The octagon: ancient yet timeless, simple yet complex, common yet unique. These are some rather impressive attributes not just for a geometric shape but for… well… anything, really. It should be no wonder, then, that one of the most highly praised watch designers of all time, a certain Gerald Genta, also preferred to use this polygon in a fair number of his works. The question that we are looking to answer today is how one of them, the Bulgari Octo Velocissimo – yes, it is one of Genta’s designs and indeed a watch that refers to this iconic shape in its very name – performs and measures up against its tried and proven competition.

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