Bulgari’s Gran Turismo special edition is based on its Aluminium watch from 1998
Just as the car industry has its fair share of ‘rock star’ designers, so does the world of watches – and one of the most admired is the effortlessly stylish Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, the man who has wielded the pen behind Bulgari’s horological creations for 22 years.
He moved to the Italian watch and jewellery house at the age of 30 having previously worked at Fiat’s Centro Stile where he specialised in designing parts for automotive interiors – but he has been obsessed with drawing cars and envisioning ‘concept’ models since childhood.