Today we are talking with Bulgari’s CEO Jean-Christophe Babin on the latest timepieces introduced by the brand, including yet another record for the thinnest automatic tourbillon chronograph in the Octo collection, but also a new Gerald Genta bi-retrograde watch, as well as the re-introduction of the Aluminium collection. This last one being a pretty smart move and will make the brand available to a much wider consumer group.

In today’s PRIMETIME we will go over some other newsworthy stories of the industry. Naturally this includes a follow up on the Baselworld situation because as predicted it didn’t take long for the LVMH brands, Hublot, TAG Heuer, Bulgari and Zenith to announce their departure from the show.

We will also discuss new product launches as activity is slowly starting again here in Switzerland, but very gently as we don’t want to simply cover these new watches without seeing them in the flesh, proving again the necessity of these physical shows.

Results of the GPHG, the main awards ceremony of the watchmaking industry, which just took place in Geneva and celebrated 14 different watches in just as many categories, plus the watch judged best of the best of 2019.