Bvlgari Tubogas Jewelry
20th Century Wrist Watches
White Gold
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fashion Rings
18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Stainless Steel
1990s Italian Artist Wrist Watches
Diamond, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Italian Artist Wrist Watches
Diamond, Onyx, Rose Gold
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
White Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Swiss Artisan Wrist Watches
Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Band Rings
18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Cluster Rings
Peridot, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Cocktail Rings
Peridot, Yellow Gold
1990s Cocktail Rings
Tourmaline, Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Cuff Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches
Rose Gold, Steel, Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Artisan Wrist Watches
Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Clip-on Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches
Stainless Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Wrist Watches
Gold
1990s Italian Choker Necklaces
White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modern Wrist Watches
Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Wrist Watches
Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Wrist Watches
Gold, 18k Gold
1990s Band Rings
Diamond, Yellow Gold
1990s Band Rings
Gold
Late 20th Century Swiss Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Wrist Watches
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Cuff Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Steel
20th Century Bangles
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Wrist Watches
18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Wrist Watches
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Wrist Watches
Diamond, Rose Gold
1990s Cocktail Rings
Tourmaline, Yellow Gold
20th Century Fashion Rings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Steel
21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Bangles
Steel, Stainless Steel, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Swiss Modern Wrist Watches
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Fashion Rings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Mixed Metal, Steel
20th Century Italian Modern Wrist Watches
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Wrist Watches
Steel
2010s North American Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Clip-on Earrings
Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold
Late 20th Century Swiss Modern Wrist Watches
18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Wrist Watches
Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Italian Band Rings
Onyx, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Band Rings
Diamond, White Gold
20th Century Italian Wrist Watches
Vintage 1980s Swiss Wrist Watches
18k Gold, Stainless Steel
Late 20th Century Italian Modernist Choker Necklaces
Gold, 18k Gold, Steel
Vintage 1980s Swiss Wrist Watches
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Wrist Watches
Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Cuff Bracelets
Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Wrist Watches
Steel, 18k Gold
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Vintage BVLGARI Tubogas Jewelry for Your Jewelry Box
For many, BVLGARI’s Tubogas watches and other Tubogas jewelry call to mind the high-octane glamour of the 1970s and ’80s. However, the sinuous Tubogas coil was used as early as the 1940s, on the legendary house’s first Serpenti timepieces. (When Greek silversmith Sotirios Voulgaris arrived in Rome in 1881 and set up his own shop there in 1884, he called it Bulgari before changing the name to BVLGARI, which uses the classical Latin alphabet and is an homage to ancient Roman culture.)
The Tubogas engineering was directly inspired by the type of flexible metal pipe used to transport gas — called tubo del gas in Italian — patented in the 1880s and used from the 1920s on. Over the years, it has become an iconic BLVGARI style, incorporated into myriad watch and jewelry designs.
On the wrist, it creates an opulent impression that suits bare arms in high summer and in colder months works with the emerging trend for styling watches over the sleeve.
Malaika Crawford, style editor at online watch magazine Hodinkee, is an unofficial ambassador for the return of BVLGARI Tubogas watches. “I’m a jewelry-loving, watch-wearing, ’70s-nostalgia freak, and a Tubogas checks all of these boxes,” she says. “As a young woman working in the watch industry, I see the value in a timepiece that also serves as a standalone piece of design, and wearing a yellow-gold triple-wrap Serpenti makes me feel glamorous and confident.”
“We have noticed an increased interest in the BVLGARI Tubogas style in the last three to five years, and the value of the vintage versions has been rising constantly,” confirms Wagner Eleuteri, whose family’s global boutiques specialize in fine jewelry, watches and objets d’art. “I feel BVLGARI Tubogas watches are considered timeless pieces because of their everyday wearability and versatility, alongside bold design. They seem suited to any occasion, for wearers of any age.”
Crawford agrees, advising that they’re “best worn with a T-shirt and jeans.”
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