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Bulgari Aluminium Sorayama Special Edition: 1,000-Piece Watch Launched in 2022

Reference 103703 brought Hajime Sorayama’s dial details to Bulgari’s Aluminium collection in a worldwide run of 1,000 watches announced in 2022.
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Bulgari’s Aluminium Sorayama Special Edition, reference 103703, was announced in 2022 as a worldwide limited run of 1,000 watches, with a planned Japan release on 29 August that year. Designed with Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, it pairs a 40 mm aluminum case and black rubber details with a dial featuring a spun-finish motif, the numeral 2 and Sorayama’s logo.

What is the Bulgari Aluminium Sorayama Special Edition?

Reference 103703 is a collaboration between Bulgari and artist Hajime Sorayama, known for his sleek, metallic visual style. Bulgari Japan announced the watch in 2022 as a worldwide edition of 1,000 pieces. Its release notice gave 29 August 2022 as the planned Japan release date; that makes this a historical launch, not a new 2026 announcement.

The Japan announcement listed a launch price of ¥407,000 including tax. That figure was specific to Japan in 2022 and is not a current price or a quote for other markets. Hodinkee reported a separate US launch price of $3,300 in its coverage published 30 August 2022.

How Sorayama shaped the design

Sorayama said he proposed three design directions for the collaboration: a dial motif recalling the spun finish of the Spirit of St. Louis, the aircraft that inspired him as a child; using only the numeral 2 among the dial’s numeral indexes; and including his SORAYAMA logo. He described 2 as his lucky number. The Japanese release notice says he left the mechanical work to Fabrizio Buonamassa Stigliani, identified there as Bulgari’s executive director of watch product creation.

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Specification Reference 103703
Case 40 mm aluminum, described by Bulgari as DLC-coated
Bezel and strap Black rubber
Caseback and crown DLC-coated titanium
Movement Automatic B77, as identified in Bulgari Japan’s release notice
Functions Hours, minutes, seconds and date
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