Hey everybody today, we're going to be talking a little bit about rugby, a little bit about
watches. And as you can see from this watch that I've got here, that's black on black, on black,
I'm dressed entirely in black. For those that are familiar with, you know, the international
Rugby scene. We are going to be talking about the legendary New Zealand Rugby team, the All Blacks.
All right, welcome back. So, as I said, we're going to be talking about rugby and we're going
to be talking about this Bulgari watch. So the sports team, the all blacks, they
internationally came out in 1905 and they just came out milking that blood. I mean,
they were just slaying the competition. It was unlike anything that anybody had seen before.
Now, the team itself does predate that 1905 year that they kind of clinically came up with the
name, the All Blacks, which is of course, based on how they're dressed their entire
uniform. If you will, it consists of just black clothes, black pleats, black socks. But the team
actually started back in 1884 and from 1884, up to 1905, they did wear white knickers. So
the term All Blacks and the way that the team was kind of dubbed didn't actually start until 1905.
And so that ends up being like the date that people associate with the beginning of this team.
Now, again, they are extremely legendary. I mean, when they started in 1905, they went on a 34 game
tour through north America and Europe only lost one game, right? So like throughout their entire
history from 1905, up to 2019, their winning percentage was over 77%. Now as an Atlanta sports
team fan, I am extremely envious of this win loss ratio because we just, we don't compete with,
with those type of stats. Now they've got a couple of other elements parts of during their time where
they did really well. For instance, they've played against 19 different nations of which 11 of them
have never beaten this New Zealand rugby team. Not one time. Now, they've also played against
three multinational all-star teams and out of 45 matches, they have only lost eight.
So it is quite a phenomenal record. It's something that is world renowned. It'll go down in history.
So far as the greatest rugby team of all time. And this watch was dedicated. It was designed
and inspired by this particular team. So obviously we've got the black on black on black theme.
If you look at the back of the case back, it does have the it's a little hard to see through the
smoke Sapphire exhibition case back, but it does say it's got the all blacks here and their logo
is going to be that of a Silver fern, which you'll find on their uniform. And you might not
be able to see in this video, just, it is a darker crystal. It's not entirely clear it is smoked, but
it does have the team logo, as well as the name. Now, the dial itself is considered the Maori dial.
And so for those of you that aren't very well versed in New Zealand culture. The Maori are the
indigenous people of New Zealand. And so one of the members of the Maori actually designed this
dial, they call it the Maori tattoo dial, but it was actually designed by a member of the Maori. So
it goes beyond just looks and colors and trying to wrap it around towards this team. I mean, they,
they went a couple extra steps to really bring more of the culture and the history of the team
into the development of this watch. Now, the watch itself is going to be a 41 millimeter
case size. It is stainless steel, and it's going to have diamond light carbon. So that's going to
be the coding that adds what we see as this black finish to it. So you'll notice it on the bezel.
You'll notice it on the case. Of course, it's got a black leather strap, well inside the crown it
even has like a ceramic insert. Now on the inside of this, watch, this watch is going to be powered
by the Bulgari of course. Well, let me stop right there. We don't do a lot of videos on Bulgari.
And for me personally, when I first was introduced to this brand, which is an Italian fashion brand,
it does not just consist of watches. They carry jewelry, cosmetics, fragrances,
fashion accessories, but it's pronounced Bulgari, even though it's spelled with a V and the reason
for that, just to kind of help everybody understand it. Cause I know I was confused for
well over a decade after I'd been introduced to them the name, but it dates back to like the,
the classic Latin alphabet, where there was no distinction between a U and a V.
So while it's pronounced Bulgari, it is spelled with a V. So just a quick, well to hit for you
guys out there, just to really understand a little bit more about the brand as, as it is, but going
back, going back into the watches, right? So this is powered by the BVL 193. So this is going to be
a movement that beats at 28 8, right? So that's 28,800 vibrations per hour. It's got a 50 hour
power reserve. It does probably show the time, not only in hours and minutes, which you can see
with these luminous markers, but it also has, you know running seconds. Now at three o'clock,
you'll also notice that there is a date dial and there is a little bit of white contained in this
dial. Around the outside where the minute marker track would be all of the individual minutes,
excluding what would be the hour markers are, you know, white indices, if you will.
Now, the watch does have a hundred meters worth of water resistance. So it's going to be
completely satisfactory for any sort of surface level water activity. So if you're, you know,
running around playing in the pool, you don't have to worry about the water. I would not necessarily
go scuba diving in the swatch. I probably wouldn't play rugby in it either. Most importantly, though,
it's a leather strap. The leather itself is not going to have that same, you know, water resistant
property. So the case of the watch does have this water resistance. It's an absolutely phenomenal
piece. And one of the reasons I really wanted to talk about this piece was really just to kind
of make light of an element that we find very common in the entire watchmaking industry. And
that's going to be, you know, themed watches. Now this one was about an international rugby team.
We've done some on the Olympics with the Omega's, you know, there
there are Speedmasters, there are Carerras out there by Tag that all have,
you know, some sort of history or a team or a sport that it's associated with. And I really
just, I wanted to kind of explain that a little bit because in the watch world, it's very common
for very widely known and recognized names to create watches that have a similar style to a more
traditional collection, but to put a spin on it with something that you can identify with,
it's not necessarily just about the watch and this here is a very fine sample of how they did that.