Explore Bertolucci

Bertolucci belongs to the softer-edged side of Swiss watchmaking: rounded cases, flowing bracelets, and an Italian sense of proportion rather than instrument-panel severity. Founded in 1976, the brand made its name with watches that treat case and bracelet as a continuous design. Steel and gold often share the same surface, with polished curves doing much of the visual work.

The Pulchra is the collection to know first. Its smooth, pebble-like shape gives Bertolucci its clearest signature, particularly on bracelet versions where the links carry the case’s rounded contours around the wrist. There is dress-watch refinement here, but little interest in looking austere. Two-tone examples make especially good sense of that approach, setting warm gold against cooler steel.

The Bella Costa takes the vocabulary in a sportier direction, with more substantial cases and chronograph variants adding a busier dial to the mix. The contrast is useful: where the Pulchra emphasizes an uninterrupted silhouette, the Bella Costa gives its curves a more muscular frame.