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JAEGER LECOULTRE
'SNAKE', REF. 524.21
CIRCA: 1965
CASE MATERIAL: 18K gold
DIAMETER: 22.5 mm wide, 26 mm length
BRACELET / STRAP MATERIAL: 18K gold coiled “Tubogas” bracelet
BRACELET SIZE: Approx. overall length 160 mm
DIAL: Champagne
MOVEMENT: Manual
FUNCTIONS: Time only
CALIBER: 818-3
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The “snake” watch is commonly associated with Bulgari who introduced its first watch in the form of a snake in the late 1940s, the movements often supplied by Jaeger-LeCoultre. The present example is fitted with a so-called “Tubogas” bracelet, the term referring to a special technique used by Bulgari. The final result of this technique, in which two long metal wire bands are merged without soldering, is a sleek flexible chain. Literally translating as "gas pipe", it was developed during the second half of the 19th century and applied by jewellers until the 1940s. Bulgari began to use the technique in the 1950s with much success, producing beautiful necklaces, bracelets, rings and watches.

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