More Serpentis emerge from Bvlgari
This year, Bvlgari has added several new Serpentis to its collection – including new variations to its Seduttori and Tubogas lines
Serpenti Seduttori
Born in 2019, the Seduttori line has retained the snake’s head. While Serpenti first became known for its Tubogas bracelet, Bulgari has chosen to broaden the reptile’s impact by adding a new bracelet. Its construction is based on an architecture composed of hexagonal motifs – a stylistic element used by Bulgari since the creation of the first Serpenti watches. Characterised by absolute fluidity, it flows over the wrist to fit like a barely perceptible second skin. It forms one with the case, which represents the head of the snake, as part of a very well-balanced momentum.
Bulgari is presenting its three most iconic variations graced with a new dramatic black lacquer dial, framed by a steel, steel and rose gold or full rose gold case. Steel or rose gold hour-markers; diamonds set around the edge of the bezel forming two arcs of a circle to recall the jewellery ancestry of the creations; as well as the characteristic cabochon-cut rubellite: multiple features contribute to enhancing the sparkle and luminosity of these models.
Serpenti Tubogas
The single-tour Serpenti Tubogas wristwatch is now available in a bimetallic combination of yellow gold and steel, or exclusively in yellow gold set with diamonds on either side of the reptile’s head, embellished with a white opaline guilloché dial. Christened Tubogas because of its similarity to a lowly woven-metal gas pipe, the technique has been used in jewellery making since the late 1940s.
Complicated to produce, the Tubogas is formed by long bands of gold or steel that are wrapped around a steel core. As they are coiled, the rounded contours of the bands interlock to conceal completely the inner structure. The specialist goldsmiths use no soldering. The flexibility of the coiled bands alone is what gives the Tubogas its characteristic bounce.
