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Tubogas

Bulgari · 1941

Tubogas

A band of gold wound tightly round itself like the flexible pipe of a gas line, tubo gas, so it springs round the wrist or neck without a hinge.

From €9,800on the Bulgari site, October 2026

Introduced
1941 — LVMH dates the first Tubogas bracelet to 1941; LVMH results releases call the line a 1940s icon (Q3 2024) or a 1950s line (a later release). Relaunched in 2024 as Bvlgari Tubogas, the name used on product pages.
Idea
The gold band
School
Rome
Materials
yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond

Tubogas at Bulgari

The story

Bulgari made its first Tubogas bracelet in 1941, building a supple coil named after the flexible tubing of gas pipes. The same coil carried the first Serpenti watches in 1948 and framed Monete coins on chokers, one of them owned by Frank and Barbara Sinatra. For the house's 140th anniversary in 2024 it returned as Bvlgari Tubogas, in heavy yellow gold, plain or set with diamonds.

The ladder

  1. Entry Bvlgari Tubogas bracelet, 18kt yellow gold (361279) €9,800
  2. Top of line Bvlgari Tubogas bracelet, 18kt yellow gold with diamond pavé (361519); highest price seen in the search index €15,400

Prices as published by Bulgari in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

  • Serpenti necklace in white gold paved with diamonds, the snake's head and tapering tail lying on embossed BVLGARI paper

    Answered by · 1948

    Serpenti, Bulgari (1948)

    The first Serpenti bracelet-watch was wound on a Tubogas coil, so the serpent's body began as a spring of gold.

  • Monete

    Answered by

    Monete, Bulgari

    Bulgari hung its ancient coins on Tubogas chokers, the worn bronze of Rome set against a coil of polished gold.

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On the map
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Image © David Yurman

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Image © Pomellato

Iconica

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Berbère three-row ring in pink gold, three slim bands joined into one, on a light grey ground.
Image © Repossi

Berbère

Repossi
Four Belle Époque band rings in white gold, set with emeralds, sapphires, rubies and diamonds alternating with diamonds, grouped at the left of a wide white banner
Image © Damiani

Belle Époque

Damiani
Laurence Graff Signature open bangle in white gold with angular faceted surfaces and a band of pavé diamonds at the centre
Image © Graff

Laurence Graff Signature

Graff From €1,150
Quatre Classique large ring: four joined bands in yellow gold, rose gold, white gold set with a row of diamonds, and dark brown PVD, on a white ground.
Image © Boucheron

Quatre

Boucheron · 2004 From €1,490
LOVE bracelet, classic model, in yellow gold with a row of screw heads, on a pale grey ground.
Image © Cartier

LOVE

Cartier · 1969 From €1,060
Serrure bangle in brushed yellow gold: a slim open band whose flattened end forms a keyhole-shaped clasp, on a white ground.
Image © dinh van

Serrure

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