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Then a pattern emerged, and I identified moon phase watches as my first real “collecting” theme. Life events and romanticised ideals led me to develop a second theme of GMT watches about a decade later. Then, in late 2019, after five years of writing about watches in a professional capacity, I consciously started a third theme of buying one iconic case design from each watch brand.
Four watches and two years into this third theme, I decided to bite the bullet and just buy the Bulgari Octo Finissimo Chronograph GMT I have always wanted, since seeing it for the first time at (the now-defunct) Baselworld in 2019. It is a logical purchase for me because it fits not only the iconic case design theme but also the GMT one; honestly, I did not quite care about its record-breaking slimness. To me, this watch deserved my hard-earned money because of the impeccable way the chronograph and GMT functions were joined on such an emblematic canvas.
This story is from the Issue 67 edition of WOW Singapore.
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