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The Serpenti Collection...
Mar 22, 2012,13:33 PM
The Serpenti collection is first and foremost a feminine jewelry collection, but it is much more than that. It is also a demonstration of skills acquired by the luxury house:
“The interpretation of the serpent theme bears eloquent witness to the multidisciplinary creative mastery of Bulgary, which displays its amazing diversity of talents […].” (Press Kit)
The Serpenti is an utmost original watch which has seen quite some evolution. Certainly not for every day use, but the sparkling highlight for an extraordinary event.
NOVELTIES:
- Serpenti Tubogas
- Serpenti Jewellery
Serpenti Tubogas
This steel watch pays reference to a bracelet technology developed by Bulgari dating back to the 1950s. It comes on two versions, either with two (as depicted here) or with one circles around the wrist:
A double coil of two intersecting steel bands provides a firm flexibility of the bracelet.
The bracelet itself is fixed only at the end-piece (above) and on the reptile’s ‘head’:
The dial is crafted with black lacquer plates resembling a snake’s scales. The scale bearing the axis for the two hands is laid out with 32 brilliant-cut diamonds (0.3 cts).
Serpenti Jewellery
Much more complicated in terms of design and construction is the Jewellery version. The bracelet is a masterpiece of goldsmithing artwork. Its base-material is pink gold.
The individual links are made using wax moulds and then inlaid with cold black enamel and subsequently fired. Only then the bracelet is assembled.