Bulgari Tubogas Cuff

Bulgari. Serpenti.

Two words that should evoke emotion.

Since Bulgari’s founding, the brand has built a reputation on unique jewelry designs. The tubogas bracelet, in particular, has played a significant role in that legacy. Popularized in the Serpenti line, tubogas is now associated firmly with Bulgari.

This particular Reference BB 26 2TS brings the tubogas aesthetic to a more conventional package: A beautiful, round watch — executed in stainless steel and paired to a cuff-like bracelet — it features a striking look.

Dating to the 2000s and powered by a quartz movement, it's housed in a 26mm stainless steel case with an unsigned crown, a sapphire crystal, and a black bezel with diamond-set indices and a 'sword' handset. Its integrated tubogas bracelet gives it its unique look, making it perfect for evening cocktail wear or more adventurous everyday wear.

If you’re on the hunt for a Bulgari watch that encapsulates the brand’s most iconic look at a fraction of the cost of a Serpenti, this is the way to go!

Founded in Rome in 1884 by Greek silversmith Sotirios Voulgaris, Bvlgari grew into a luxury powerhouse known for its bold jewelry and distinctive Italian design. Its early watchmaking efforts included the Serpenti, with its signature coiled bracelet, and the Bvlgari Bvlgari, introduced in 1977 with a bezel inspired by ancient Roman coins.

Bvlgari's transformation into a serious force in Swiss watchmaking began in 2000, when it acquired the Gérald Genta and Daniel Roth watchmaking companies from Singapore-based retailer The Hour Glass. Bringing considerable expertise in complicated mechanical watchmaking, these acquisitions laid the groundwork for the maison's subsequent vertical integration and development of manufacture movements.

The culmination of these efforts was the Octo Finissimo collection, launched in 2014, whose angular, architectural cases housed extraordinarily thin mechanical movements. Over the following eight years, the collection set eight world records for thinness, spanning automatic winding, tourbillons, chronographs, and perpetual calendars. The Octo Finissimo Ultra, introduced in 2022, measured just 1.80mm thick, making it the world's thinnest mechanical watch at the time.

Acquired by the LVMH Group in 2011, Bvlgari has continued to expand its Swiss manufacturing capabilities, encompassing movement development, case production, and dialmaking. Its modern catalog ranges from elegant, time-only watches to complicated minute repeaters, perpetual calendars, and ultra-thin tourbillons. By combining its unmistakably Italian design language with sophisticated Swiss engineering, Bvlgari has accomplished something few jewelry houses have managed: establishing itself as a genuine technical innovator in haute horlogerie, with an identity entirely its own.

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Most of our products are on hand and will ship directly from our headquarters in New York City. In some cases, watches will be shipped directly from one of our authorized partners.

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