{"id":16340,"date":"2023-09-26T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-26T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/?p=16340"},"modified":"2023-09-28T14:11:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-28T12:11:51","slug":"a-treasure-trove-of-biography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/a-treasure-trove-of-biography\/","title":{"rendered":"A treasure trove of biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/betond1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30686\" style=\"width:600px;height:600px\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Beyond Time <\/em>&#8211; Bulgari.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bulgari, over a 100 years of watchmaking history<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulgari is a prestigious and rare maison, rare like its confidences and fabrication secrets. <em>Beyond Time<\/em> is the first authorized biography dedicated to Bulgari. It goes back in time and outlines the future of the maison, only enhancing its taste and singularity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30688\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Along the 300&nbsp;pages and the eight chapters of the book, all punctuated by hundreds of photographs and drawings, the roman maison \u2013 born in 1841 and dedicated to watchmaking since the years 1920s \u2013 reveals its charms in all its aspects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"30692\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond4-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30692\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"30691\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30691\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The whole thing embodies a quantity of knowledge which shows how the aesthetic and the watchmaking savoir-faire nourish each other to create perfection through timepieces that both represent technical challenges and artistic feats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"30694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30694\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"30695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond7.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30695\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The book has experts and lovers of the maison \u2013 authors, athletes, musicians, artists, actors, and directors such has Alessandro Gassmann, who shares roman class with Bulgari \u2013 come one after the other to talk about their vision of the legend, the way they got to grips with the brand or with a specific model dear to their heart \u2013 High jewellery watches, Grande Complications, Serpenti, Octo\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"30696\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30696\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"30697\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond9.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30697\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30698\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>High-flying participants&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To do the Octo Finissimo\u2019s story justice and talk about its eight thinness world records, which brought Bulgari to the top of watchmaking, the Italian-Swiss maison decided to trust the extraordinary Carl Lewis and his 9 Olympic gold medals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond11.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30699\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Then, the young Swiss conductor Lorenzo Viotti draws a parallel between conducting a set of musicians and leading a manufacture. As for Marina Abramovi\u0107, she pays tribute to the Serpenti collection, which celebrates its 75<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary. As the skins shed by, they provided eternal youth to the proudly worn snakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30700\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, no one could have been better than auctioneer and international director of Christie\u2019s jewellery department Rahul Kadakia to share the memories of Elizabeth Taylor. The muse and lover of the maison\u2019s husband Richard Burton used to quip that Bulgari was the only Italian word she knew.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/beyond15-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-30709\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>35 cm, 300 pages. \u20ac250.&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.assouline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.assouline.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bulgari.com\/en-gb\/brand-campaign.html?gad=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjwyNSoBhA9EiwA5aYlbwBzFj422EgkLjY-fwNuqihhv5gnlB7u2L0MIWZ3MfkZLv9UBjTzYBoCW-MQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BULGARI WEBSITE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read also:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mywatch-en wp-block-embed-mywatch-en\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"UMnPF606rL\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/bvlgari-aluminium-game-set-and-watch\/\">Bvlgari Aluminium: game, set, and watch!<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Bvlgari Aluminium: game, set, and watch!&#8221; &#8212; MyWatch EN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/bvlgari-aluminium-game-set-and-watch\/embed\/#?secret=pKCysiHtWr#?secret=UMnPF606rL\" data-secret=\"UMnPF606rL\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mywatch-en wp-block-embed-mywatch-en\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"X49Ocgwn0n\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/how-a-simple-handbag-becomes-exquisite-jewellery\/\">How a simple handbag becomes exquisite jewellery<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;How a simple handbag becomes exquisite jewellery&#8221; &#8212; MyWatch EN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/how-a-simple-handbag-becomes-exquisite-jewellery\/embed\/#?secret=YSVY4DZww8#?secret=X49Ocgwn0n\" data-secret=\"X49Ocgwn0n\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-mywatch-en wp-block-embed-mywatch-en\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"5wCFj3KMW6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/nerves-of-steel-and-fierce-temper\/\">Nerves of steel and strong will<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Nerves of steel and strong will&#8221; &#8212; MyWatch EN\" src=\"https:\/\/www.my-watchsite.com\/blog\/nerves-of-steel-and-fierce-temper\/embed\/#?secret=QnwVQB0jO9#?secret=5wCFj3KMW6\" data-secret=\"5wCFj3KMW6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serpenti, Octo, Grande Complication, High jewellery watches, Bvlgari Bvlgari\u2026 For more than a century, Bulgari has been carrying higher and further high-quality watchmaking. 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