Introducing Bvlgari Unveils the Tubogas Manchette and Malia Milanese Monete

During LVMH Watch Week in Milan, the nine watchmaking Maisons of the French luxury group unveiled an impressive array of high-end creations. Bvlgari, however, chose a different spotlight. Rather than focusing on technical complications, the Roman-rooted Maison dedicated its presentation to women’s watches, reaffirming its original vocation as a goldsmith and creator of extraordinary high jewellery timepieces.

Celebrating its heritage of bold design and gemstone mastery, Bvlgari opened LVMH Watch Week with a spectacular Tubogas Manchette in yellow gold. Alongside it, the Maison also unveiled the Maglia Milanese Monete, a refined secret watch concealed beneath an ancient Roman coin, combining historical inspiration with exceptional craftsmanship.

Bvlgari Tubogas Manchette

The Tubogas Manchette embraces the wrist like a ribbon of gold and diamonds, animated by a vibrant array of coloured gemstones. First introduced by Bvlgari in the early 1940s in serpentine form, the Tubogas motif became one of the Maison’s defining signatures during the 1970s.

This new interpretation revisits a 1974 archival model, preserving its bold geometry with a square dial seamlessly integrated into a wide, single-coil Tubogas bracelet. The Maison infuses the yellow gold with an exuberant chromatic palette, citrines, rubellites, peridots, amethysts, topazes, and spessartites, while nearly 12 carats of diamonds shimmer across the bracelet’s coils, forming a radiant backdrop to the gemstones.

Last year, Bvlgari presented a similar Tubogas Manchette dedicated to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, though without diamonds or coloured gemstones. In this latest version, the dial is housed in a 16 mm yellow gold case, seamlessly slotted into the first link of the bracelet. Featuring a yellow gold crown and gold-plated hour and minute hands, the bracelet measures 135 mm in length.

While preserving its iconic enveloping design, the Tubogas Manchette introduces a new construction technique: each ring is individually molded and polished before being meticulously assembled onto a titanium blade. This modular approach allows the motif to flow fluidly across the bracelet while maintaining the supple architecture that defines Tubogas.

The watch is powered by Bvlgari’s Lady Solotempo mechanical movement. The automatic BVS100 caliber measures just 19 mm × 3.9 mm and weighs a mere 5 grams, yet delivers a robust 50-hour power reserve, an impressive feat given its compact dimensions.

The Bvlgari Tubogas Manchette is priced at EUR 194,000, equivalent to approximately AED 836,600.

Technical specifications: Bvlgari Tubogas Manchette

• Reference: 104093
  Case: 18-carat satin-polished yellow gold, sapphire crystal with anti-reflective coating on both sides, case and bezel set with diamonds
• Diameter: 16 mm
• Water resistance: 30 m
• Dial: Pavé-set diamonds on the dial (0,6 ct). Yellow gold-plated hands., Yellow gold-plated hands
• Movement: Self-winding, Caliber BVS100 manufacture movement, Oscillating mass decorated with the Bvlgari logo and sunray decoration, Diameter: 26 mm, Thickness: 3.90 mm
• Power reserve: 50 hours
• Frequency: 21,600 vph (3Hz)
• Functions:  hours, minutes
• Bracelet / Strap: twirl yellow gold bracelet set with Diamonds: 11,98 cts​, Spessartites: 1,06 cts​, Citrines: 1,05 cts​, Rubellites: 0,87 ct​, Peridots: 0,62 ct​, Amethysts: 0,63 ct​,  Topaz: 0,59 ct​, Size 135 mm
• Price: EUR 194,000 which is equivalent to 836,600 AED

Bvlgari Maglia Milanese Monete Secret Watch

The Maglia Milanese Monete secret watch revisits the Monete collection introduced by Bvlgari in the mid-1960s. Adorned with an authentic ancient Roman coin dating from 198–297 AD and depicting Emperor Caracalla, it reflects the enduring influence of Antiquity on the Maison’s creative language.

Mounted on a hinge, the coin can be lifted to reveal a white mother-of-pearl dial set with diamond indices, enhanced by sunbeam motifs radiating from the bezel toward the edges of the case. The octagonal bezel, set with diamonds, is echoed by an octagonal rose gold crown, itself adorned with diamonds and finished with a diamond cabochon at its tip.

For the first time, Bvlgari explores the traditional art of Milanese mesh in this collection, executed here with remarkable suppleness. The rose gold Monete secret watch is paired with a matching Milanese mesh bracelet, presented fittingly in Milan—the birthplace of this ancestral goldsmithing technique. Developed during the Renaissance from interlaced gold threads, Milanese mesh had never before been highlighted by Bvlgari. Its fluid elegance now takes on a contemporary expression, boldly combined with the Monete design and the warm glow of rose gold.

The Maglia Milanese Monete is powered by the Piccolissimo BVP100, the world’s smallest round mechanical caliber. Measuring just 13.50 mm in diameter and 2.50 mm in thickness, and weighing only 1.9 grams, it comprises 102 components. Designed and manufactured entirely by Bvlgari in Le Sentier, Switzerland, the caliber—first introduced in 2022—appears here in a new version with crown winding and a sapphire caseback revealing its intricate mechanics.

Fitted with two rounded, polished gold bar lugs, the true novelty lies in the rose gold Milanese mesh bracelet. Inspired by Renaissance-era goldsmithing techniques, this marks Bvlgari’s first mesh bracelet. In a further first for the collection, the Maison has chosen to equip this tribute to Eternal Rome with a pin buckle.

The Bvlgari Maglia Milanese Monete is priced at EUR 157,000, equivalent to approximately AED 677,000.

Technical specifications: Bvlgari Maglia Milanese Monete Secret Watch

• Reference: 104328 (smaller bracelet) / 104385 (larger bracelet)
  Case: Rose gold case set with brilliant-cut diamonds (0,50 ct) and one silver Monete. Rose gold crown set with one diamond (0,06 ct). Transparent back case.​
• Diameter: 16 mm
• Water resistance: 30 m
• Dial: White mother-of-pearl with 12 diamonds as indexes (0,10 ct). Rose gold-plated hands.​
• Movement: Manual winding, Caliber BVP 100 manufacture movement, dimension 13.5mm x 2.5mm, 1.9 grams, 102 components, 21 jewels 
• Power reserve: 30 hours
• Frequency: 21,600 vph (3Hz)
• Functions:  hours, minutes
• Bracelet / Strap: Rose gold Milanese mesh bracelet. gold pin buckle, available in two sizes: Size: 135-145-155 mm.​
  Size: 160-170-180 mm.
• Price: EUR 157,000 which is equivalent to 677,000 AED