Bulgari · Family: Serpenti Tubogas
The Bulgari Serpenti Tubogas 101817 is a 35mm quartz watch with a curved steel case and Tubogas bracelet, the seamless coiled-metal construction Bulgari introduced in jewelry in the 1930s and that has inspired the Serpenti line since 1948. Cazador has no verified price observations yet for this reference. Its stand-out detail: the Tubogas bracelet is made by wrapping long metal bands around a flexible core with no soldering at all, giving it its signature elasticity and visual continuity.
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Bulgari introduced the Tubogas technique in its jewelry during the 1930s, a continuous coiled-metal construction with no soldering, made by wrapping long metal bands around a flexible core until they form an elastic tube. The Roman house applied that same technique to watchmaking with the launch of the Serpenti line in 1948, inspired by the serpent's sinuous form, a motif that has been part of the maison's visual identity in both jewelry and watchmaking ever since.
Reference 101817 carries that construction into a 35mm curved steel case, with a quartz movement, a choice consistent with the Serpenti Tubogas's role as a jewelry-watch piece rather than a mechanical-precision instrument. The steel crown carries a carved pink rubellite cabochon, a color detail that contrasts with the silver tone of the rest of the watch.
The silver opaline dial, with guilloché soleil treatment and hand-applied indexes, keeps a classic design language that leaves the spotlight on the bracelet's construction, the piece's true distinguishing element. With 30 meters of water resistance, the Serpenti Tubogas prioritizes daily wear and splash resistance over any sports- or dive-watch ambitions.
This is the third Bulgari reference Cazador adds, and the first from the Serpenti Tubogas line, extending the catalog beyond the two Octo Finissimo references already present.
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It's a jewelry technique Bulgari introduced in the 1930s, wrapping long metal bands around a flexible core with no soldering at all, forming a continuous elastic tube that was first applied to watchmaking with the 1948 Serpenti.
Bulgari launched the Serpenti in 1948, inspired by the serpent's sinuous form, a motif that has remained since then one of the maison's most recognizable identity markers.
A quartz movement, a choice consistent with its role as a jewelry-watch piece rather than a mechanical-precision instrument.
A carved pink rubellite cabochon, set into the steel crown, adding a color contrast against the silver tone of the rest of the piece.
It reaches 30 meters of water resistance, enough for daily wear and splashes, with no sports- or dive-watch ambitions.
Steel, with the single-spiral seamless Tubogas construction, the same type of construction as the watch's curved case.