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The Admiral of Time is a 50mm marvel. There are 20 pieces in a gold case and 10 pieces in titanium so it’s not an easy to spot watch. It’s a full Carillon Westminster Minute Repeater with a sophisticated hidden activation system: one of the lugs slides to activate the minute repeater mechanism.
Powered by the BVLGARI DR7301 calibre, this beauty has a power reserve of 48 hours, detente escapement and constant torque with a relatively slow heart – cylindrical balance-spring beating at 3 Hz, 4 hammers and gongs.
The finishes are extraordinary and the remontoir is nicely visible on the top, together with the balance spring and part of the gongs. The back is sapphire, so you can admire the entire movement.
A lot of nice pictures, explanation and videos are available at:
– Deployant, the first watch blog I followed, with fantastic pictures: REVIEW: BULGARI L’AMMIRAGLIO DEL TEMPO MINUTE REPEATER
– an excellent REVOLUTION article with pictures and videos written by Suzanne WONG: FIRST LOOK AT BULGARI’S STUNNING NEW L’AMMIRAGLIO DEL TEMPO
– ABlogToWatch classic review by Ariel Adams: Bulgari L’Ammiraglio Del Tempo Minute Repeater Detent Escapement Watch Hands-On
I would like to thank Bulgari for letting me use their pictures, video and for the information. Please visit http://www.bulgari.com/ to see their entire work, the watch catalogue is available online here.