To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the famed trident emblem of the Modena-based Italian house of Maserati, the haute horlogerie Swiss house of Bianchet has brought out a limited edition of just 100 timepieces to celebrate Maserati’s iconic emblem which first appeared on the Tipo 26 when it came in victorious at the 1500 cc category Targa Florio — the celebrated public road endurance race held in the mountains of Sicily — in 1926, 100 years ago. Maserati and Bianchet unveiled the UltraFino Maserati Flying Touillon at the Watches and Wonders 2026 trade fair in Geneva, last April. 

The UltraFino Maserati design draws its inspiration from the Maserati MCPURA: the brand’s latest supercar, unveiled at the 2025 Goodwood Festival of Speed and made in Modena. The open-worked skeleton dial of UltraFino Maserati takes its visual language from the birdcage-design wheel architecture of MCPURA, with its iconic triple split-spoke design forming a trident motif. The AI Aqua Rainbow finish, which made its debut on MCPURA at Goodwood and belongs to Maserati’s Fuoriserie Collezione Futura programme, infuses the watch dial and runs as a signature accent along the rubber seam of the case, creating the same prismatic depth on the wrist that the car achieves at road speed. 

The beating heart of the UltraFino Maserati is the in-house movement Bianchet UT01 calibre. Entirely finished by hand: sand-blasted, satin-brushed and polished, with hand-bevelling on every bridge, on the main plate and on the tourbillon cage, the UT01 calibre represents a series of original engineering decisions, each made at the service of a challenging thin profile of 3.85 mm. The timepiece enjoys a power reserve of 60 hours and is water resistant to 50 meters (164 feet). ©Trish Valicenti for The Gourmet Gazette  https://www.bianchet.com https://www.maserati.com/global/en