18 Karat Gold, Enamel and Yellow Sapphire ‘Serpenti’ Wristwatch, Bulgari. Photo Sotheby's

Designed as a snake with a bracelet of serpenti design, with pear-shaped yellow sapphire eyes, the scales applied with red, blue, black, green and white enamel, gross weight approximately 138 dwts, expandable, dial and caseback signed Bulgari, dial also signed Jaeger Le Coultre. Estimate 100,000 — 150,000 USD

Note: For a sketch of similar enamel snake designs from the Bulgari Heritage Collection, circa 1967, see Bulgari: Serpenti Collection by Marion Fasel.

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