Tubogas or Antifer
Bulgari · Repossi
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.
Antifer
A band with one sharp peak, named after a Normandy cliff, repeated row on row until the ring becomes a ridge.
A cliff and a gas pipe lie behind these. Gaia Repossi named Antifer in 2013 after a headland on the Normandy coast, and its single sharp peak, repeated row on row, turns a ring into a ridge. Bulgari's Tubogas is ridged too, but softly: the band is wound on itself until the coil is supple enough to spring round a wrist. Repossi first offered her ring as an alternative to the wedding band. The Roman coil went on to carry the first Serpenti watches, in 1948.
| Fact | Tubogas | Antifer |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | 1941 | 2013 |
| Designer | — | Gaia Repossi |
| School | Rome | Place Vendôme |
| Materials | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, diamond | rose gold, white gold, diamond, malachite, onyx, mother-of-pearl, turquoise |
| Moves | No | stacks |
| From | €9,800 | Not published |
| Top of line | €15,400 | — |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.
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