold cases, dials, and double-spiral bracelets. The three $310,000-priced wrist watches include one made of pink gold set with coral, one made of white gold set with onyx, and one made of pink gold set with turquoise (seen above).
4. Women’s Serpenti Secret Lapis Lazuli – $348,000
Another luxury women’s watch out of the Bulgari Serpenti Secret series, this eye-catching wrist watch features quartz movement and a 40 mm 18-caret pink gold case, dial, and double-spiral bracelet set with a luxurious display of brilliant-cut diamonds, brilliant-cut pink sapphires, and brilliant-cut amethysts. The watch also features stunning eyes in lapis lazuli.
3. Women’s Serpenti Secret Malachite – $485,000
The most expensive Bulgari women’s luxury watch–and the most expensive of the Serpenti Secret series–is this dazzling wrist watch set with brilliant-cut diamonds and brilliant-cut emeralds along with eyes set in malachite. Similar to the previous Serpenti Secret women’s wrist watches, this Bulgari watch features a 40 mm 18-caret white gold case, dial, and double-spiral bracelet.
2. Men’s Bvlgari-Bvlgari Tourbillon – $496,000
This men’s Bvlgari-Bvlgari Tourbillon luxury wrist watch, with a price tag of close to half a million dollars, is the second most expensive Bulgari watch on the market today. The watch features a BVL 263 caliber with see-through tourbillon, a 41 mm 18-caret white gold crown set with 11 baguette-cut diamonds and one brilliant-cut diamond, a full pavé dial encrusted with 212 baguette-cut diamonds, and an alligator leather strap with an 18-caret white gold folding buckle set with 24 baguette-cut diamonds, totaling 504 diamonds and 27.84 carets.
1. Men’s Octo Tourbillon – $734,000
The world’s most expensive Bulgari watch is this men’s Octo Tourbillon luxury wrist watch with a price tag of $734,000. The watch features mechanical manufacture movement with automatic winding, a BVL 263 caliber with see-through tourbillon, a 64 hour power reserve, a 41 mm 18-caret white gold case set with 262 baguette-cut diamonds, an 18-caret white gold crown set with 8 baguette-cut diamonds and one brilliant-cut diamond, a full pavé dial encrusted with 178 baguette-cut diamonds, a transparent back case, and an alligator strap with an 18-caret white gold folding buckle set with 35 baguette-cut diamonds, totaling 484 diamonds and 19.57 carets.
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