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Find out just why the Italian jewellery house is unmistakably the “Jeweller of Time”

Fusing irrepressible Roman style with Swiss watchmaking expertise, Bulgari is a master at the delicate balance act of honouring its origins and redefining the standard for high jewellery watches. With the sentiment that each passing moment in time is precious and worth embellishing, the luxury jeweller unveiled immaculate timepieces at LVMH Watch Week 2022, forging intricate craftsmanship and jewellery virtuosity into each stunning design.

Fall in love with each of the novelties as we brief the recently-debuted collection below:

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Serpenti Misteriosi

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The Rome-based Maison revisits one of its most powerful icons from the 1950s, brandishing its emblematic serpent with astounding new feats of micro-technology. The new Serpenti Misteriosi high jewellery timepieces each come equipped with the new Piccolissimo mechanical calibre, one of the smallest in the world and solely produced within the Bulgari Manufacture.

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The snake delicately wraps itself around the wrist in the Serpenti Secret Watch, and the gold bracelet is entirely adorned with brilliant-cut diamonds on the head and tail. Pressing the snake’s tongue opens the head to reveal the diamond-encrusted dial. The timepiece can be worn on either wrist—the container hidden within the snake’s head can easily be removed and turned in the other direction so as to be easily visible on the left or right arm.

Serpenti Seduttori

The slender Serpenti Seduttori is a precious everyday-wear timepiece that elegantly flows over the wrist like a second skin. Characterized by its fluidity and hexagonal motifs, the wristwatch features a black lacquer dial framed in a case made of steel and rose gold, or exclusively either one, with diamonds set around the edge of the bezel.

Octo Roma Emerald Grande Sonnerie

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Known as Bulgari’s most complex timepiece to date, the Grande Sonnerie is a masterpiece in sight and sound, remarkably set with 446 baguette-cut Zambian emeralds and diamonds totalling over 30 carats, and built with a Westminster chime that sounds the hours, quarters and minutes. This can be silenced or activated on demand. A perfect fusion of Haute Horlogerie and Haute Joaillerie with the Maison’s hallmark Roman style and design bravado, the chiming watch is crafted in white gold with a sapphire crystal case-back and presented on a green alligator strap to match the emerald-set bezel.

Octo Roma Blue Carillon Tourbillon

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A contemporary take on the traditional tourbillon, the Octo Roma Blue Carillon Tourbillon features a highly graphic skeletonised dial with vibrant blue bridges and a generously-proportioned platinum case meant to maximise sound propagation. Available in a 30-piece limited edition, the watch comes with a transparent sapphire crystal caseback and a blue alligator leather strap.

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Serpenti Tubogas

Famed for its eye-catching, clear-cut lines formed by flexible coiled bands of gold and steel, the Serpenti Tubogas bracelet is now available in a bimetallic combination of yellow gold and steel or exclusively in yellow gold, set with diamonds on either side of the reptile's head, and embellished with a white opaline guilloché dial.

Lvcea Intarsio

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The new Lvcea Intarsio iterations evoke the characteristic luminescence of the Roman sky in its blue and pink pearlescence. The two Lvcea timepieces adopt the Maison’s signature—the round watch pays homage to the sundials of ancient Rome that once captured light to mark the passage of time—in new vibrant shades of Aventurine and Pink Mother-of-Pearl, infusing the pieces with an additional jewellery touch.

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