Apparently It Is A Thing In The Watch World,

to make the thinnest watch in the world,

photographs Bulgari, and here is the current record holder, Italian jewellery company Bulgari has reclaimed the record for making the world's thinnest mechanical watch with the release of its Octo Finissimo Ultra Cosc, which has a thickness of just 1.7 millimetres, 

"The Octo Finissimo is a vast playground of innovation and design — and a source of unprecedented challenges — for Bulgari's R&D department," said the director of Bulgari's watchmaking division Antoine Pin,

in all there are 170 components that make up the movement of the Octo Finissimo Ultra Cosc, a watch this thin has to be protected, the case back is made of tungsten carbide, an ultra-durable metal alloy,

the new thinness was achieved by "optimising" the sapphire crystal front, according to Bulgari, "Through patient, meticulous incremental steps, the engineers were able to shave off that critical tenth of a millimetre," the company said,

this video which shows how the watch is made I find fascinating, the watch will be produced in a limited edition of 20, with a QR code on the back linking to an online product manual specific to the individual watch, each will also come with a case that will automatically set and wind the watch at the push of a button, the release marks Bulgari's ninth world record for the thinness of its watches, as it is locked in a race with watchmakers including Richard Mille, Audemars Piguet and Piaget, the big question, how much? it is priced at EUR 600,000, at today's rate £514,000.16 or $640,290.00, also along with this 1.70mm Ultra COSC, Bulgari is also releasing another version of the 1.80mm Octo Finissimo Ultra in tungsten carbide and platinum, with blue hour and minute dials, if only they made a his and hers! the article is here, or for more details visit www.bulgari.com.