Bulgari 2023 Serpenti Tubogas Infinity
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In terms of jewellery watches, Bulgari has a selected benefit in separating itself from different manufacturers by infusing its creations with a distinctively Italian aptitude for design that’s additional enriched by its lengthy pedigree in creating fabulous jewels.
“Clearly jewellery watches is a section that makes a variety of sense for us,” says Antoine Pin, managing director of Bulgari’s watch division, throughout a dialogue of the model’s newest jeweled watch creations in New York Metropolis final month. “One of many widespread factors is the distinctiveness of the designs we make. What’s driving these designs is an Italian designer, on the lookout for an class, the well-known cool-chic Italian fashion that ought to be in something we do.”
Bulgari’s seductive Serpenti watch traces its roots to 1948, when the model launched the Tubogas watch with a bracelet that wrapped across the wrist utilizing a posh approach that concerned coiling a number of meters of gold or metal wire.
“Ranging from the Bible to the presentation in Egyptian occasions and likewise in Roman jewellery, the serpent is an emblem of eternity, rejuvenation, temptation, sensuality,” Pin says.
Whereas Bulgari’s snake-themed timepieces have advanced over the many years, the brand new Serpenti Tubogas Infinity marks a stunning milestone by incorporating jewels into the bracelet for the primary time.
The Serpenti Tubogas Infinity contains a 35mm curved rose gold case set with eight diamonds, plus one other 44 brilliant-cut diamonds on the bezel and a snow-set dial paveéd with one other 262 diamonds. The only-twirl rose gold bracelet (US$66,000) is about with one other 131 diamonds, whereas the double-twirl bracelet (US$85,500) options 172 diamonds, weighing in at about 4.25 carats, bringing the watch’s complete carat weight to about 5.85 carats.
“The brand new know-how that we used to do that new Tubogas watch is giving us extraordinary creativity,” Pin says. “Now that we will set it, we will rethink the bracelet. We’ve accomplished this stunning, supremely elegant sample, however we will additionally use completely different stones and patterns.”
Bulgari additionally expanded its glamorous Divas’ Dream high-jewelry assortment that flaunts the jeweler’s penchant for coloured gem stones and its dolce vita spirit.
Divas’ Dream surrounds a pearly white dial with articulated fan-shaped, diamond-set petals that flutter because the wrist strikes. Interspersed between every petal sits a coloured gem. The form of every petal evokes a ginkgo leaf, an emblem of the yin-yang union of opposites, and the fantail of a peacock, an emblem of royalty and rejuvenation. A daring, graphic fan sample can be discovered on the mosaic flooring in historic Rome’s well-known Baths of Caracalla.
Divas’ Dream Diamond & Ruby
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A trio of latest items specific completely different shade tales paired with brilliant-cut diamonds. A soothing blue model (US$38,800) is about with blue topazes and tanzanites, whereas a mauve colorway (US$38,800) is about with amethysts and pink tourmalines. Then, there’s a knockout pink piece (US$70,000) combining eight deep rubies with diamonds. Every is fitted with an identical alligator strap.
A pair of pink and blue 37mm Divas’ Dream Mosaica items extra actually reference the fan-shaped patterns from the tiled flooring of the Baths of Caracalla on fully-set dials. The fan motifs are set with pink or blue sapphires in gradient shades from pale to deep on a background of white diamonds. The rose gold pink model (US$80,000) is fitted with a pink alligator strap, whereas the white gold blue piece (US$139,000) has a diamond-set white gold hyperlink bracelet that echoes the scalloped motif. That watch is about with almost eight carats of diamonds and about three carats of blue sapphires. Each watches are powered by the automated Calibre BVL 191 manufacture motion.
Allegra Pink Sapphires
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Allegra, which implies joyful, additionally expanded with two new colorways utilizing multicolored gems in a wide range of shapes, cuts and sizes encircling a mom of pearl dial. A rose gold model (US$29,700) is about with 32 pink sapphires plus an unconventional mixture of oval cabochon-cut, emerald-cut and heart-shaped pink tourmalines, citrines, pink rhodolites, and peridots, along with 32 brilliant-cut diamonds. In yellow gold, Allegra Yellow Sapphires (US$29,700) takes the identical mix-and-match method with pink tourmalines, citrines, peridots and diamonds.
“All of the sources of inspiration for these designs are clearly coming from the Italian tradition,” Pin says. “Rome is a serious supply of inspiration, animals are one other supply of inspiration, after which we’ve got an idea we love to speak about—this notion of allegria, pleasure, linked to dolce vita.”