BVLGARI BULGARI TUBOGAS 18 KARAT YELLOW GOLD Vintage Piaget Mini This reference 5009 from the

This reference 5009 from the 90s

Maker: Bvlgari

and echo the geometry of the bezel screws

challenging the prevailing notion that wristwatches were less accurate than pocketwatches

Period: Late VictorianYear: c

BVLGARI BULGARI TUBOGAS 18 KARAT YELLOW GOLD Vintage Piaget Mini This reference 5009 from theThe Tubogas is one of the few watch designs that can point to an industrial origin without losing any of its artistic authority. The form is a tightly coiled ribbon of articulated metal that began life in the early 20th century as a flexible conduit for pressurized gas, then reappeared in the 1940s when wartime scarcity pushed jewelers toward ingenuity and new aesthetic possibilities. Bulgari recognized the potential and, by the late 20th century,