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Milan, Italy, hosts this year’s LVMH Watch Week. Among the nine brands within the luxury group, Italian maison Bvlgari opens the event with a comprehensive showcase centred on gold craftsmanship and decorative arts, reinterpreting its most iconic collections - Monete, Tubogas, Serpenti, and Lvcea. This year’s releases highlight the brand’s dual identity as both a high-jewellery house and a technical watchmaker, employing in-house mechanical movements to animate designs inspired by archival heritage and ancient Roman motifs.
A highlight of the collection is the Maglia Milanese Monete Secret Watch, which incorporates an authentic silver coin depicting Emperor Caracalla (198–217 AD). For the first time, Bvlgari pairs the Monete case with a Renaissance-inspired Milanese mesh bracelet crafted from interlaced rose gold threads, offered in two sizes - 135 x 145 x 155 mm and 160 x 170 x 180 mm. This jewellery timepiece is powered by the Piccolissimo BVP 100, one of the world’s smallest manual-winding micro-movements, measuring just 2.5 mm in thickness. The rose gold case and crown are set with diamonds, while the concealed mother-of-pearl dial is revealed by opening the ancient coin.
The Tubogas Manchette revisits the bold aesthetics of the 1970s with a wide yellow gold cuff design inspired by a 1974 model. To support nearly 12 carats of diamonds and an array of coloured gemstones - including citrines, rubellites, and amethysts - Bvlgari developed a new construction method. Individual gold rings are moulded and polished before being assembled over a titanium blade, ensuring flexibility despite the substantial gem-setting. This timepiece is powered by the Lady Solotempo BVS 100 automatic movement, offering a 50-hour power reserve.
Bvlgari’s iconic serpent motif also receives a mechanical evolution with the Serpenti Seduttori Automatic. Moving away from quartz, the new 34 mm rose gold editions house the in-house BVS 100 automatic movement. The collection introduces two variations: one featuring a vivid malachite dial with a rubellite-set crown, and another fully realised as a jewellery piece with a rose gold bracelet set with 117 brilliant-cut diamonds, paired with a white opaline dial.
The presentation concludes with the Lvcea Notte di Luce, a limited edition of 80 pieces incorporating Japanese Urushi lacquer and Raden techniques. Created by artist Yasuhiro Asai, the dials feature microscopic fragments of mother-of-pearl embedded within layers of black lacquer - a process requiring 60 days of hand-polishing per dial. Housed in a 33 mm steel and rose gold case, the watch is powered by an automatic movement with a 42-hour power reserve, blending Eastern artistic tradition with Swiss mechanical precision.
Milan, Italy, hosts this year’s LVMH Watch Week. Among the nine brands within the luxury group, Italian maison Bvlgari opens the event with a comprehensive showcase centred on gold craftsmanship and decorative arts, reinterpreting its most iconic collections - Monete, Tubogas, Serpenti, and Lvcea. This year’s releases highlight the brand’s dual identity as both a high-jewellery house and a technical watchmaker, employing in-house mechanical movements to animate designs inspired by archival heritage and ancient Roman motifs.
A highlight of the collection is the Maglia Milanese Monete Secret Watch, which incorporates an authentic silver coin depicting Emperor Caracalla (198–217 AD). For the first time, Bvlgari pairs the Monete case with a Renaissance-inspired Milanese mesh bracelet crafted from interlaced rose gold threads, offered in two sizes - 135 x 145 x 155 mm and 160 x 170 x 180 mm. This jewellery timepiece is powered by the Piccolissimo BVP 100, one of the world’s smallest manual-winding micro-movements, measuring just 2.5 mm in thickness. The rose gold case and crown are set with diamonds, while the concealed mother-of-pearl dial is revealed by opening the ancient coin.
The Tubogas Manchette revisits the bold aesthetics of the 1970s with a wide yellow gold cuff design inspired by a 1974 model. To support nearly 12 carats of diamonds and an array of coloured gemstones - including citrines, rubellites, and amethysts - Bvlgari developed a new construction method. Individual gold rings are moulded and polished before being assembled over a titanium blade, ensuring flexibility despite the substantial gem-setting. This timepiece is powered by the Lady Solotempo BVS 100 automatic movement, offering a 50-hour power reserve.
Bvlgari’s iconic serpent motif also receives a mechanical evolution with the Serpenti Seduttori Automatic. Moving away from quartz, the new 34 mm rose gold editions house the in-house BVS 100 automatic movement. The collection introduces two variations: one featuring a vivid malachite dial with a rubellite-set crown, and another fully realised as a jewellery piece with a rose gold bracelet set with 117 brilliant-cut diamonds, paired with a white opaline dial.
The presentation concludes with the Lvcea Notte di Luce, a limited edition of 80 pieces incorporating Japanese Urushi lacquer and Raden techniques. Created by artist Yasuhiro Asai, the dials feature microscopic fragments of mother-of-pearl embedded within layers of black lacquer - a process requiring 60 days of hand-polishing per dial. Housed in a 33 mm steel and rose gold case, the watch is powered by an automatic movement with a 42-hour power reserve, blending Eastern artistic tradition with Swiss mechanical precision.
